RE: [Xen-users] Question: Solaris 10 10/09 HVM on 64-bit Centos 5.4 Dom0 vs Suse 11.3

[Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>]

> and I really shouldn't have a kernel that's not one of the standard CentOS packages

You can also make a direct port of Official Xen 3.4.2  to CentOS 5.4 .

# make world
# make install

Kernel will be replaced by xensource version of 2.6.18-xen and Libvirt capabilities will be lost, but S10 HVM will run. CentOS Dom0 has the same .18-th kernel , but RH patched.
Seems like Gunter shutdown http://gitco.de/repo due to issues with Xen 4.0 and RH's .18-th.

Boris.
P.S  Of course,  if performance (PV S10 drivers) is a matter. In fact RH's Dom0 kernel
is outdated.

--- On Fri, 8/20/10, Johnson Earls <jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Johnson Earls <jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Question: Solaris 10 10/09 HVM on 64-bit Centos 5.4 Dom0 vs Suse 11.3
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, August 20, 2010, 12:59 PM

Boris,

Thanks for that info - unfortunately, I need to be running CentOS 5.4 for the Dom0, and I really shouldn't have a kernel that's not one of the standard CentOS packages, so I'm going to have to give up on Solaris as a Xen guest for now.  I'll try VirtualBox or something.

Thanks,
- Johnson
jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

From: Boris Derzhavets [mailto:bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 7:20 AM
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Johnson Earls
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Question: Solaris 10 10/09 HVM on 64-bit Centos 5.4 Dom0 vs Suse 11.3

www. gitco.de  doesn't seem exist any longer. Your task works at OpenSuse 11.3 as well with "kotd" kernel,  any current is OK. Suse 11.3 has Xen 4.0 and 2.6.34.2 XenLinux . I installed S10U8 HVM via virt-install.

Kernel of the day is download-able from location :-
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/openSUSE-11.3/x86_64/


--- On Thu, 8/19/10, Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Question: Solaris 10 10/09 HVM on 64-bit Centos 5.4 Dom0
To: "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Johnson Earls" <jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 10:51 AM
The last time i installed Solaris 10u6 under Xen 3.3.1 CentOS 5.2 Dom0 ( kernel 3.0.3)
My guess would be : upgrade Hypervisor up to 4.0 via http://gitco.de/repo if possible.
Oracle VM ( RHEL 5) i believe run at  Xen 4.0.
I mean you need an exact info about Xen Version & Dom0 Kernel of Oracle VM.
They based on Oracle Unbreakable Linux ( RHEL 5.X).
This config ( i mean Xen&Kernel_for_Dom0) should be able to run S10u9 HVM

Boris.
P.S. opensolaris forum is dead
      
--- On Thu, 8/19/10, Johnson Earls <jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Johnson Earls <jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Question: Solaris 10 10/09 HVM on 64-bit Centos 5.4 Dom0
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 10:35 AM
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Script started on Thu 19 Aug 2010 07:30:36 AM PDT
[root@localhost ~]# xm info
host                   : localhost.localdomain
release                : 2.6.18-164.el5xen
version                : #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 04:03:03 EDT 2009
machine                : x86_64
nr_cpus                : 2
nr_nodes               : 1
sockets_per_node       : 1
cores_per_socket       : 2
threads_per_core       : 1
cpu_mhz                : 2926
hw_caps                : bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000140:0408e3bd:00000000:00000001
total_memory           : 3965
free_memory            : 1
node_to_cpu            : node0:0-1
xen_major              : 3
xen_minor              : 1
xen_extra              : .2-164.el5
xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
xen_pagesize           : 4096
platform_params        : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset          : unavailable
cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)
cc_compile_by          : mockbuild
cc_compile_domain      : centos.org
cc_compile_date        : Thu Sep  3 03:20:50 EDT 2009
xend_config_format     : 2
[root@localhost ~]# brctl show
bridge name    bridge id        STP enabled    interfaces
virbr0        8000.0a85fc0b0682    yes        vif27.0
                            tap0
xenbr0        8000.feffffffffff    no        peth0
                            vif0.0
[root@localhost ~]# xm list
Name                                      ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State   Time(s)
Domain-0                                   0     3318     2 r-----  26100.5
test1                                     27      519     1 r-----    165.2
[root@localhost ~]# exit

