[Nix-dev] NixOS as dom0 for Xen

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 20/12/14 21:37, Thomas Strobel wrote:

> I plan to use NixOS as dom0 for Xen. There is an old, deactivated nixos
> module available that I thought of using. But before I go ahead, I just
> wanted to ask why dom0 support for Xen was dropped in NixOS? 

Just bitrot. I had a Xen NixOS at some point, but I switched to using KVM VMs so
I didn't need it anymore.

> Anything
> that I should keep in mind when trying to reestablish dom0 support?

It would be great to have an automated test for Xen Dom0. Not sure if Xen works
in our QEMU testing framework though :-)

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