Re: [Xen-users] blktap2: help please?

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:48:55PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 10:30:33PM +0200, Aleix Dorca wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > i've just installed xen 4.0. Since always blktapctl has never worked on
> > my dell 1950III. I even posted a bug but so far i can't use tap:aio or
> > similar.
> > 
> > I thought that with version 4 this would work, but it didn't. I still
> > see syslog errors from blktap version 1.0.0.
> > 
> > Today i wanted to try version 2 I found on the xen/tools source folder.
> > I compiled the source with make && make install, no problem, but it
> > seems I also need the kernel driver. I've tried both 2.6.31.13 and
> > 2.6.32.11 and none has the config TAP2 option, only the TAP. It depends
> > on something to be seen? Or maybe is in another version of the kernel?
> > 
> > How can I try blktap2 please...
> > 
> 
> pvops dom0 2.6.32.11 has blktap2 driver included, and it should work with Xen 
> 4.0.0.
> At least Jeremy has been using it with a pvops dom0 kernel and Xen 4.0.0.
> 

I just quickly wrote this wiki page:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/blktap2

It's still far from complete.. 

-- Pasi


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