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Subject:	Re: Missing xenblk.so in the last kernel for SL4/x86_64
From:	Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2011 14:42:14 +0100
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Hi,

On Mar 8, 2011, at 19:56, Tomasz Wolak wrote:

> the last version of Xen kernel for SL4/64bit:
> kernel-xenU-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.x86_64
> 
> does not have xenblk.ko module in initrd file:
> /boot/initrd-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELxenU.img
> 
> - so paravirtualized xen guests do not boot (they do not find Xen block devices). After adding the module, lines loading the module to init script and rebuilding initrd everything works fine.
> 
> I do not know if this was intended, but as it seems weird for a Xen kernel I am reporting it as a potential bug.

we did not encounter this problem when we updated our four remaining SL4 PVMs (2x 32-bit, 2x64, all 4.8 fully patched) to this kernel.

Cheers,
	Stephan

-- 
Stephan Wiesand
DESY -DV-
Platanenallee 6
15738 Zeuthen, Germany

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