Xen users - Nov 2006 - HVM Loader in 3.0.3-testing missing?

Hello list,

I''ve installed Xen 3.0.3-testing from source on my spiffy new socket
AM2
machine and I''m eager to play with fully virtualized guests.

The problem is, it seems the hvmloader wasn''t installed (or built) when
I built and installed Xen.

I''m getting the following error :

Error: Kernel image does not exist: /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader

So I did a quick check in :

xen-3.0.3-testing/tools/firmware/hvmloader

Found the files there, tried to do a make while in that directory and
got:

make: *** No rule to make target `../rombios/BIOS-bochs-latest'', needed
by `roms.h''.  Stop.

I''ve searched the list archives and found this on the 3.0.3 unstable
changelog :

http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-changelog/2006-08/msg00234.html

roms.h was recently patched to depend on acpi data, and now doesn''t
seem
to want to build.

I checked to be sure that my makefile was patched, it is.

Building x86_32 / PAE with gcc-3.4 .. has anyone else encountered this?
Seems like it could be something trivial but I can''t understand why its
not building.

Am I missing another patch? 


Thanks in advance,
Tim



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Nevermind, found that bcc wasn''t installed, didn''t notice it
in the
previous build because I didn''t try to use the hvmloader :)

Thanks anyway,
Tim

On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 15:55 +0800, Tim Post wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I''ve installed Xen 3.0.3-testing from source on my spiffy new
socket AM2
> machine and I''m eager to play with fully virtualized guests.
> 
> The problem is, it seems the hvmloader wasn''t installed (or built)
when
> I built and installed Xen.
> 
> I''m getting the following error :
> 
> Error: Kernel image does not exist: /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader
> 
> So I did a quick check in :
> 
> xen-3.0.3-testing/tools/firmware/hvmloader
> 
> Found the files there, tried to do a make while in that directory and
> got:
> 
> make: *** No rule to make target `../rombios/BIOS-bochs-latest'',
needed
> by `roms.h''.  Stop.
> 
> I''ve searched the list archives and found this on the 3.0.3
unstable
> changelog :
> 
>
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-changelog/2006-08/msg00234.html
> 
> roms.h was recently patched to depend on acpi data, and now
doesn''t seem
> to want to build.
> 
> I checked to be sure that my makefile was patched, it is.
> 
> Building x86_32 / PAE with gcc-3.4 .. has anyone else encountered this?
> Seems like it could be something trivial but I can''t understand
why its
> not building.
> 
> Am I missing another patch? 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
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On 11/23/06, Tim Post <tim.post@netkinetics.net>
wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I''ve installed Xen 3.0.3-testing
Hmm, 3.0.3 ist released - you don''t need to use the testing version
anymore.

(unless I miss that the developers decide to run further development
in this mercurial branch which would be a strange decision)

> from source on my spiffy new socket AM2
> machine and I''m eager to play with fully virtualized guests.
>
> The problem is, it seems the hvmloader wasn''t installed (or built)
when
> I built and installed Xen.
On pre-3.0.3  versions, the build of Xen ran through, even if some
dependencies for
hvm stuff where missing. Yo had a wroking Xen without HVM support
then. (e.g. without the hvmloader in place)

Use 3.0.3 release, it will not build atr all without the hvm
dependencies, and tell you why somewhere in the build log.

Henning

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On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 18:46 +0100, Henning Sprang wrote:
> On 11/23/06, Tim Post <tim.post@netkinetics.net> wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I''ve installed Xen 3.0.3-testing
> 
> Hmm, 3.0.3 ist released - you don''t need to use the testing
version anymore.
> 
> (unless I miss that the developers decide to run further development
> in this mercurial branch which would be a strange decision)
> 
I had 3.0.3-testing written in a script that installs dependencies
downloads and builds Xen from a local mirror we use so we''re not
burning
up needless bandwidth. I forgot to change it :)

> On pre-3.0.3  versions, the build of Xen ran through, even if some
> dependencies for
> hvm stuff where missing. Yo had a wroking Xen without HVM support
> then. (e.g. without the hvmloader in place)
> 
It did all the way up to 3.0.3-testing (cpp / bcc were missing), the
makefile didn''t stop if (at least those) externals failed to build. 
> Use 3.0.3 release, it will not build atr all without the hvm
> dependencies, and tell you why somewhere in the build log.
> 
Yes, since it was released it looks like they did change so it broke
instead of letting you find out later. I never noticed it in testing
because I had yet to try HVM guests (no good hardware till now) because
it didn''t break the build. 

I''m really impressed with 3.0.3 , and glad I can finally partake in all
of the fun. The new X2 with 4GB was racked for me as a "Sandbox" so
I''m
much like a kid at Christmas getting to use stuff I could only look at
before.
> Henning
Best,
-Tim



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