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ed despard

2005-Aug-25 07:37 UTC

[Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable

For part of my Google Summer of Code work I''ve put togeather debs for 
xen of 2.0.7 and of unstable.  The unstable debs are built off of 
yesterdays hg tree, but I try to update them fairly regularly when new 
developments occur.  Currently I only have compiled debs for debian, 
but the source debs will work on ubuntu also, and I plan on posting 
compiled files for ubuntu tomorrow.
	The apt repository is available at 
http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dists/xenophilia/xendebs/debian  
available distributions are xen-stable, and xen-unstable.  To install a 
fully working xen system, you only need to install the xen package 
which depends on all the other needed debs.
	Please note that these are different from previous available debs, but 
share many of the same naming schemes etc.  Therefore if you are 
upgrading from a system that used debs from another source, it is 
recommended that you remove all old packages, and use the --purge 
option to apt-get in order to clear out any debconf templates.

	Differences in these packages from those previously available are 
primarily apparent in the distribution of kernels.  These packages do 
not distribute a kernel patch (yet) but instead distribute pre-build 
kernel packages that include debconf scripts to configure the needed 
grub entries.  More information on this system can be found in the man 
pages for update-grub-xen that are included, and the file 
/etc/xenkernels.conf.
	The init scripts are not run by default, but are just installed in 
/etc/init.d  In order to use xm etc, you must start xend manually, or 
use the update-rc.d script.

	If there is interest, these packages could be easy build for x86_64, 
as long as someone was willing to do the testing, as i do not have a 
system available.
	

Enjoy,
	Edward Despard


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James Harper

2005-Aug-25 09:55 UTC

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RE: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable

Very good to hear, have you and Adam compared notes at all?

A patch would be very useful. Do you have plans to release a
kernel-patch?

How does your .config compare to the stock debian kernel .config''s?
Which CPU target?

Thanks

James


> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-devel-
> bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of ed despard
> Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:37
> To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable
> 
> 	For part of my Google Summer of Code work I''ve put togeather
debs> for
> xen of 2.0.7 and of unstable.  The unstable debs are built off of
> yesterdays hg tree, but I try to update them fairly regularly when new
> developments occur.  Currently I only have compiled debs for debian,
> but the source debs will work on ubuntu also, and I plan on posting
> compiled files for ubuntu tomorrow.
> 	The apt repository is available at
> http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dists/xenophilia/xendebs/debian
> available distributions are xen-stable, and xen-unstable.  To install
a> fully working xen system, you only need to install the xen package
> which depends on all the other needed debs.
> 	Please note that these are different from previous available
debs,> but
> share many of the same naming schemes etc.  Therefore if you are
> upgrading from a system that used debs from another source, it is
> recommended that you remove all old packages, and use the --purge
> option to apt-get in order to clear out any debconf templates.
> 
> 	Differences in these packages from those previously available
are> primarily apparent in the distribution of kernels.  These packages do
> not distribute a kernel patch (yet) but instead distribute pre-build
> kernel packages that include debconf scripts to configure the needed
> grub entries.  More information on this system can be found in the man
> pages for update-grub-xen that are included, and the file
> /etc/xenkernels.conf.
> 	The init scripts are not run by default, but are just installed
in> /etc/init.d  In order to use xm etc, you must start xend manually, or
> use the update-rc.d script.
> 
> 	If there is interest, these packages could be easy build for
x86_64,> as long as someone was willing to do the testing, as i do not have a
> system available.
> 
> 
> Enjoy,
> 	Edward Despard
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel

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Matt Palmer

2005-Aug-25 10:06 UTC

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[Xen-devel] Re: debs for 2.0.7 and unstable

On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 03:37:20AM -0400, ed despard
wrote:> 	The apt repository is available at 
> http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dists/xenophilia/xendebs/debian  
404 compliant.  I suspect you wanted s/dists/distributions/

- Matt


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James Harper

2005-Aug-25 11:02 UTC

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RE: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable

I''ve done an install (but not yet booted) and have noted the
following...

I don''t get an initrd and it looks like almost everything is compiled
in. Any chance of doing an almost-identical-to-debian build for dom0? My
mkinitrd complains that there is no LVM, and when I look at the .config,
LVM is compiled into the kernel.

