Re: [Xen-devel] unmodified_drivers for linux-2.4 kernel

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We would definitely host a repo for 2.4 drivers. But we don’t really want to scuzz up the main drivers with too much legacy stuff. Particularly since they will go away when we move to pv_ops, and mainline Linux does not like carrying legacy layers in driver sources afaik.

 -- Keir

On 21/4/08 17:49, "Ben Guthro" <bguthro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Re-send, now that the list is back up.

-------- Original Message --------   
 Subject:  Re: [Xen-devel] unmodified_drivers for linux-2.4 kernel  
 Date:  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:08:08 -0400  
 From:  Ben Guthro <bguthro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:bguthro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>   
 To:  Michael Williams <spacex@xxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:spacex@xxxxxxxxxxx>   
 CC:  xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>   
 References:  <47FE53F4.4040303@xxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:47FE53F4.4040303@xxxxxxxxxxx>   

These patches were originally developed for RHEL3-U8... I'm not sure
what the differences are for CentOS5. I'm sure it would take a bit of
development to get them working.

The guys over at RedHat had said they were planning on releasing a
pv-on-hvm driver kit for older RHEL versions...but I'm not sure what the
status is on these.

However - you are not the first person to inquire about these patches -
indicating that there is a real desire to support 2.4 kernels.

Keir - you had originally rejected these patches for various reasons.
Have any other solutions been proposed that you find more acceptable?

Ben Guthro

Michael Williams wrote:
>
> I need help trying to compile the unmodified_driver tree for use on a
> HVM linux-based pc running kernel 2.4.34.  I found this  (
> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2007-12/msg00719.html
> ) thread and it seems that these patches are what I need, but I cannot
> get them to compile on my machine.  If Ben Guthro or anyone else who
> was able to successfully use these patches could tell me what I need
> to do to compile them, I would be very appreciative.
>
> My xen version is 3.1.0-53.1.14  (CentOS 5).
>
> Any and all help is appreciated.
>
> ~Michael Williams
>
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