Fedora xen - Jul 2006 - RE: [PATCH 0 of 5] fix linux-2.6-xen-fedora on ia64

Aron,
	Thanks you for detail. Seems very clear now. I have the same question with
Akio. Which Cset for xen and xenLinux is using for debug? Are they compatible?

Thanks & Best Regards
-Xiantao

OTC,Intel Corporation
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aron Griffis [mailto:aron@hp.com]
> Sent: 2006年7月28日 0:41
> To: Zhang, Xiantao; Akio Takebe
> Cc: fedora-xen@redhat.com; fedora-ia64-list@redhat.com;
> xen-ia64-devel@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: RE: [Fedora-xen] [PATCH 0 of 5] fix linux-2.6-xen-fedora on ia64
> 
> Xiantao and Akio,
> 
> Sorry that I''m not very good sharing status.  Here is an update to
> hopefully put us on the same page again.
> 
> First, a review of the repos available, since this is always a point
> of confusion:
> 
>     http://hg.et.redhat.com/kernel/linux-2.6-xen-fedora
>     - This is Juan''s tree from which he generates
linux-2.6-xen.patch
>       for the Fedora kernel rpm.  Juan creates this tree as
>       a combination of pulls from:
> 	    http://kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6
> 		- automatic mirror of Linus'' git tree
> 	    http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6-xen.hg
> 		- sparse tree patches applied to 2.6.16 kernel,
> 		  maintained mostly-daily by Christian
> 	    http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg
> 		- sparse tree patches merged to 2.6.18 kernel,
> 		  maintained sporadically by Chris Wright
> 	    PLUS Juan''s own patches to make it all work together.
> 
>     http://free.linux.hp.com/~agriffis/linux-2.6-xen-fedora-ia64
>     - This pulls from linux-2.6-xen-fedora, but also includes our
>       patches to fix building on ia64.
> 
>     http://free.linux.hp.com/~agriffis/kernel-cvs
>     - This is a mercurial mirror of the Fedora kernel cvs (see
>       http://people.redhat.com/davej), updated numerous times per
>       day by me.
> 
>     http://free.linux.hp.com/~agriffis/kernel-cvs-ia64
>     - This pulls from kernel-cvs, but also includes spec-file changes
>       necessary to build and test on ia64.  In particular, this
>       includes linux-2.6-xen-ia64.patch which is our current
>       collection of updates to Juan''s tree to support ia64.
> 
> Second, what works, what doesn''t:
> 
>     kernel-cvs-ia64 builds on ia64, both with and without CONFIG_XEN.
>     The normal kernel boots, the xen kernel doesn''t yet.
> 
>     Considering that everything builds at this point, I''ve
requested
>     for Juan to update his repo *and* update the spec to enable
>     building on ia64.  This is driven by wanting to land in FC6 T2.
>     We still need to make the xen kernel boot though :-)
> 
> Third, how to contribute:
> 
>     If you prefer to work with raw xen and kernel sources instead of
>     the rpm, do this first to get the kernel configs:
> 	hg clone http://free.linux.hp.com/~agriffis/kernel-cvs-ia64
> 	cd kernel-cvs-ia64/devel
> 	make configs
> 
>     That generates these files, which you can use in a kernel tree
>     with oldconfig:
> 	kernel-2.6.17-ia64.config
> 	kernel-2.6.17-ia64-xen.config
> 
>     Next get the kernel to work on:
> 	hg clone http://free.linux.hp.com/~agriffis/linux-2.6-xen-fedora-ia64
> 
>     Send your patches to me and cc fedora-xen and xen-ia64-devel.
>     To know what hypervisor changeset to use, check the spec file:
> 	cd kernel-cvs-ia64/devel
> 	grep -m1 xen_hv_cset kernel-2.6.spec
> 
> Thanks,
> Aron

Zhang, Xiantao wrote:  [Thu Jul 27 2006, 09:13:23PM EDT]
> Thanks you for detail. Seems very clear now. I have the same
> question with Akio. Which Cset for xen and xenLinux is using for
> debug? Are they compatible?
I have a tracker on my web page that might help answer this question.
It updates automatically.  See the top of
http://free.linux.hp.com/~agriffis/

Aron