What is the difference between (1) linux-2.6-xen0 (2) xen-3.0.gz (3) linux-2.6-xenU ? Regards, Onkar _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 10:31:16AM +0530, Onkar Mahajan wrote:> What is the difference between > (1) linux-2.6-xen0linux kernel suitable for being used in dom0.> (2) xen-3.0.gzThis is the actual Xen hypervisor.> (3) linux-2.6-xenU ? >linux kernel suitable for being used in a PV guest/domU. -- Pasi> Regards, > Onkar> _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Onkar Mahajan
2010-Apr-07 05:52 UTC
[Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] xen-3.0.gz and linux-2.6-xen0
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote:> On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 10:31:16AM +0530, Onkar Mahajan wrote: > > What is the difference between > > (1) linux-2.6-xen0 > > linux kernel suitable for being used in dom0. > > > (2) xen-3.0.gz > > This is the actual Xen hypervisor.How is this generated ? I mean if I get the source code from the git. How should I generate xen-3.0.gz ?> (3) linux-2.6-xenU ? > > > > linux kernel suitable for being used in a PV guest/domU. >This is generated like this KERNELS ?= linux-2.6-xen0 linux-2.6-xenU , right ???> -- Pasi > > > Regards, > > Onkar > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 11:22:56AM +0530, Onkar Mahajan wrote:> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <[1]pasik@iki.fi> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 10:31:16AM +0530, Onkar Mahajan wrote: > > What is the difference between > > (1) linux-2.6-xen0 > > linux kernel suitable for being used in dom0. > > (2) xen-3.0.gz > > This is the actual Xen hypervisor. > > How is this generated ? > I mean if I get the source code from the git. How should I generate > xen-3.0.gz ?Xen hypervisor/tools source is only in mercurial repository at xenbits.xen.org. pvops kernels are in Jeremy''s xen.git repository. -- Pasi> > > (3) linux-2.6-xenU ? > > > > linux kernel suitable for being used in a PV guest/domU. > > This is generated like this KERNELS ?= linux-2.6-xen0 linux-2.6-xenU , > right ??? > > > -- Pasi > > > Regards, > > Onkar > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > [2]Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > > [3]http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:pasik@iki.fi > 2. mailto:Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > 3. http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
jpp@jppozzi.dyndns.org
2010-Apr-07 10:25 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] xen-3.0.gz and linux-2.6-xen0
Hello,> > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 10:31:16AM +0530, Onkar Mahajan wrote: > > What is the difference between > > (1) linux-2.6-xen0 > > > linux kernel suitable for being used in dom0.Download, configure and compile. Some pre-built kernels are available in many distros.> > > (2) xen-3.0.gz3.0 is a pretty old one, you should use 3.4. You download the code, load some dependencies, compile and install. For me (debian) the minimal dependencies are : linssl-dev zlib-dev bin86 bcc elks-libc python2.5-dev python-xml Many distros have pre-built Xen packages.> > > This is the actual Xen hypervisor. > How is this generated ? > I mean if I get the source code from the git. How should I generate > xen-3.0.gz ? > > > > (3) linux-2.6-xenU ? > > > > > linux kernel suitable for being used in a PV guest/domU. > This is generated like this KERNELS ?= linux-2.6-xen0 > linux-2.6-xenU , right ???You will have to install a whole system in your Virtual Machines, most kernels are working very well under the Xen hypervisor, you can even create Windows virtual machines.> > > -- Pasi > > > Regards, > > Onkar > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
Onkar Mahajan
2010-Apr-07 10:50 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] xen-3.0.gz and linux-2.6-xen0
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:55 PM, jpp@jppozzi.dyndns.org < jpp@jppozzi.dyndns.org> wrote:> Hello, > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 10:31:16AM +0530, Onkar Mahajan wrote: > > > What is the difference between > > > (1) linux-2.6-xen0 > > > > > > linux kernel suitable for being used in dom0. > Download, configure and compile. Some pre-built kernels are available in > many distros. > > > > > (2) xen-3.0.gz > 3.0 is a pretty old one, you should use 3.4. > You download the code, load some dependencies, compile and install. > For me (debian) the minimal dependencies are : > linssl-dev > zlib-dev > bin86 > bcc > elks-libc > python2.5-dev > python-xml > Many distros have pre-built Xen packages. >Assuming I have all the dependencies installed , how do I generate xen-3.4.gz ?? is this the bzImage renamed to xen-3.4.gz ??> > > > > This is the actual Xen hypervisor. > > How is this generated ? > > I mean if I get the source code from the git. How should I generate > > xen-3.0.gz ? > > > > > > > (3) linux-2.6-xenU ? > > > > > > > > > linux kernel suitable for being used in a PV guest/domU. > > This is generated like this KERNELS ?= linux-2.6-xen0 > > linux-2.6-xenU , right ??? > You will have to install a whole system in your Virtual Machines, most > kernels are working very well under the Xen hypervisor, you can even > create Windows virtual machines. >Yes> > > > > > -- Pasi > > > > > Regards, > > > Onkar > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xen-devel mailing list > > > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > Thanks all for all this noble work. >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
jpp@jppozzi.dyndns.org
2010-Apr-07 11:11 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] xen-3.0.gz and linux-2.6-xen0
> > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:55 PM, jpp@jppozzi.dyndns.org > <jpp@jppozzi.dyndns.org> wrote: > Hello, > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen > <pasik@iki.fi> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 10:31:16AM +0530, Onkar > Mahajan wrote: > > > What is the difference between > > > (1) linux-2.6-xen0 > > > > > > linux kernel suitable for being used in dom0. > > Download, configure and compile. Some pre-built kernels are > available in > many distros. > > > > > (2) xen-3.0.gz > > 3.0 is a pretty old one, you should use 3.4. > You download the code, load some dependencies, compile and > install. > For me (debian) the minimal dependencies are : > linssl-dev > zlib-dev > bin86 > bcc > elks-libc > python2.5-dev > python-xml > Many distros have pre-built Xen packages. > > Assuming I have all the dependencies installed , how do I generate > xen-3.4.gz ?? > is this the bzImage renamed to xen-3.4.gz ??When you install (after compiling or by package) the Xen-x.x.gz is installed in the right place (/boot partition), you will have to configure your boot loader to load : 1) XEN 2) the lminux kernel 3) the "initrd" Different versions of GRUB (or grub2) does have differences in the "grub.cfg" file and the automatic generation gives bad results for Xen installation (at least on Debian) and you will have to "hand craft" the specific portion (On debian add a nice file in /etc/grub.d) or be ready to redo the work after each automatic modification. Many explanations on Internet, beware for GRUB''s version as there are some oddities.> > > > > > > > > This is the actual Xen hypervisor. > > How is this generated ? > > I mean if I get the source code from the git. How should I > generate > > xen-3.0.gz ? > > > > > > > (3) linux-2.6-xenU ? > > > > > > > > > linux kernel suitable for being used in a PV > guest/domU. > > This is generated like this KERNELS ?= linux-2.6-xen0 > > linux-2.6-xenU , right ??? > > You will have to install a whole system in your Virtual > Machines, most > kernels are working very well under the Xen hypervisor, you > can even > create Windows virtual machines. > Yes > > > > > > > -- Pasi > > > > > Regards, > > > Onkar > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xen-devel mailing list > > > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > Thanks all for all this noble work. > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users