[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#919758: Bug#919758: xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64: Wrong examples provided in GRUB config file

[Hans van Kranenburg]

Hi Gergely,

On 1/19/19 9:32 AM, root wrote:
> Package: src:xen
> Version: 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> the GRUB configuration file /etc/defaults/grub.d/xen.cfg contains incorrect examples:
> 
> 1. Bad syntax for dom0 memory allocation settings:
> 
>    https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/xen-command-line.html#list
> 
>    Bad syntax (max value is ignored this way): dom0_mem=<size>[M]:max=<size>[M]
>    Correct syntax: dom0_mem=<size>[M],max:<size>[M]
> 
> 2. Bad syntax for earlyprintk usage:
> 
>    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> 
>    Bad syntax: earlyprintk=xenboot
>    Correct syntax: earlyprintk=xen
> 
> Please correct the examples to avoid confusion for users new to Xen (like myself).
> 
> [...]
Thanks for the report. You are completely right.

I took some time today to update the examples in this file a bit.

Here's the result:

https://salsa.debian.org/xen-team/debian-xen/commit/d461dc6fbe180c564de4f514a4fe7266f02a8fea

Hans