Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:06:27 +1300 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> To: Jim Harris <jimharris@freebsd.org> Cc: Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtIO in GENERIC Message-ID: <CAFAOGNS==u=_%2BBsmt0Jy-Zc1mn4380FwRwWxhy4jpGPzKhFPeg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJP=Hc-2vWn5UVXC%2Bq_shi4Sod1ejqz9x%2Be%2B3sg6e6q4fstvig@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGaYwLcZGFgAOjE=7Bn5yFnheFxaq4fp7-zjedepLzuJge4ynQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAFAOGNQyOyJD=CcDvFRuww-ZY9MZ_sAnrNFsOzTVV5uQmyEbpg@mail.gmail.com> <CAJP=Hc-2vWn5UVXC%2Bq_shi4Sod1ejqz9x%2Be%2B3sg6e6q4fstvig@mail.gmail.com>
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On 17 December 2012 18:06, Jim Harris <jimharris@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org>wrote: > >> On 17 December 2012 13:17, Bryan Venteicher <bryanv@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> > There's been lots of requests to have VirtIO in GENERIC for i386 and >> > amd64. Anybody have any issues or concerns with this or the patch at >> > [1]. This also removes the kludge that was introduced in r239009. >> > >> > I've compiled LINT for i386 and amd64 so hopefully there won't be any >> > surprise breakages. >> > >> > [1] http://people.freebsd.org/~bryanv/patches/virtio.generic.patch >> >> >> It would be great to have the drivers enabled. You do not need the >> sys/conf/files changes, the common and arch files are combined. >> >> > Removing the virtio files from sys/conf/files ensures these drivers can > only be specified in x86 kernel configuration files. r239009 added these > lines to sys/conf/files, but Bryan's patch does it more correctly. > Linux supports virtio on ARM so I dont think its necessarily x86 MD. I guess it can be moved back later. Andrew
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