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RE: [Xen-devel] why in the ustable developement tree are scsi and ethern

To: "Ralph Blach" <chipper@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel List" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] why in the ustable developement tree are scsi and ethernet device driver build in
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:26:03 +0100
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] why in the ustable developement tree are scsi and ethernet device driver build in
 > Why in unstable development tree are are all the device 
> drivers build in to the kernel? I had a problem with two 
> ethenets on the same IRQ not working.  This was fixed by 
> making them modules, and they now the two ethernets  work on 
> the same irq
> 
> Should we be developing with all the drivers as modules, 
> using an initrd, so that we can keep the kernel size down?

Use the -xen config if you want everything as modules. -xen0/-xenU is
more convenient for developers.

Ian

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