Re: [Xen-devel] Unmodified drivers and 2.6.27

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 07.06.13 at 21:14, AP <apxeng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 1:00 AM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On 07.06.13 at 01:35, AP <apxeng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I am trying to compile the old unmodified_drivers against the 2.6.27
>>> kernel.  I remember SUSE having patches that made this work but I am unable
>>> to find them online. They are being referenced here (
>>> http://wp.colliertech.org/cj/?p=653) but the link doesn't work anymore. Are
>>> these patches still floating around somewhere?
>>
>> Give SLE11_BRANCH a try on http://kernel.opensuse.org/git.
>>
>> If you don't get from there what you need, I'm afraid you're
>> on your own, as that code stream has been dead for quite
>> some time.
> 
> Thanks for the pointer. The closest thing I can find to 2.6.27 is the
> tag rpm-2.6.30-8. So I moved to it and started checking out the
> patches.xen directory.

There may not be any tags for this old branch, but I'm sure you'd
also find 2.6.27 bits there. In fact, using the tag is almost certain
getting you something in arbitrary state, not from any SLE branch...

> Is there something that tells me the order in
> which these patches should be applied?

There's a series.conf file at the root of the tree.

Jan


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