Xen users - Aug 2008 - Installing 3.2.0 rpm''s compiled from srpm

When I use yum to install xen 3.2.0 and xen-libs it also pulls in then centos
kernel-xen?
I thought the srpm contained the kernel and its related files and just needed
deps like
bridge utils etc?

To get this running, I changed the grub stanza kernel-xen creates to have the
kernel point to
xen.gz-3.2 instead of xen.gz-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 (from kernel-xen) and one of the
module lines
to point to my custom initrd for pciback loading. That leaves the other module
line kernel-xen
wrote for vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5xen intact.

Why does kernel-xen get pulled in and what''s the significance of the
vmlinuz line when using the
xen.gz-3.2 kernel provided by the 3.2.0 rpm? Is it not needed?

Thanks!
jlc


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>Why does kernel-xen get pulled in and what''s the significance of
the vmlinuz line when using the
>xen.gz-3.2 kernel provided by the 3.2.0 rpm? Is it not needed?
Answering my own question here...

Trolling the archives more prompted me to stumble onto one of Ross''s
posts
http://xen.markmail.org/message/3juxnjfdifmqizcb?q=3%2E3+spec+type:users
so as from what I gather I would still using the CentOS kernel (vmlinuz) with
the newer xen hypervisor from the hand rolled rpm''s.

jlc


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