Re: [Xen-users] Creating an fc8 2.6.23 domu

[Stephan Seitz <s.seitz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm currently trying the same.

Mark wrote a small howto
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Kernel.org_Linux_on_Xen

I've not reached the end of the howto, so I don't know if this
leads to a working kernel, but maybe it's helpful.

jim burns schrieb:
> Maybe Sadique can field this one.
>
> I don't have the blkfront (xenblk.ko) or netfront (xennet.ko) modules (or any 
> of the kernel/drivers/xen tree). I go into 'make xconfig' -> Processor type 
> and features',  and check 'Enable support for Xen hypervisor'. (Everything 
> else in 'Paravirtualization support (EXPERIMENTAL}' was already checked.)  
> This automatically checks 4 more options for xen and hvm. I rebuild 
> the .src.rpm (I've tried 2.6.23.15-137 and 2.6.23.14-115). Rpmbuild complains 
> that it could not find the xennet module, continuing anyway, presumably at 
> the mkinitrd step. When I try to load this kernel as a domu, I get invalid 
> kernel type, whether I load it with the kernel/ramdisk= parms in the domu 
> config, or select it in the domu's grub menu.
> [661] > egrep XEN\|HVM /boot/config-2.6.23*
> /boot/config-2.6.23.14-115.fc8PAE:CONFIG_XEN=y
> /boot/config-2.6.23.14-115.fc8PAE:CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND=y
> /boot/config-2.6.23.14-115.fc8PAE:CONFIG_NETXEN_NIC=m
> /boot/config-2.6.23.14-115.fc8PAE:CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND=y
> /boot/config-2.6.23.14-115.fc8PAE:CONFIG_HVC_XEN=y
> /boot/config-2.6.23.15-137.fc8PAE:CONFIG_XEN=y
> /boot/config-2.6.23.15-137.fc8PAE:CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND=y
> /boot/config-2.6.23.15-137.fc8PAE:CONFIG_NETXEN_NIC=m
> /boot/config-2.6.23.15-137.fc8PAE:CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND=y
> /boot/config-2.6.23.15-137.fc8PAE:CONFIG_HVC_XEN=y
> [662] > xm create fc8 -c
> Using config file "/etc/xen/fc8".
> VNC= 1
> Error: (2, 'Invalid kernel', 'xc_dom_find_loader: no loader found\n')
> zsh: exit 1     xm create fc8 -c
>
> What else do I need to do to get a bootable 2.6.23 domu on fc8? Thanx.
>
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