[Xen-devel] Re: Using Debian packages

[Nuutti Kotivuori <naked@xxxxxx>]

Lars E. D. Jensen wrote:
> I'm about to install XenLinux on Debian. And I noticed this
> repository was submitted to this list a while ago:
>
> http://people.debian.org/~doogie/xen/
>
> Does the 2.0.5 packages (kernel-patch-xen_2.0.5-1_i386.deb) apply to
> Debian kernels in the Sarge tree which is 2.6.8 at the moment?

Most likely not. Xen 2.0.5 does not work with 2.6.8, AFAIK.

> If so, is it possible to build a domU kernel using the debian
> packages too?

It is possible. Just use make-kpkg. make-kpkg --arch=xen
--subarch=xenu would be the way. (As opposed to make-kpkg --arch=xen
--subarch=xen0).

> Or should I manually compile a domU from the original Xen 2.0.5
> source?

You can do that as well - but you will not get the debian patches to
stock kernels that way.

-- Naked



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