Xen devel - Jul 2011 - How Can I install xen 3.4.2 from source code

Hello everyone:
         I am currently install xen 3.4.2 on centOS 5.5 with linux 
kernel version 2.6.18.8.
It works during the procedure make dist -j 4 and make install -j4, but 
when I make the
initrd image of xen it shows the following error:
         Looking for deps of module pata_marvell
         No module pata_marvell found for kernel 2.6.18.8-xen, aborting.
How can I fix it?

Thanks.


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On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 08:03:18PM +0800, m00nlight
wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>         I am currently install xen 3.4.2 on centOS 5.5 with linux kernel 
> version 2.6.18.8.
> It works during the procedure make dist -j 4 and make install -j4, but  
> when I make the
> initrd image of xen it shows the following error:
>         Looking for deps of module pata_marvell
>         No module pata_marvell found for kernel 2.6.18.8-xen, aborting.
> How can I fix it?
>
Try using the default kernel-xen rpm in CentOS, it includes all the newer
drivers.

-- Pasi


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Hi,

I could successfully install xen-3.4.3.4 on CENTOS-5.5 as dom0. May be it
works for you too:

   1. Install centos-5.5 distribution with "customize now" option for
   packages during installation. i have selected the following in addition to
   default:
      - development:
         - gnome software development
         - development libraries
         - development tools
         - legacy software development
         - virtualization
      - base system:
         - legacy software development
         - system tools
         - admin tools
         - x windows system
      2. by default this installs Centos kernel 2.6.18-194.el5xen as dom0
   kernel and XEN hypervisor version 3.1.2-194
   3. Now download source RPM for xen version which you want to install
      - http://www.gitco.de/repo/src/
      - I tried
xen-3.4.3-4.el5.src.rpm<http://www.gitco.de/repo/src/xen-3.4.3-4.el5.src.rpm>
   4. Setup the rpm build environment (for details refer
   http://crashcourse.ca/content/working-source-rpms-under-centos)
   - #mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
      - #echo ''%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild'' >
~/.rpmmacros
      - #yum install transfig tetex-latex texi2html libaio-devel iasl
      xz-devel e4fsprogs-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config
   5. install xen-<version>.src.rpm to get .spec file
      - #rpm -i xen-<version>.src.rpm
      - this will create xen-3.4.3.spec file under /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/
   6. go to /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/ and execute following command to build the
   rpm sources
      - # rpmbuild -ba xen-3.4.3.spec
      - this may report some missing dependencies. Please do "yum
install"
      of those and do "rpmbuild" again.
      7. this builds xen-<version> hypervisor and xen-tools in
   /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/xen-3.4.3/
   8. Go to /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/xen-3.4.3/ and install xen and tools
      - [root@localhost xen-3.4.3]# make install-xen install-tools
   9. Add a new grub entry (this to not to mess up the default one) with new
   xen version. My grub.conf looks as follows after this step:

title CentOS (2.6.18-194.el5xen)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-194.el5
        module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.el5xen ro root=/dev/vg_centos/lvroot rhgb
quiet
        module /initrd-2.6.18-194.el5xen.img
title CentOS (2.6.18-194.el5 and xen-3.4.3)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /xen-3.4.3.gz
        module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.el5xen ro root=/dev/vg_centos/lvroot rhgb
quiet
        module /initrd-2.6.18-194.el5xen.img

Good Luck.

- VSR.
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:33 PM, m00nlight <dot_wangyushi@yeah.net> wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>        I am currently install xen 3.4.2 on centOS 5.5 with linux kernel
> version 2.6.18.8.
> It works during the procedure make dist -j 4 and make install -j4, but when
> I make the
> initrd image of xen it shows the following error:
>        Looking for deps of module pata_marvell
>        No module pata_marvell found for kernel 2.6.18.8-xen, aborting.
> How can I fix it?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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Just building and installing the xen hypervisor and tools instead of
including linux-2.6.18.8-xen kernel. Domain0 kernel packaged in
CentOS5/RHEL5 should work with xen-3.4 hypervisor, I guess. I could have a
try and post the results later.

Yufang

2011/7/14 m00nlight <dot_wangyushi@yeah.net>
> Hello everyone:
>        I am currently install xen 3.4.2 on centOS 5.5 with linux kernel
> version 2.6.18.8.
> It works during the procedure make dist -j 4 and make install -j4, but when
> I make the
> initrd image of xen it shows the following error:
>        Looking for deps of module pata_marvell
>        No module pata_marvell found for kernel 2.6.18.8-xen, aborting.
> How can I fix it?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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