Hi, I was just wondering when compiling the kernel is it best to do the bits as modules or built-in ? Thanks Ian _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Ian Tobin<itobin@tidyhosts.com> wrote:> I was just wondering when compiling the kernel is it best to do the bits as > modules or built-in ?It depends :) Some xen-hosting providers only allow users to only use their kernel. If you''re one of those hosting providers, then you''d want to compile everyting built-in. If you want to put kernel on dom0, you''d probably want to go this route. Some distro maintainers (e.g. Redhat) opt for almost-everyting-is-a-module. One of the reasons is to avoid wasting memory from unused drivers. If you want to user kernel on domU (loaded with pygrub), you''d probably want to go this route. -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Thanks for that :) Ian -----Original Message----- From: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:fajar@fajar.net] Sent: 11 June 2009 10:21 To: Ian Tobin Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Kernel compile question On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Ian Tobin<itobin@tidyhosts.com> wrote:> I was just wondering when compiling the kernel is it best to do thebits as> modules or built-in ?It depends :) Some xen-hosting providers only allow users to only use their kernel. If you''re one of those hosting providers, then you''d want to compile everyting built-in. If you want to put kernel on dom0, you''d probably want to go this route. Some distro maintainers (e.g. Redhat) opt for almost-everyting-is-a-module. One of the reasons is to avoid wasting memory from unused drivers. If you want to user kernel on domU (loaded with pygrub), you''d probably want to go this route. -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users