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RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] elilo compressed dom0 kernel support


  • To: "Williamson, Alex (Linux Kernel Dev)" <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>, <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:15:18 -0800
  • Cc: "Johnson, Brett E \(Linux R&D - FTC\)" <brett@xxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:18:31 +0000
  • List-id: Discussion of the ia64 port of Xen <xen-ia64-devel.lists.xensource.com>
  • Thread-index: AcX2AZ9JkdIap5XcRb+kSg5I/UxBCwAoTyvQ
  • Thread-topic: [Xen-ia64-devel] elilo compressed dom0 kernel support

Any opinions on whether we should replace
xen-ia64-unstable.hg/xen/arch/ia64/tools/xelilo/xlilo.efi
with Alex's version?

If yes, should we remove/replace the other elilo files
(patch and README) in that directory?

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-ia64-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-ia64-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
> Of Williamson, Alex (Linux Kernel Dev)
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 4:00 PM
> To: xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Johnson, Brett E (Linux R&D - FTC)
> Subject: [Xen-ia64-devel] elilo compressed dom0 kernel support
> 
> Hi,
> 
>    I've been hacking on elilo, massaging Fred's patch into 
> the CVS code
> base and also adding support for compressed dom0 kernel images.  GRUB
> uncompresses these images on x86 so it seemed a reasonable and
> convenient feature for elilo to have.  I was able to consolidate a
> couple files from the architecture specific directories into the main
> elilo directory, good for the code, bad for the size of the 
> diff (150k).
> I've put the patch vs CVS and a prebuilt elilo/ia64 binary here:
> 
> http://free.linux.hp.com/~awilliam/elilo/
> 
> Please test and let me know if you find any problems.  I'll refine the
> patch a bit and work with Brett to get this committed to CVS and get a
> new release out.  Thanks,
> 
>       Alex
> 
> -- 
> Alex Williamson                             HP Linux & Open Source Lab
> 
> 
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