Thanks

James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-devel-
> bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of ed despard
> Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:37
> To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable
> 
> 	For part of my Google Summer of Code work I''ve put togeather
debs> for
> xen of 2.0.7 and of unstable.  The unstable debs are built off of
> yesterdays hg tree, but I try to update them fairly regularly when new
> developments occur.  Currently I only have compiled debs for debian,
> but the source debs will work on ubuntu also, and I plan on posting
> compiled files for ubuntu tomorrow.
> 	The apt repository is available at
> http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dists/xenophilia/xendebs/debian
> available distributions are xen-stable, and xen-unstable.  To install
a> fully working xen system, you only need to install the xen package
> which depends on all the other needed debs.
> 	Please note that these are different from previous available
debs,> but
> share many of the same naming schemes etc.  Therefore if you are
> upgrading from a system that used debs from another source, it is
> recommended that you remove all old packages, and use the --purge
> option to apt-get in order to clear out any debconf templates.
> 
> 	Differences in these packages from those previously available
are> primarily apparent in the distribution of kernels.  These packages do
> not distribute a kernel patch (yet) but instead distribute pre-build
> kernel packages that include debconf scripts to configure the needed
> grub entries.  More information on this system can be found in the man
> pages for update-grub-xen that are included, and the file
> /etc/xenkernels.conf.
> 	The init scripts are not run by default, but are just installed
in> /etc/init.d  In order to use xm etc, you must start xend manually, or
> use the update-rc.d script.
> 
> 	If there is interest, these packages could be easy build for
x86_64,> as long as someone was willing to do the testing, as i do not have a
> system available.
> 
> 
> Enjoy,
> 	Edward Despard
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel

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Michael McCabe

2005-Aug-25 11:19 UTC

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Re: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable

Here''s the correct url
http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/xenophilia/xendebs/debian/

Mike

On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 03:37 -0400, ed despard wrote:> 	For part of my Google Summer of Code work I''ve put togeather debs
for
> xen of 2.0.7 and of unstable.  The unstable debs are built off of 
> yesterdays hg tree, but I try to update them fairly regularly when new 
> developments occur.  Currently I only have compiled debs for debian, 
> but the source debs will work on ubuntu also, and I plan on posting 
> compiled files for ubuntu tomorrow.
> 	The apt repository is available at 
> http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dists/xenophilia/xendebs/debian  
> available distributions are xen-stable, and xen-unstable.  To install a 
> fully working xen system, you only need to install the xen package 
> which depends on all the other needed debs.
> 	Please note that these are different from previous available debs, but 
> share many of the same naming schemes etc.  Therefore if you are 
> upgrading from a system that used debs from another source, it is 
> recommended that you remove all old packages, and use the --purge 
> option to apt-get in order to clear out any debconf templates.
> 
> 	Differences in these packages from those previously available are 
> primarily apparent in the distribution of kernels.  These packages do 
> not distribute a kernel patch (yet) but instead distribute pre-build 
> kernel packages that include debconf scripts to configure the needed 
> grub entries.  More information on this system can be found in the man 
> pages for update-grub-xen that are included, and the file 
> /etc/xenkernels.conf.
> 	The init scripts are not run by default, but are just installed in 
> /etc/init.d  In order to use xm etc, you must start xend manually, or 
> use the update-rc.d script.
> 
> 	If there is interest, these packages could be easy build for x86_64, 
> as long as someone was willing to do the testing, as i do not have a 
> system available.
> 	
> 
> Enjoy,
> 	Edward Despard
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-devel mailing list
> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel

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Marcus Brown

2005-Aug-25 12:01 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] RE: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable

Hi all,

I''ve noted that mails in xen users list suggest compiling lvm
et al into the kernel for Debian, rather than using the Debian
method of compiling (almost) everything as a module.
This plays havoc with various Debian mechanisms like mkinitrd,
and IMHO makes life harder than it should be.

FYI modules DO work ... eg. with Xen Debian on LVM + RAID, which
should allow normal Debian mkinitrd operation.
My setup works perfectly with Debian Sarge as dom0 with
/boot/grub/menu.lst including something like
	title           Xen 2.0.7 Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11.12-xen0
	root            (hd0,0)
	kernel          /xen-2.0.7.gz root=/dev/ram0 ro dom0_mem=131072
	module          /vmlinuz-2.6.11.12-xen0 root=/dev/vg0/root ro console=tty0
	module          /initrd.img-2.6.11.12-xen0
	savedefault
	boot
I''ve made my initrd manually using standard methods:
	mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.11.12-xen0 2.6.11.12-xen0
For sanity, I''ve also made sure these changes are applied first:
	Edit lvm.conf for filter:
		filter = [ "a|/dev/md*|", "r/.*/" ]
	#this needs to be cleaned up to avoid md/xxx errors in dmesg
  and then run
	vgscan
	# vgscan must be executed before mkinitrd

If your install scripts are already calculating grub''s menu correctly
it should be a simple matter to modularise in the Debian way, and
use mkinitrd as intended.

Regards,

Marcus.


