Re: XEN3_DOM0 rationalization

[T <bobs%thelibertytree.org@localhost>]

On 3/7/21 11:47 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Right now I think people need to read the HOWTO to figure out how to set
> up Xen on NetBSD.  It's getting even more complicated with PVHVM and PVH
> support in current.  A few years ago I did a major rototill and I have
> been keeping after it every year or so.  So have a look at see if there
> is any residual confusion.  Of course there is, but describe it so
> someone can fix it!
>
> https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/xen/howto/
This is not a pressing issue, but the howto uses the old syntax style 
for disk configuration. It may be good to have the howto use the newer 
syntax formats, so new users adopt them from the start, and avoid 
trip-ups when the old syntax style is eventually removed.

    /dev/vg/guest-volume,,hda
    /dev/vg/guest-volume,raw,hda,rw
    format=raw, vdev=hda, access=rw, target=/dev/vg/guest-volume
    raw:/dev/vg/guest-volume,hda,w  (deprecated, see below)

https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/man/xl-disk-configuration.5.html#Deprecated-Parameters-Prefixes-And-Syntaxes
"Deprecated forms are acceptable and are intended work compatibly with 
xend and xl from xen 4.1. In future they may print a warning. Support 
for deprecated parameters and syntaxes are likely to be dropped in 
future versions of xl."