Re: [Xen-users] Building Vanilla source 2.6.31.4 with XEN hypervisor

[Fasiha Ashraf <feehapk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I am still confused how to proceed with the XEN installation. The reason is, If I go to >>www.xen.org.downloads then It shows that XEN comes with linux-2.6.18. I am afraid >>whether it is possible to build xen from source along with customized vanilla kernel.
you can simply get the xen3.4.1 source which is the most stable version in the latest ones. and about Kernel you can get it from git repository simply by running thes commands specified for pv os kernel. you can learn about git from its man, it has hell a lot other options.
running this
#git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git linux-2.6-xen
you will get a kernel recommended by Pasi. v2.6.31.4 and after cd into that kernel
# cd linux-2.6-xen
you can change the kernel version if required to v2.6.30 using the following command.
# git checkout origin/xen-tip/next -b xen-tip/next
If you are satisfied by v2.6.31.4 then simply compile and build it usins make menuconfig, make ...... etc

Regards,
Fasiha Ashraf

--- On Thu, 22/10/09, Ahmad Hassan <ahmad.hassan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Ahmad Hassan <ahmad.hassan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Building Vanilla source 2.6.31.4 with XEN hypervisor
To: "Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx>
Cc: "Fasiha Ashraf" <feehapk@xxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, 22 October, 2009, 7:31 PM

Hi Pasi,

I am still confused how to proceed with the XEN installation. The reason is, If I go to www.xen.org.downloads then It shows that XEN comes with linux-2.6.18. I am afraid whether it is possible to build xen from source along with customized vanilla kernel.

Thanks.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 04:39:17PM +0530, Fasiha Ashraf wrote:
>   Which platform are you using? Fedora or debian? which version? Below are some
>   basic steps of building it with pv os kernel in a fedora11 platform:-
>

<snip>

>
>   Build PV Ops Kernel
>
>    1. cd /usr/src/kernels
>    2. git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git
>       linux-2.6-xen
>    3. cd linux-2.6-xen
>    4. git checkout origin/xen-tip/master -b xen-tip/master


You should use 'xen/master' instead of 'xen-tip/master'.

'xen-tip/master' is old and deprecated.

All the new development is happening on 'xen/master', and that's what
people should test/use.

>   Create a Grub Entry:
>
>   title Xen 3.4 / Fedora kernel 2.6.30-rc6-tip
>   kernel /boot/xen-3.4.gz
>   module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-rc6-tip root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup01/vg_fedora11 ro
>   module /boot/initrd-2.6.30-rc6-tip.img
>

'xen/master' branch pv_ops dom0 kernel is currently at Linux 2.6.31.4.

-- Pasi

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Best Regards, Hassan
http://cern.ch/ahmadh/portfolio

Erasmus Student
The University of Reading, UK
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
The University Of Carlos III, Madrid Spain

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