[Xen-ia64-devel] RE: [elilo-discuss] a patch to make elilo load another module

["Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>]

Hi Brett --

I haven't studied the details, but implemented a similar
patch on top of elilo for a previous HP research project
a couple years ago...  mine was really a hack though and
I'm sure you want this one to be more generally useful.

If the patch:
1) allows at least one additional "initrd-like" file to be
   specified, and
2) elilo loads the additional file(s) into physical
   memory, and
3) elilo somehow communicates the location of the additional
   file via some kind of backwards-compatible extension to
   ia64_boot_param, and
4) the patch gets into the mainline elilo source asap

then the patch meets my needs (which I believe are the same
as Anthony's).

I've also cc'ed the xen-ia64-devel list so other Xen/ia64
folks can chime in.

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brett Johnson [mailto:brettj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 2:24 PM
> To: Xu, Anthony
> Cc: Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins); Wang, Stanley; 
> elilo-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [elilo-discuss] a patch to make elilo load another module
> 
> On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 11:57 +0800, Xu, Anthony wrote:
> > Hi Brett,
> > 
> > This patch is used to make elilo can load another module. 
> As we know,
> > grub also can load another module except for initrd. Currently I'm
> > working on Xen project, we need elilo can load another module, thus
> > guest OS can load initrd of himself. Otherwise guest OS can't have
> > initrd.
> 
> Hi Anthony,
> 
> I've also received a very similar patch from Stanley Wang of 
> intel (I've
> CC'd him on this email).  Is yours just a later version of Stanley's?
> ISTR that Stanley thought his patch needed a fair amount of 
> cleaning up,
> and to be honest, I haven't looked very closely at it yet.  Does the
> patch provide what you need for Xen then?  It looks like it 
> simply adds
> a "module" directive to the conf file, and a "-m" command line
> parameter.
> 
> I've also CC'd Dan Magenheimer, as I know he's involved in 
> Xen as well,
> and may have some input on the "is this what you need" front 
> :)  -- oh,
> and I've attached Anthony's patch to this email, so everyone has it.
> 
> -- 
> Brett Johnson <brett@xxxxxx>
> 

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