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From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
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Tim Newsham wrote:
>> how can a domU Plan 9 kernel get the boot parameters
>> passed by Xen?
> 
> 
> The arguments should show up in '#e/' and '#ec' as they do
> when booting on the pc.

and you can set up those env variables in the /etc/xen/whatever file you 
use to start plan 9, e.g.

extra='''\nventi=#S/sd00/arenas\n'''

sets up my venti env variable. You can have multiple things in there, 
hence the \n

ron