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Re: port-amd64/51919: boot-loader doesn't differentiate XEN and PAE module versions



The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/51919; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-amd64/51919: boot-loader doesn't differentiate XEN and PAE
 module versions
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:57:31 +0100

 On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 06:05:01AM +0000, John Nemeth wrote:
 >       DomU kernels are loaded by Xen itself, the boot loader isn't
 >  involved at all.
 [..]
 >       Do you know how to read these notes or at least check for
 >  their existance from the bootloader?  Also, the Dom0 kernel has to
 >  be loaded using the multiboot protocol and I don't think we have
 >  support for boot time loading of modules when using the multiboot
 >  protocol.
 
 In that case there seems to be no point in this PR, or am I missing something?
 
 Martin
 


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