Re: [Xen-devel] Uniform commands for booting xen

[Jan Beulich]

>>> On 12.11.15 at 17:58, <address@hidden> wrote:
> 12.11.2015 18:44, Jan Beulich пишет:
>>>>> On 12.11.15 at 14:41, <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Hello, all. I'd like to have set of commands that would boot xen on all
>>> platforms. I thought of following set:
>>>
>>> xen_hypervisor FILE XEN_OPTIONS
>>> xen_kernel FILE KERNEL_OPTIONS
>>> xen_initrd INITRD INITRD INITRD
>>> all initrds are concatenated.
>>> xen_xsm ???
>>
>> xen_ucode (and we might add more going forward). I don't see
>> why the multiboot mechanism (kernel plus any number of modules)
>> can't be used, without adding any Xen-specific directives.
>>
> 
> Loader commands traditionally reflected underlying protocol. Using 
> multiboot command in this case would be confusing as this is not 
> multiboot.

Why would it not be multiboot?

Jan