James Harper wrote:> I''ve done an install (but not yet booted) and have noted the
> following...
> 
> I don''t get an initrd and it looks like almost everything is
compiled
> in. Any chance of doing an almost-identical-to-debian build for dom0? My
> mkinitrd complains that there is no LVM, and when I look at the .config,
> LVM is compiled into the kernel.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> James
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-devel-
>>bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of ed despard
>>Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:37
>>To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
>>Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
>>Subject: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable
>>
>>	For part of my Google Summer of Code work I''ve put togeather
> 
> debs
> 
>>for
>>xen of 2.0.7 and of unstable.  The unstable debs are built off of
>>yesterdays hg tree, but I try to update them fairly regularly when new
>>developments occur.  Currently I only have compiled debs for debian,
>>but the source debs will work on ubuntu also, and I plan on posting
>>compiled files for ubuntu tomorrow.
>>	The apt repository is available at
>>http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dists/xenophilia/xendebs/debian
>>available distributions are xen-stable, and xen-unstable.  To install
> 
> a
> 
>>fully working xen system, you only need to install the xen package
>>which depends on all the other needed debs.
>>	Please note that these are different from previous available
> 
> debs,
> 
>>but
>>share many of the same naming schemes etc.  Therefore if you are
>>upgrading from a system that used debs from another source, it is
>>recommended that you remove all old packages, and use the --purge
>>option to apt-get in order to clear out any debconf templates.
>>
>>	Differences in these packages from those previously available
> 
> are
> 
>>primarily apparent in the distribution of kernels.  These packages do
>>not distribute a kernel patch (yet) but instead distribute pre-build
>>kernel packages that include debconf scripts to configure the needed
>>grub entries.  More information on this system can be found in the man
>>pages for update-grub-xen that are included, and the file
>>/etc/xenkernels.conf.
>>	The init scripts are not run by default, but are just installed
> 
> in
> 
>>/etc/init.d  In order to use xm etc, you must start xend manually, or
>>use the update-rc.d script.
>>
>>	If there is interest, these packages could be easy build for
> 
> x86_64,
> 
>>as long as someone was willing to do the testing, as i do not have a
>>system available.
>>
>>
>>Enjoy,
>>	Edward Despard

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James Harper

2005-Aug-25 12:14 UTC

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RE: [Xen-users] RE: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable

I''m trying a build using the sources now with my config from 2.0.6
(updated to 2.6.12 of course).

I''m no longer using grub to boot xen as I could never get it working
reliably over the network (my xen machines are diskless and use AoE). I
now use syslinux (pxelinux) with mboot to do the multiboot stuff. Works
like a dream.

I hope these new packages don''t actually rely on grub.

