* Akio Takebe (takebe_akio@jp.fujitsu.com) wrote:> We can success booting domU with linux-2.6.tip-xen.
> (This is FedoraCore work.)
> The build step is the below.
> I think the step is almost same as Aron''s step.
> (http://free.linux.hp.com/~agriffis/fedora-kernel-ia64/.)
> We used linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg(cset #30476) and
> xen-unstable.hg(cset #10474).
>
> 1. hg clone http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg
> 2. copy xen/include/asm-ia64/asm-xsi-offsets.h
> from xen-ia64-unstable.hg
> to linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg/include/asm-ia64/xen/
> 3. copy .config
> from xen-ia64-unstable.hg/buildconfigs/linux-defconfig_xen_ia64
> to linux-2.6.tip-xen/.config
> 4. make oldconfig
> (All answers are default)
> 5. copy linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg/arch/ia64/kernel/gate.S
Hmm, I figured this might be an issue.
> from linux-2.6.16.13.tar.bz2
> 6. cd linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg
> make & copy vmlinuz & mkinitrd
> 7. build xen-unstable.hg (cset #10474)
> hg clone xen-unstable.hg xen-unstable.hg-match-linux-2.6.tip
> cd xen-unstable.hg-match-linux.2.6.tip
> hg up -C 10474
> make
> 8. copy xen.gz to under /boot/efi/
> 9. make install-tools
>
> But I found some problem. Please comments.
> A. We cannot compile the latest linux-2.6.tip-xen(#32966).
> Is fixing linux-2.6.tip-xen fc6''s or xen-ia64''s
contribution?
> Or is anyone already working for that?
I have not tried compiling it on ia64. Could you show us the compile
errors? Or if you know the problem, send a patch?
> B. linux-2.6.tip-xen don''t have arch/ia64/kernel/gate.S. Why?
This is likely a merge error. The merge thought the file was dropped
from upstream Linux. Feel free to send the proper patch.
thanks,
-chris