On Thu, Mar 13 2008 - 08:43, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:30:29 am Chris Brookes wrote:
> > On 12/03/2008, Sarton O'Brien <bsd-xen%roguewrt.org@localhost> wrote:
> > > 'root=' is linux specific, nbsd uses 'bootdev=' or just none at all. If
> > > you ever need to override the autodetection, use bootdev, or modify your
> > > kernel config.
> > >
> > > It's looking like this question is going to be a common one until the
> > > docs are sorted .... an no I'm not blaming anyone ... and yes I'm still
> > > considering it ;)
> >
> > What is interesting is that I'm pretty sure, prior to my recent
> > upgrade, that I had a root= line in my configs and it was basically
> > ignored. Lately it really needs to not be there.
>
> I think what you are seeing is merely the code maturing. There have been many
> revisions and the functionality has been increasing. It may be that
> the 'root=' parameter is now specifically tied to a linux domu and causes a
> problem when used with nbsd, whereas in the past it was just completely
> ignored.
>
> But you are right, in the past it was ignored. Whether what you are seeing is
> a bug or a feature, I'm not sure. All I know is that it is an option that has
> never been needed for a nbsd domu and for it to cause a problem now, seems
> completely within the realm of active development :)
>
From what I remember, I use to set this flags so that NetBSD could see
the disk correctly - back to early 4.0_BETA if I remember well.
It is still present in the doc
http://www.netbsd.org/ports/xen/howto.html#netbsd-domU
So as you say, that's maybe just a bug|feature of new xen packages.
Regards,
Jo
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