James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus Brown [mailto:marcusbrutus@internode.on.net]
> Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2005 22:01
> To: James Harper
> Cc: ed despard; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com; xen-
> users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] RE: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I''ve noted that mails in xen users list suggest compiling lvm
> et al into the kernel for Debian, rather than using the Debian
> method of compiling (almost) everything as a module.
> This plays havoc with various Debian mechanisms like mkinitrd,
> and IMHO makes life harder than it should be.
> 
> FYI modules DO work ... eg. with Xen Debian on LVM + RAID, which
> should allow normal Debian mkinitrd operation.
> My setup works perfectly with Debian Sarge as dom0 with
> /boot/grub/menu.lst including something like
> 	title           Xen 2.0.7 Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
2.6.11.12-xen0> 	root            (hd0,0)
> 	kernel          /xen-2.0.7.gz root=/dev/ram0 ro dom0_mem=131072
> 	module          /vmlinuz-2.6.11.12-xen0 root=/dev/vg0/root ro
> console=tty0
> 	module          /initrd.img-2.6.11.12-xen0
> 	savedefault
> 	boot
> I''ve made my initrd manually using standard methods:
> 	mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.11.12-xen0 2.6.11.12-xen0
> For sanity, I''ve also made sure these changes are applied first:
> 	Edit lvm.conf for filter:
> 		filter = [ "a|/dev/md*|", "r/.*/" ]
> 	#this needs to be cleaned up to avoid md/xxx errors in dmesg
>   and then run
> 	vgscan
> 	# vgscan must be executed before mkinitrd
> 
> If your install scripts are already calculating grub''s menu
correctly
> it should be a simple matter to modularise in the Debian way, and
> use mkinitrd as intended.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marcus.
> 
> 
> James Harper wrote:
> > I''ve done an install (but not yet booted) and have noted the
> > following...
> >
> > I don''t get an initrd and it looks like almost everything is
compiled> > in. Any chance of doing an almost-identical-to-debian build for
dom0? My> > mkinitrd complains that there is no LVM, and when I look at the
.config,> > LVM is compiled into the kernel.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-devel-
> >>bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of ed despard
> >>Sent: Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:37
> >>To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> >>Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> >>Subject: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable
> >>
> >>	For part of my Google Summer of Code work I''ve put
togeather
> >
> > debs
> >
> >>for
> >>xen of 2.0.7 and of unstable.  The unstable debs are built off of
> >>yesterdays hg tree, but I try to update them fairly regularly when
new> >>developments occur.  Currently I only have compiled debs for
debian,
> >>but the source debs will work on ubuntu also, and I plan on posting
> >>compiled files for ubuntu tomorrow.
> >>	The apt repository is available at
> >>http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dists/xenophilia/xendebs/debian
> >>available distributions are xen-stable, and xen-unstable.  To
install> >
> > a
> >
> >>fully working xen system, you only need to install the xen package
> >>which depends on all the other needed debs.
> >>	Please note that these are different from previous available
> >
> > debs,
> >
> >>but
> >>share many of the same naming schemes etc.  Therefore if you are
> >>upgrading from a system that used debs from another source, it is
> >>recommended that you remove all old packages, and use the --purge
> >>option to apt-get in order to clear out any debconf templates.
> >>
> >>	Differences in these packages from those previously available
> >
> > are
> >
> >>primarily apparent in the distribution of kernels.  These packages
do> >>not distribute a kernel patch (yet) but instead distribute
pre-build
> >>kernel packages that include debconf scripts to configure the
needed
> >>grub entries.  More information on this system can be found in the
man> >>pages for update-grub-xen that are included, and the file
> >>/etc/xenkernels.conf.
> >>	The init scripts are not run by default, but are just installed
> >
> > in
> >
> >>/etc/init.d  In order to use xm etc, you must start xend manually,
or> >>use the update-rc.d script.
> >>
> >>	If there is interest, these packages could be easy build for
> >
> > x86_64,
> >
> >>as long as someone was willing to do the testing, as i do not have
a
> >>system available.
> >>
> >>
> >>Enjoy,
> >>	Edward Despard
> 

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Ian Pratt

2005-Aug-25 23:25 UTC

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> Very good to hear, have you and Adam compared notes at all?
> 
> A patch would be very useful. Do you have plans to release a 
> kernel-patch?
> 
> How does your .config compare to the stock debian kernel
.config''s?
> Which CPU target?
It''s worth thinking about using the -xen config (as opposed to -xen0 or
-xenU). This has everything built as modules and works as both a dom0
and domU. I think its based on the debian config/

Ian

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benjamin

2005-Sep-15 10:43 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] Re: [Xen-devel] debs for 2.0.7 and unstable

On 8/25/05, Michael McCabe <mccabemt@gmail.com>
wrote:> 
> Here''s the correct url
> http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/xenophilia/xendebs/debian/

Today it looks like 

http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/xenophilia/xen-debs/debian/


Mike> 
> On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 03:37 -0400, ed despard wrote:
> > For part of my Google Summer of Code work I''ve put togeather
debs for
> > xen of 2.0.7 and of unstable. The unstable debs are built off of
> > yesterdays hg tree, but I try to update them fairly regularly when new
> > developments occur. Currently I only have compiled debs for debian,
> > but the source debs will work on ubuntu also, and I plan on posting
> > compiled files for ubuntu tomorrow.
> > The apt repository is available at
> > http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/dists/xenophilia/xendebs/debian
> > available distributions are xen-stable, and xen-unstable. To install a
> > fully working xen system, you only need to install the xen package
> > which depends on all the other needed debs.
> > Please note that these are different from previous available debs, but
> > share many of the same naming schemes etc. Therefore if you are
> > upgrading from a system that used debs from another source, it is
> > recommended that you remove all old packages, and use the --purge
> > option to apt-get in order to clear out any debconf templates.
> >
> > Differences in these packages from those previously available are
> > primarily apparent in the distribution of kernels. These packages do
> > not distribute a kernel patch (yet) but instead distribute pre-build
> > kernel packages that include debconf scripts to configure the needed
> > grub entries. More information on this system can be found in the man
> > pages for update-grub-xen that are included, and the file
> > /etc/xenkernels.conf.
> > The init scripts are not run by default, but are just installed in
> > /etc/init.d In order to use xm etc, you must start xend manually, or
> > use the update-rc.d script.
> >
> > If there is interest, these packages could be easy build for x86_64,
> > as long as someone was willing to do the testing, as i do not have a
> > system available.
> >
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > Edward Despard
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Xen-devel mailing list
> > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
> 
> 
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