Re: [Xen-devel] What is provided with the Xen Tools and why do I need them?

['Roger Pau Monné' <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 09:45:19AM -0700, Nick Garnett wrote:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Pau Monné [mailto:roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2017 09:40
> To: Nick Garnett <nick@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] What is provided with the Xen Tools and why do I
> need them?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Please avoid top-posting, it breaks the flow of the conversation.
> 
> On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 09:34:17AM -0700, Nick Garnett wrote:
> > Is "xl" the application that is installed following the "Xen ARM with 
> > Virtualization Extensions/CrossCompiling" page, "Build arm64 tools"
> section?
> 
> Yes, those are the tools I was referring to.
> 
> > I was able to install the "xen-tools" package with no issues, 
> > following the "xen-tools - a straightforward VM 
> > provisioning/installation tool" page 
> > ("https://blog.xenproject.org/2012/08/31/xen-tools-a-straightforward-v
> > m-prov
> > isioninginstallation-tool/").
> 
> OK, this is not the tools I was referring to. Sadly someone decided to
> create a completely different application that's used for provisioning vm
> images, and decided to name it xen-tools. This is not mandatory in order to
> run a Xen Dom0.
> 
> > Does that package provide the only "Xen Tools" that are necessary?
> 
> No.
> 
> Roger.
> 
> _________________________________________________________________________
> 
> So, the "xen-tools" package does not provide all of the tools that are
> necessary.  It provides xl/xm, so what else is necessary?

I assume you are trying to cross-compile Xen for arm64, so you need to
build the tools as listed here:

https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions/CrossCompiling#Build_arm64_tools

Roger.

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