Script done on Thu 19 Aug 2010 07:30:50 AM PDT
---- cut here ----

For comparison, here's the info from when the GRUB menu was actually showing:
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Script started on Thu 19 Aug 2010 07:28:55 AM PDT
[root@localhost ~]# xm info
host                   : localhost.localdomain
release                : 2.6.18-164.el5xen
version                : #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 04:03:03 EDT 2009
machine                : x86_64
nr_cpus                : 2
nr_nodes               : 1
sockets_per_node       : 1
cores_per_socket       : 2
threads_per_core       : 1
cpu_mhz                : 2926
hw_caps                : bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000140:0408e3bd:00000000:00000001
total_memory           : 3965
free_memory            : 1
node_to_cpu            : node0:0-1
xen_major              : 3
xen_minor              : 1
xen_extra              : .2-164.el5
xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
xen_pagesize           : 4096
platform_params        : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset          : unavailable
cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)
cc_compile_by          : mockbuild
cc_compile_domain      : centos.org
cc_compile_date        : Thu Sep  3 03:20:50 EDT 2009
xend_config_format     : 2
[root@localhost ~]# brctl show
bridge name    bridge id        STP enabled    interfaces
virbr0        8000.0a85fc0b0682    yes        vif27.0
                            tap0
xenbr0        8000.feffffffffff    no        peth0
                            vif0.0
[root@localhost ~]# xm list
Name                                      ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State   Time(s)
Domain-0                                   0     3318     2 r-----  26092.6
test1                                     27      519     1 r-----     82.3
[root@localhost ~]# exit

Script done on Thu 19 Aug 2010 07:29:16 AM PDT
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- Johnson
jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

From: Boris Derzhavets [mailto:bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:24 AM
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Johnson Earls
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Question: Solaris 10 10/09 HVM on 64-bit Centos 5.4 Dom0

Please, post "xm info", "brctl show", "xm list" when you attempt to pass Grub menu
( domain status ?)

Boris.

--- On Thu, 8/19/10, Johnson Earls <jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Johnson Earls <jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-users] Question: Solaris 10 10/09 HVM on 64-bit Centos 5.4 Dom0
To: "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 8:49 AM
Hello,

    I hope I'm not asking a FAQ, but I've searched google and this list and haven't manage to find an answer to this on my own.

    I'm running Centos 5.4 64-bit on Intel Core-2 Duo CPUs.  I'm trying to install Solaris 10 10/09 as an HVM guest on this system.  I have the Solaris 10 10/09 x86 ISO image that I am booting from; I can see the GRUB menu, but when it tries to boot to the OS, I stop getting any console output.  I've tried the standard [vnc] console, and I've tried using the xen serial 0 console and telling Solaris to boot using ttya or ttyb; nothing seems to work.

    The Xen version I'm running is:

xen.x86_64                                 3.0.3-105.el5_5.5           installed

    The HVM configuration is:

name = "test1"
uuid = "01c2dc0e-dd8c-6ef2-d116-4e02f2a534d9"
maxmem = 1500
memory = 512
vcpus = 1
builder = "hvm"
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
boot = "d"
pae = 1
acpi = 1
apic = 1
localtime = 1



device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
usb = 1
usbdevice = "tablet"
sdl = 0
vnc = 1
vncunused = 1
keymap = "en-us"
disk = [ "file:/export/test1.img,hda,w", "file:/root/sol-10-u8-ga-x86-dvd.iso,hdc:cdrom,r" ]
vif = [ "mac=00:16:36:4d:3e:2d,bridge=virbr0,script=vif-bridge,vifname=vif20.0" ]
parallel = "none"
serial = "pty"

    Any help, tips, or even being beaten over the head with "you're stupid, just do this" messages would be appreciated :)

Thanks in advance!

- Johnson
jearls@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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