Subject: Re: NetBSD -current / Xen 3.0.3: Problem starting xend
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 11/07/2006 13:09:55
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 01:02:39PM +0100, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> >MAKEDEV is in the etc.tgz set. Just extract it somewhere and copy the new
> >MAKEDEV to /dev, and run
> >cd /dev
> >./MAKEDEV xen
> 
> Shouldn't this happen automatically, to make the transition from 
> NetBSD/i386 to NetBSD/xen easier?
> 
> I've had a quick look at src/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV.conf, but I'm not sure 
> what 'target' runs by default. If it's "init", maybe 'xen' should be added 
> to that (and the xbd devices added to 'xen')?

Well, it adds a few devices that are of no use if you're not on a Xen dom0
system (devices required in a domU are in 'all' target). I'm not against
moving the dom0 devices to 'all' if noone (especially the i386 portmaster)
objects.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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