Re: Xen, PAE, and NetBSD

["Todd Vierling" <tv%pobox.com@localhost>]

On 2/8/07, Karsten Kruse <tecneeq%gmx.net@localhost> wrote:
> > Debian has recently stopped shipping non-PAE kernels suitable for
> > Xen 3's Dom0.  Unfortunately this makes the use "stock" netbsd
> > kernels somewhat difficult.
>
> I use Debian-4 as Dom0 and NetBSD-4 as DomU, and it works fine.

Doesn't help if a third party Xen hosting service has no option but to
use PAE.  The fact that we're lacking PAE is a showstopper to Xen
these days.  Amazon EC2 could run NetBSD -- *if* we had PAE.

That PAE is a "gross hack" has no bearing on the fact that it is a
needed feature.

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