On Thu, Jan 16, 2014, at 9:55, Adam McDougall wrote: > On 11/21/2013 17:23, Adam McDougall wrote: > > On 11/21/2013 17:00, Adam McDougall wrote: > >> On 10/12/2013 22:34, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > >>> Author: gibbs > >>> Date: Sun Oct 13 02:34:20 2013 > >>> New Revision: 256423 > >>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/256423 > >>> > >>> Log: > >>> Allow FreeBSD to be booted from CDROM media on XenServer 6.2 and > >>> prior releases. > >>> > >>> Submitted by: Roger Pau Monné > >>> Sponsored by: Citrix Systems R&D > >>> Reviewed by: gibbs > >>> Approved by: re (gjb) > >>> > >>> sys/dev/xen/blkfront/blkfront.c: > >>> On XenServer versions up to an including 6.2, paravirtualized > >>> CDROM support is broken. When running in an HVM domain, > >>> ignore paravirtualized instances of CDROM media, and instead > >>> rely on native drivers attaching to emulated hardware. This > >>> functions correctly on all currently known Xen based > >>> platforms. > >> > >> Can this pretty please be MFC'ed for 10.0? I haven't heard of any > >> problems with it, only successes on freebsd-...@freebsd.org (thread: > >> "FreeBSD Alpha5 amd64 - Citrix Xen 6.2 problem"). Thanks! > > > > Oops nevermind! Mark clued me in to r256757 which is in BETA 3. Thanks > > again. > > > > Is it safe to MFC this for 9 as well? I checked to verify it doesn't > seem to be there: > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/9/sys/dev/xen/blkfront/blkfront.c?revision=251973&view=markup > I think Mark has been using a local patch for a while. Thanks.
Yes I have been using a local patch for a very long time. Have not had a single issue. It would be appreciated if it was in 9.3-RELEASE, though I plan to upgrade as many as possible to 10.0-RELEASE for use of the GENERIC kernel _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
