Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]> writes: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 07:44:59AM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote: >> I've noticed that device drivers listed in arch/xen/conf/files.xen >> (or, at least, most of those devices) seem to be included in kernel >> even if not using XEN. Shouldn't all those devices be conditional? >> >> # sysctl -a | grep driver | tr ',' '\n' | grep 'x[be]*' >> ... >> [141 -1 xenevt] >> [142 142 xbd] >> [143 -1 xencons] > > I think this lists all the known major numbers for the $MACHINE, I don't think > it means that the driver is actually loaded.
... and a PVHVM guest can use the GENERIC kernel, but will want the Xen devices too. -- Brad Spencer - [email protected] - KC8VKS - http://anduin.eldar.org
