Re: xen-3.1.0 and dom0 problems with /dev/ksyms

[Juraj Hercek <nbsd%hck.sk@localhost>]

Christoph Egger wrote:
> On Monday 16 July 2007 14:46:27 Juraj Hercek wrote:
>   
> > Christoph Egger wrote:
> >     
> > >       
> > I've used custom one, not the XEN3_DOM0 one from NetBSD
> > distribution (everything built from NetBSD current updated on July 1st).
> >     
>
> I also build my own Dom0 kernel. But that doesn't matter, because this does
> not change the fact that symtab is NULL in init386() in 
> sys/arch/xen/i386/machdep.c, line 1982.
>   
Nod.
> > > I think, the libelf work done in the hypervisor by linux distributors
> > > broke bsd. BSD_SYMTAB is no longer handled correctly.
> > > The elf_load_binary() function in xen/common/libelf/libelf-loader.c in
> > > the hypervisor is the responsible one which loads the Dom0 image.
> > >       
> > I see, hopefully the fix will be included in next xen hypervisor release.
> >     
>
> Well, first write one. The xen patch may not break Linux to get accepted.
> But xen patches may break BSD to get accepted... somewhat unfair IMO :-(
>   
Well, while there are more linux xen users than *BSD ones, we cant' do 
much about it...

--Juraj