On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 22:47 +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 03:26:11PM -0400, Keith Russell wrote: > > Package: xen-utils-4.0 > > Version: 4.0.1-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > Due to license issues this version of Xen does not include the blktap2 > > backend (tapdisk2) and associated utilities (vhd-util, etc.). The decision > > was made to disable the blktap v1 kernel module (the default is now > > blktap2). As a result we can't use any tap devices which means worse > > performance than previousl. Since blktap1 was available in lenny this could > > be looked on as a regression. > > > > Please consider either adding blktap2 or reinstating the blktap1 kernel > > module. > > > > I thought there was no real licensing issue. I recall some patches on > xen-devel about that.
It was resolved in xen-unstable.hg 21547:ca2738f258 I think it would be trivial to backport. > > -- Pasi > > > > -- System Information: > > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > > APT prefers testing > > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > > Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > > > Versions of packages xen-utils-4.0 depends on: > > ii e2fslibs 1.41.12-2 ext2/ext3/ext4 file system > > librari > > ii iproute 20100519-3 networking and traffic control > > too > > ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared > > lib > > ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-4 shared libraries for terminal > > hand > > ii libxenstore3.0 4.0.1-1 Xenstore communications > > library fo > > ii python-support 1.0.10 automated rebuilding support > > for P > > ii python2.5 2.5.5-8 An interactive high-level > > object-o > > ii udev 163-1 /dev/ and hotplug management > > daemo > > ii xen-utils-common 4.0.0-1 XEN administrative tools - > > common > > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime > > > > Versions of packages xen-utils-4.0 recommends: > > ii bridge-utils 1.4-5 Utilities for configuring the > > Linu > > ii libc6-xen 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared > > lib > > ii xen-hypervisor-4.0-i386 [xen- 4.0.1-1 The Xen Hypervisor on i386 > > > > Versions of packages xen-utils-4.0 suggests: > > pn xen-docs-4.0 <none> (no description available) > > > > -- no debconf information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pkg-xen-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-xen-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-xen-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-xen-devel > -- Ian Campbell A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that begins to bunch them. -- Mencken
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