Re: [Xen-devel] debian packages of xen

[Adam H. <do...@br...>]

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Ian Pratt wrote:

> Cool -- remind me to add a link on the Xen web pages when you're done.

The link will be something like:

apt-get install xen kernel-image-2.4.25-xeno-p2 kernel-image-2.4.25-xeno-p2-modules

> I doubt the '/dev/xvdXX' device nodes are very widely used now
> that Xen supports exporting disks and partition to arbitrary
> block devices. I tend to just pick an arbitrary hdX or sdX I know
> is unused.
>
> Do other people use xvdX devices? If not, maybe we should
> aim to dispense with them and recommend that people just pick
> some pre-existing /dev entry?

Wouldn't exporting to existing device entries cause problems with userspace
tools try to use ioctls on those devices, that aren't supported by xen?  I'm
thinking cds and scsi devices.