Re: Xen vs. GRUB

2007-01-08 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hi, Ian C. Blenke, le Mon 08 Jan 2007 13:56:32 -0500, a écrit : > Xen PV domUs can boot from "pygrub". This is the method used by JailTime > and rPath to encapsulate kernels and initrd inside the disk images. > > So there is already such a "port". Just specify a bootloader in your xen > config:

Re: [task #5468] Port GNU Mach to the Xen VMM

2007-01-08 Thread Samuel Thibault
Roland McGrath, le Mon 08 Jan 2007 15:33:50 -0800, a écrit : > That said, building them up as you write the code is by far the best > way to do them. True. I'll try keeping them up to date then. Samuel ___ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http:

Re: [task #5468] Port GNU Mach to the Xen VMM

2007-01-08 Thread Roland McGrath
Log entries really matter when the code goes on a permanent branch. That said, building them up as you write the code is by far the best way to do them. You can edit and trim the entries later so that they describe the final set of branch changes rather than a series of entries obsoleting each ot

Re: Having generated files in cvs?

2007-01-08 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hi, Thomas Schwinge, le Tue 09 Jan 2007 00:21:07 +0100, a écrit : > Others's opinions were also to remove all (?) generated files from the > revision control system. Yes, doc/ too is a pain to clean before diffing. Samuel ___ Bug-hurd mailing list Bu

Re: Having generated files in cvs?

2007-01-08 Thread Roland McGrath
I don't mind. Once upon a time the opposite decision was made for some reason. Nowadays I think we can rely on "cvs co ...; autoreconf -i" doing the right thing. ___ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd

Re: Having generated files in cvs?

2007-01-08 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hello! On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 12:55:21PM +0100, I wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 10:21:14PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > BTW, why is the CVS holding generated files like configure & co? Since > > we all have variouns versios of autoconf/automake, the cvs diff output > > is cluttered with

Re: [task #5468] Port GNU Mach to the Xen VMM

2007-01-08 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hello! On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 07:16:05PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Thomas Schwinge, le Wed 03 Jan 2007 13:18:18 +0100, a ?crit : > > So, feel free to create a branch, perhaps called > > `gnumach-1-branch-Xen-branch' or similar. > > Ok. Before that, just a little check: Xen provides some p

Re: Xen vs. GRUB

2007-01-08 Thread Ian C. Blenke
Samuel Thibault wrote: Thomas Schwinge, le Wed 03 Jan 2007 13:09:25 +0100, a écrit : Is there a consensus that GRUB (or rather GRUB2) should be ported to allow them to run in a Xen environment? I'm not sure grub on Xen would be so useful, since people usually choose their operating sy

Re: Xen vs. GRUB

2007-01-08 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hi, Thomas Schwinge, le Wed 03 Jan 2007 13:09:25 +0100, a écrit : > Is there a consensus that GRUB (or rather GRUB2) should be ported to > allow them to run in a Xen environment? I'm not sure grub on Xen would be so useful, since people usually choose their operating system and parameters directl

Re: [task #5468] Port GNU Mach to the Xen VMM

2007-01-08 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hi, Thomas Schwinge, le Wed 03 Jan 2007 13:18:18 +0100, a écrit : > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 10:21:14PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Thomas Schwinge, le Tue 02 Jan 2007 12:10:49 +0100, a ?crit : > > > Do you have your development tree publically available? > > > > I only often update the patc

Re: Having generated files in cvs?

2007-01-08 Thread Samuel Thibault
Thomas Schwinge, le Wed 03 Jan 2007 12:55:21 +0100, a écrit : > An advantage is that we can easily tell people: ``Get the > `gnumach-1-branch' from cvs and compile that one.'' without having to > worry if they have suitable versions of the Auto* tools installed. Projects usually have an autogen.sh