I''m trying to build a more recent version of Xen than the 2.6.18 kernel. Can I just download the most recent kernel from kernel.org, configure to work with Xen, and then clone the xen-unstable repo, and just build/install the xen tools? Are there likely to be problems with this approach? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi. --On Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:25:02 AM -0500 secureboot <secureboot@gmail.com> wrote:> Can I just download the most recent kernel from kernel.org, configure > to work with Xen, and then clone the xen-unstable repo, and just > build/install the xen tools? Are there likely to be problems with > this approach?As I understand it, you have to patch the kernel to get Xen support - some distributions (at least Redhat and Ubuntu) offer Xen-patches for kernels up to 2.6.24, but I''m not sure how much of the distribution-specific kernel-patches (which are not in the mainline kernel) are needed to get Xen working. I am experimenting with 2.6.24 and Xen at the moment, but there are still ("normal") kernel issues I have to look into before I can take a look at its Xen support. If anyone has more experience, I''d gladly hear of it :) Greetings, Jens _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Feb 12, 2008 1:36 PM, Jens Dönhoff <mailinglists@nierenschaden.de> wrote:> Hi. > > --On Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:25:02 AM -0500 secureboot > <secureboot@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Can I just download the most recent kernel from kernel.org, configure > > to work with Xen, and then clone the xen-unstable repo, and just > > build/install the xen tools? Are there likely to be problems with > > this approach? > > As I understand it, you have to patch the kernel to get Xen support - > some distributions (at least Redhat and Ubuntu) offer Xen-patches for > kernels up to 2.6.24, but I''m not sure how much of the > distribution-specific kernel-patches (which are not in the mainline > kernel) are needed to get Xen working. > > I am experimenting with 2.6.24 and Xen at the moment, but there are > still ("normal") kernel issues I have to look into before I can take a > look at its Xen support. > > If anyone has more experience, I''d gladly hear of it :) >This thread and similar ones would be worth looking into to get a better understanding: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2008-02/msg00066.html> Greetings, > > Jens > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Feb 12, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Todd Deshane wrote:> > This thread and similar ones would be worth looking into to get a > better understanding: > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2008-02/ > msg00066.html >That''s helpful, I just want to be sure I understand a key point from this - the kernels at kernel.org cannot run as dom0 kernels? I suppose this is expected, since paravirt is an option, but not "dom0" support or the like... Sounds like the path of least resistance here is to download a fedora or ubuntu kernel, get their source, and apply patches from there. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Feb 13, 2008 9:49 AM, Luke <secureboot@gmail.com> wrote:> > On Feb 12, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Todd Deshane wrote: > > > > This thread and similar ones would be worth looking into to get a > > better understanding: > > > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2008-02/ > > msg00066.html > > > > That''s helpful, I just want to be sure I understand a key point from > this - the kernels at kernel.org cannot run as dom0 kernels? >Yes that is true, quoting from http://www.nabble.com/vanilla-kernel-and-xen-(in-general),-vanilla-2.6.24-and-xen-td15155102.html "RedHat is leading an effort to put Dom0 support in the Linux kernel using paravirt ops (pvops) see this recent post to the devel list: http://www.nabble.com/Updated-dom0-pvops-for-2.6.24-available-on-git-td15091656.html "> I suppose this is expected, since paravirt is an option, but not > "dom0" support or the like... > > Sounds like the path of least resistance here is to download a fedora > or ubuntu kernel, get their source, and apply patches from there. > >Yeah, using distro kernels at this time is currently recommended. Regards, Todd> _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users