Re:[Xen-users] Problem compiling a custom kernel for xen-3.0

["Mathias Diehl" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

your approach will never work - as the howto you use was made for xen2.

Just have a short look a the xen3 user manual and you'll find the solution of 
your prolem :-)

cheers,

Mat


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Montag 06.03.06 12:15:04
Subject: [Xen-users] Problem compiling a custom kernel for xen-3.0

>Hello,
>
>       I am trying to run xen-3.0 in some of my dell servers. I have tried the
>binary distribution of xen, but it doesn't boot in my test system (a
>dell poweredge 750) because a module driver problem (I get an error
>message during booting saying it doesn't load a NFS root filesystem).
>
>       So I am trying to compile a custom kernel. So I have downloaded linux
>source 2.6.12. I am doing the next steps (found at
>http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_xen_setup_debian_ubuntu_p3):
>
>1. cp -al linux-2.6.12 linux-2.6.12-xen0
>2. cd xen-3.0.1/linux-2.6.11-xen-sparse/
>3. ./mkbuildtree ../../linux-2.6.12-xen0/
>4. cd ../..
>5. echo "-xen0" > linux-2.6.12-xen0/localversion-xen
>6. diff -Naur linux-2.6.12 linux-2.6.12-xen0 >
>archive/linux-2.6.12-xen0.patch
>
>7. cd linux-2.6.12
>8. patch -p1 < ../archive/linux-2.6.12-xen0.patch
>9. cd ../
>10. mkdir install
>11. cd linux-2.6.12-xen0
>12. cp arch/xen/configs/xen0_defconfig .config
>13. ARCH=xen; INSTALL_PATH=../install; INSTALL_MOD_PATH=../install
>14. export ARCH INSTALL_PATH INSTALL_MOD_PATH
>15. make oldconfig
>16. make menuconfig
>17. make modules
>
>       But I get an error:
>  CHK     include/linux/version.h
>  CC      arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s
>In file included from include/asm-xen/asm/processor.h:18,
>                 from include/asm/thread_info.h:17,
>                 from include/linux/thread_info.h:21,
>                 from include/linux/spinlock.h:12,
>                 from include/linux/capability.h:45,
>                 from include/linux/sched.h:7,
>                 from arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c:7:
>include/asm-xen/asm/system.h:11:25: asm/smp_alt.h: No such file or
>directory
>In file included from include/asm-xen/asm/processor.h:18,
>                 from include/asm/thread_info.h:17,
>                 from include/linux/thread_info.h:21,
>                 from include/linux/spinlock.h:12,
>                 from include/linux/capability.h:45,
>                 from include/linux/sched.h:7,
>                 from arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c:7:
>include/asm-xen/asm/system.h: In function `__cmpxchg':
>include/asm-xen/asm/system.h:256: error: `LOCK' undeclared (first use in
>this function)
>include/asm-xen/asm/system.h:256: error: (Each undeclared identifier is
>reported only once
>include/asm-xen/asm/system.h:256: error: for each function it appears
>in.)
>include/asm-xen/asm/system.h:256: error: syntax error before string
>constant
>include/asm-xen/asm/system.h:262: error: syntax error before string
>constant
>include/asm-xen/asm/system.h:268: error: syntax error before string
>constant
>make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 1
>make: *** [arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 2
>
>       so I can't compile it. I have tried to compile the 2.6.12 kernel with
>the same configuration (but without xen options) and it compiles
>perfectly.
>
>       Any idea?
>
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