On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 08:58:37AM +0000, Andrew Doran wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 05:54:14PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote: > > > FWIW, linux has different module sets for native and Xen kernels, > > and they use different uname -r. I wonder if we should also have different > > uname -r for amd64/i386 and xen, or use something else (uname -m ?) for > > it. But changing uname -p may break third-party software builds ... > > I disagree. Rather than succumb to uncertainty and deal with an increasing > number of permutations I think we should focus on fixing compatibility > issues as they are identified. The problem I see with this is, as I understand the thread, things are now dead until we do. Rather than have a number of separate things we merge once we know work well together, we're now flipping the switch and waiting for the kabooms. That seems like a very painful way to do this. Take care, Bill
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