Hello all, I need to port a 2.6.2 kernel to the Xen architecture, since there aren''t any patches or sparse tree for kernels below 2.6.9 I''d like to know why ? And also wether that endeavor has been attempted before? In any case pointers, Help, Advice would be greatly useful. I would like to end up with something like linux-2.6.2-xen-sparse. Please Help Sam _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
sm229534@albany.edu wrote:>Hello all, > >I need to port a 2.6.2 kernel to the Xen architecture, since there aren''t >any patches or sparse tree for kernels below 2.6.9 I''d like to know why ? >And also wether that endeavor has been attempted before? > >In any case pointers, Help, Advice would be greatly useful. I would like >to end up with something like linux-2.6.2-xen-sparse. > >Please Help > > >Sam >It would very likely be easier to forward port, or otherwise fix whatever issues are preventing you from running a recent kernel than it would be to back port xen to something so old. Also, should you really be comfortable running a kernel that has many known bugs and security vulnerabilities that have been fixed in the last 14 months? -Tupshin _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
sm229534@albany.edu
2005-Apr-12 02:25 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Porting 2.6.2 linux kernel to XEN
I''m aware of 2.6.2''s flaws and in many ways that''s an advantage since I''m running a tracing tool on that kernel. The more unsecure it is the more exploits I can run on it. Porting that kernel tracing tool to 2.6.10 would simply take too much time. Once again any pointers or advice are greatly needed Sam> sm229534@albany.edu wrote: > >>Hello all, >> >>I need to port a 2.6.2 kernel to the Xen architecture, since there aren''t >>any patches or sparse tree for kernels below 2.6.9 I''d like to know why ? >>And also wether that endeavor has been attempted before? >> >>In any case pointers, Help, Advice would be greatly useful. I would like >>to end up with something like linux-2.6.2-xen-sparse. >> >>Please Help >> >> >>Sam >> > It would very likely be easier to forward port, or otherwise fix > whatever issues are preventing you from running a recent kernel than it > would be to back port xen to something so old. Also, should you really > be comfortable running a kernel that has many known bugs and security > vulnerabilities that have been fixed in the last 14 months? > > -Tupshin >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel