Re: xen and i386 devices

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, Quentin Garnier wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 12:36:47AM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
> >         Currently you cannot build a xen kernel with the following
> >         devices (among others):
> >
> >             gcscehci gcscide gcscpcib geodecntr geodegcb
> >             geodewdog glxsb gscpcib viapcib
> >
> >         These *could* be moved from sys/arch/i386/conf/files.i386
> >         to sys/arch/x86/pci/files.pci (sample patch), but would
> >         it make more sense to split them (along with possibly some
> >         others) into another file which can be included by i386
> >         and i386-xen?
>
> Only viapcib stands a chance of being useful in a xen context.  The rest
> is Geode-specific and that cannot run Xen, AFAIK.

        Hmm - the Geode LX and NX seem to be 686 compatible (unlike
        the earlier GX), so should be able to run xen?

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