Re: [Xen-devel] [Xen-users] XEN 4.1.2+Centos 6.2+Kernel 3.X

[Teck Choon Giam <giamteckchoon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry for this top posting and Cc the wrong list.  This should goes to
xen-users not xen-devel.  Many sorry :(


On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Teck Choon Giam <giamteckchoon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 6:54 AM, David Gonzalez <dgonzalezh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Teck Choon Giam <giamteckchoon@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 5:35 AM, David Gonzalez <dgonzalezh@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Yo, Teck, nice name heh,
>>>
>>> Grrr... My Surname is Giam and Name is Teck Choon :p
>>>
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Teck Choon Giam
>>> > <giamteckchoon@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 1:25 PM, David Gonzalez <dgonzalezh@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Hey hope this opne is a "make senser".
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Has anyone tried the "Subject line" combo?, I've compiled a dozen
>>> >> > src.rpm
>>> >> > kern el 3.0 and 3.1 packages with no luck to try native upstream Dom0
>>> >> > kernel
>>> >>
>>> >> > support with no success, just a kernel oops and constant reboots.
>>> >>
>>> >> I have compiled 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 kernels for dom0 and domU for my
>>> >> own patched kernels (add iscsitarget as module into it as example).
>>> >> Tested with xen-4.1.3-rc1-pre.
>>> >>
>>> > Ok, I'm guessing that mus me one of my many mistakes when doing this, I
>>> > haven't added the rite modules.
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I followed Fedora's wiki on building a custom kernel, even used
>>> >> > F16's >
>>> >> > .config which also was a no-no. I'd like to try F16 which comes with
>>> >> > 3.0 >
>>> >> > out-of-the-box, but I've already set up my CentOS 6.2 pretty nicely
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > just "mkfs.ext3" on it, so if anyone has some _updated_ info (3rd
>>> >> > quarter
>>> >> > 2011 or 2012) that I can refer to, please advise.
>>> >>
>>> >> Although I don't use CentOS 6.  I use Scientific Linux 6 instead.
>>> >> Don't use Fedora kernel .config as there are many debug options
>>> >> enabled if I remember correctly.  Even I use RHEL6 .config for
>>> >> 2.6.32.x pvops kernel for Jeremy's xen git tree will encounter
>>> >> problems.  In short, you can use one of those .config then use make
>>> >> menuconfig to disable power, cgroup, debug etc. options and start
>>> >> from there as this is how I did.
>>> >>
>>> > Hmm, I tried that with rpmbuild -bb kernel.spec and as described on F16
>>> > wiki, and disabled many many options and the kernel compiled aok and the
>>> > installed fine but never booted, it kept rebooting.
>>>
>>> Just a question... is your xen installed from source or from rpm package?
>>
>>
>> It's from myoung Fedora repos it's rpm package, altho I built 4.1.2 myself
>> but it's not installed from those but froma repo.
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > I'll try your suggestions and hope that it helps.
>>>
>>> If that doesn't, you can use mine instead of burning your time to make
>>> it work ;)  Anyway, I think it is a good experience to make it work
>>> from self compile and there are many things to learn from this
>>> experience.
>>
>>
>> Huh, self-compiled, I've done that a hundred times, but it's always a no-no,
>> i'v compiled 2.6.32 to 2.6.40 also 3.0.x to 3.1.x  and no luck either, I've
>> got a devel machine runiing also CentOS 6.0 with 4 cores and 2048MB uin RAM
>> so itr takes not tyoo long but it's frustrating to reboot and get nothing.
>>
>> I'd like to try yours, do you happen to have a repo or some place to get
>> your rpms?.
>
> The guide is at http://choon.net/forum/read.php?16,672307
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kindest regards,
> Giam Teck Choon
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Thank you very much.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Again.
>> --
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