Re: [Xen-users] problems about compiling the unmodified drivers in xen-3.4.0

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 09:19:39AM +0200, Pasi KÃrkkÃinen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 09:51:52AM +0800, ????????? wrote:
> >    Thanks Pasi:
> >         you said "The problem is unmodified_drivers is not really (yet)
> >    ported for newer
> >    kernels."
> > 
> >         It means that the unmodified drivers in the xen-3.4.0.tar.gz (the
> >    latest release version at www.xen.org) is not ported for the
> >    linux-2.6.18.8 kernel which is in the xen-3.4.0.tar.gz?
> > 
> 
> xen-3.4.1.tar.gz is the latest release (3.4.2 will be released soon).
> 

And now Xen 3.4.2 has been released.


> unmodified_drivers works with 2.6.18.
> 

You can get the latest official Xen (dom0) kernel with:
hg clone http://xenbits.xen.org/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg

-- Pasi

> 
> >      thanks!
> > 
> >    --- 09ÃÂÅ11Ã**9Ã*ÂÃÅ*Ã*ÅÃÅ*, Pasi KÃârkkÃâinen <pasik@xxxxxx> Ã**Ã**ÃÅ*
> > 
> >      Ã**ÃÂÂÃÂÂ: Pasi KÃârkkÃâinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
> >      ÃÅÂÃÂ*: Re: [Xen-users] problems about compiling the unmodified drivers
> >      in xen-3.4.0
> >      Ã*ÂÃÂÂÃÂÂ: "?????????" <vmkernelli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >      Ã**Ã**: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >      Ã*ÂÃ**: 2009ÃÂÅ11Ã**9Ã*Â,Ã*ÅÃÅ*,ÃÅ*Ã**6:31
> > 
> >      On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 05:47:42PM +0800, ????????? wrote:
> >      >    Hi, all:
> >      >         I want to check the function of the balloon driver in HVM
> >      guest. But
> >      >    I met a lot of problems when I compiling the balloon driver. I 
> > have
> >      read
> >      >    the related questions in the mailing-list, but still can not solve
> >      this
> >      >    problem.
> >      >
> >      >        According to the README file in xen-3.4.0/unmodified_drivers, 
> > I
> >      did
> >      >    the following work.
> >      >
> >      >        step 1: ./mkbuildtree (It's ok)
> >      >        step 2: make -C xen-3.4.0/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg M=$PWD modules
> >      >
> >      >        After a lot of redefined warning messages, I get the error
> >      message
> >      >    "In file included from include/asm/mach-xen/asm/pgtable.h:259,
> >      >                     from include/linux/mm.h:39,
> >      >                     from
> >      >    xen-3.4.0/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/balloon/balloon.c:40:
> >      >    include/asm/mach-xen/asm/pgtable-3level.h:178: error: expected
> >      ÃÂ**)ÃÂ**
> >      >    before numeric constant"
> >      >
> >      >    How can I solve this problem? thanks!
> >      >
> >      >    BTW: I want to the balloon driver can work in HVM guest with 
> > higher
> >      kernel
> >      >    version.
> >      >    for example: the HVM guest's kernel is 2.6.29. when I use the
> >      mkbuildtree
> >      >    script, the file path in this script doesn't exist in 2.6.29
> >      kernel. For
> >      >    example, the 2.6.18-xen.hg kernel has the "drivers/xen/core"
> >      directory
> >      >    but the 2.6.29 kernel hasn't, It has only "drivers/xen" directory.
> >      So How
> >      >    can I compile a balloon driver for higher kernel HVM guest?
> >      >
> >      >    any suggestion are welcome. thanks again!
> >      >
> > 
> >      The problem is unmodified_drivers is not really (yet) ported for newer
> >      kernels. Feel free to send patches :)
> > 
> >      I think Novell has patches somewhere to make it compile at least with
> >      2.6.27, which is what SLES11 ships with.
> > 
> >      -- Pasi
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