Xen devel - May 2007 - Which exactly Linux kernel version was used to build the Xen 3.1 binary?

Hi,

Which of the Mercurial repos contains Linux kernel sources that were
used to build the Xen 3.1 binary distribution?

I have this question because I am suspecting that the sata_via driver
included in the distribution is not supporting my SATA controller
VIA8237x (I get error messages when modprobe''ing it from an init
ramdisk).

This repo (http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6-xen.hg) seems to
contain kernel 2.6.16 (sata_via driver is very old there). Are
xen-patched sources of 2.6.18 viewable on the web?

Or, what was exact revision/tarball date of the 2.6.18 kernel used for
the binary release?

I am just trying to narrow the scope of the problem: support for
VIA8237x SATA was added/fixed between 2.6.18 and 2.6.19 (the latter
works perfectly). If it is possible to obtain exact same kernel
tarball the I''d try to compile it alone and load and see if I get the
same errors with SATA.

Thanks.

PS I foresee some problems if I try to compile with 2.6.19 because of
different drivers layout (there was a message on this list about
that).

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Dimitry Golubovsky

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I''m not sure the linux-2.6-xen.hg tree is used for anything anymore. 
It was
part of the effort to upstream the Xen patches into mainline Linux, which has 
since taken another path.  I''m not sure the tree is used for
anything...
maybe we shouldn''t publish it anymore?

You should find the changesets you want in:
http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-3.1-testing.hg

This tree will also be used to push bug fixes for testing, and occasional 
tagging as point releases.

The tree contains a Linux "sparse" tree, and the build system will
download a
kernel tarball and patch it to make a Xen-enabled Linux.

HTH,
Cheers,
Mark

On Tuesday 22 May 2007, Dimitry Golubovsky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Which of the Mercurial repos contains Linux kernel sources that were
> used to build the Xen 3.1 binary distribution?
>
> I have this question because I am suspecting that the sata_via driver
> included in the distribution is not supporting my SATA controller
> VIA8237x (I get error messages when modprobe''ing it from an init
> ramdisk).
>
> This repo (http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6-xen.hg) seems to
> contain kernel 2.6.16 (sata_via driver is very old there). Are
> xen-patched sources of 2.6.18 viewable on the web?
>
> Or, what was exact revision/tarball date of the 2.6.18 kernel used for
> the binary release?
>
> I am just trying to narrow the scope of the problem: support for
> VIA8237x SATA was added/fixed between 2.6.18 and 2.6.19 (the latter
> works perfectly). If it is possible to obtain exact same kernel
> tarball the I''d try to compile it alone and load and see if I get
the
> same errors with SATA.
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS I foresee some problems if I try to compile with 2.6.19 because of
> different drivers layout (there was a message on this list about
> that).


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Mark,

Thanks for the explanation.

Then, what was the highest kernel version the patch was tested with
and produced working Xen?

Thanks

On 5/30/07, Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk>
wrote:
> I''m not sure the linux-2.6-xen.hg tree is used for anything
anymore.  It was
> part of the effort to upstream the Xen patches into mainline Linux, which
has
> since taken another path.  I''m not sure the tree is used for
anything...
> maybe we shouldn''t publish it anymore?
>
> You should find the changesets you want in:
> http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-3.1-testing.hg
>
> This tree will also be used to push bug fixes for testing, and occasional
> tagging as point releases.
>
> The tree contains a Linux "sparse" tree, and the build system
will download a
> kernel tarball and patch it to make a Xen-enabled Linux.
>
> HTH,
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
> On Tuesday 22 May 2007, Dimitry Golubovsky wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Which of the Mercurial repos contains Linux kernel sources that were
> > used to build the Xen 3.1 binary distribution?
> >
> > I have this question because I am suspecting that the sata_via driver
> > included in the distribution is not supporting my SATA controller
> > VIA8237x (I get error messages when modprobe''ing it from an
init
> > ramdisk).
> >
> > This repo (http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6-xen.hg) seems to
> > contain kernel 2.6.16 (sata_via driver is very old there). Are
> > xen-patched sources of 2.6.18 viewable on the web?
> >
> > Or, what was exact revision/tarball date of the 2.6.18 kernel used for
> > the binary release?
> >
> > I am just trying to narrow the scope of the problem: support for
> > VIA8237x SATA was added/fixed between 2.6.18 and 2.6.19 (the latter
> > works perfectly). If it is possible to obtain exact same kernel
> > tarball the I''d try to compile it alone and load and see if I
get the
> > same errors with SATA.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > PS I foresee some problems if I try to compile with 2.6.19 because of
> > different drivers layout (there was a message on this list about
> > that).
>
>
>
> --
> Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat?  And no pedals!
> Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard?
> Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
> Mark: My wheel has a wheel!
>

-- 
Dimitry Golubovsky

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> Thanks for the explanation.
>
> Then, what was the highest kernel version the patch was tested with
> and produced working Xen?
Do you mean the linux-2.6-xen.hg tree?  I think that''s been basically
dead for
quite some time.

If you want to use a really recent Linux kernel, patches against bleeding edge 
Linux for domU operation have been posted to the kernel mailing list recently 
for inclusion in the -mm tree and then in the next mainline release of Linux.  
You might like to take a look at those, although it''s a different
codebase to
the one in the Xen repositories.

Cheers,
Mark
> Thanks
>
> On 5/30/07, Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > I''m not sure the linux-2.6-xen.hg tree is used for anything
anymore.  It
> > was part of the effort to upstream the Xen patches into mainline
Linux,
> > which has since taken another path.  I''m not sure the tree is
used for
> > anything... maybe we shouldn''t publish it anymore?
> >
> > You should find the changesets you want in:
> > http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-3.1-testing.hg
> >
> > This tree will also be used to push bug fixes for testing, and
occasional
> > tagging as point releases.
> >
> > The tree contains a Linux "sparse" tree, and the build
system will
> > download a kernel tarball and patch it to make a Xen-enabled Linux.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> >
> > On Tuesday 22 May 2007, Dimitry Golubovsky wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Which of the Mercurial repos contains Linux kernel sources that
were
> > > used to build the Xen 3.1 binary distribution?
> > >
> > > I have this question because I am suspecting that the sata_via
driver
> > > included in the distribution is not supporting my SATA controller
> > > VIA8237x (I get error messages when modprobe''ing it from
an init
> > > ramdisk).
> > >
> > > This repo (http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6-xen.hg) seems
to
> > > contain kernel 2.6.16 (sata_via driver is very old there). Are
> > > xen-patched sources of 2.6.18 viewable on the web?
> > >
> > > Or, what was exact revision/tarball date of the 2.6.18 kernel
used for
> > > the binary release?
> > >
> > > I am just trying to narrow the scope of the problem: support for
> > > VIA8237x SATA was added/fixed between 2.6.18 and 2.6.19 (the
latter
> > > works perfectly). If it is possible to obtain exact same kernel
> > > tarball the I''d try to compile it alone and load and see
if I get the
> > > same errors with SATA.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > PS I foresee some problems if I try to compile with 2.6.19
because of
> > > different drivers layout (there was a message on this list about
> > > that).
> >
> > --
> > Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat?  And no
> > pedals! Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a
> > skateboard? Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
> > Mark: My wheel has a wheel!


-- 
Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat?  And no pedals!
Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard?
Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
Mark: My wheel has a wheel!

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