Ian Campbell
2011-Oct-26 16:18 UTC
[Xen-devel] [PATCH] unmodified_drivers: update README from http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/UnmodifiedDrivers
# HG changeset patch
# User Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
# Date 1319645918 -3600
# Node ID 36b5adb30766e16a1a3a4e900b3219f9fc7c40ed
# Parent 80c36c519e89e9ee487c94d80ac94fe216f3cdbc
unmodified_drivers: update README from
http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/UnmodifiedDrivers
Add reference to the fact that these drivers are for "classic-Xen"
kernels only
and do not work with PVops but point towards the PVHVM functionality in
mainstream.
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
diff -r 80c36c519e89 -r 36b5adb30766 unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/README
--- a/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/README Wed Oct 26 17:06:34 2011 +0100
+++ b/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/README Wed Oct 26 17:18:38 2011 +0100
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
-To build:
+These drivers provide paravirtualised drivers for pre-PVops Linux
+kernels which have the classic-Xen patches applied. They do not work
+with kernels which are not patched with the classic-Xen patches. In
+particular this includes all PVops kernels.
-1. ./mkbuildtree [<arch>]
+For 2.6.36 and newer you should use the "PVHVM" functionality which
is
+available in the mainline kernel.
+
+To build do one of:
+
+ ./mkbuildtree [<arch>]
NB. You can override paths to Xen sources and a (stub) XenLinux
build tree via the XEN and XL environment variable.
-2. make -C /path/to/kernel/build M=$PWD modules
+- or -
+ make -C /path/to/kernel/build M=$PWD modules
NB. This is your native kernel build tree (or a distro provided
stub), not the XenLinux sources referred to in step 1.
NB. If you are cross compiling, you need to set ARCH and
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Pasi Kärkkäinen
2011-Oct-27 06:57 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] unmodified_drivers: update README from http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/UnmodifiedDrivers
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 05:18:49PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:> # HG changeset patch > # User Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> > # Date 1319645918 -3600 > # Node ID 36b5adb30766e16a1a3a4e900b3219f9fc7c40ed > # Parent 80c36c519e89e9ee487c94d80ac94fe216f3cdbc > unmodified_drivers: update README from http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/UnmodifiedDrivers >There''s also a related wiki page: http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/XenLinuxPVonHVMdrivers should we link that to UnmodifiedDrivers ? -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel