Re: XEN devices included in kernel even if not XEN

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 07:44:59AM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> I've noticed that device drivers listed in arch/xen/conf/files.xen
> (or, at least, most of those devices) seem to be included in kernel
> even if not using XEN.  Shouldn't all those devices be conditional?
> 
> # sysctl -a | grep driver | tr ',' '\n' | grep 'x[be]*'
> ...
>  [141 -1 xenevt]
>  [142 142 xbd]
>  [143 -1 xencons]

I think this lists all the known major numbers for the $MACHINE, I don't think
it means that the driver is actually loaded.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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