Re: [Xen-users] [Just a new try] Questsions about Stubdomains

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That page looks very obsolete to me. I have no idea if the steps it
describes are needed for xm/xend but they are certainly not correct for
xl. http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Device_Model_Stub_Domains is correct for xl
AFAICT.

On Tue, 2012-12-11 at 11:48 +0000, Lars Kurth wrote:
> Ian,
> is the http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/StubDom page up-to-date? It would be 
> good to clear this up (and move the old stuff - if it doesn not work any 
> more) into a Xen 3.x and Xen 4.x section. I can do this, I just don't 
> know from this thread whether the page is still valid.
> Lars
> 
> On 11/12/2012 09:37, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-12-11 at 07:22 +0000, xen@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> I hope that it now works and there is no longer problems with my
> >> mailsystem. It could be that it already worked but it doesn't look
> >> like because the mail don't came back from the list.
> >>
> >> I am trying to setup stubdomains for my running domains on Xen 4.2. I
> >> read this wiki articles:
> >>
> >>
> >> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/StubDom
> >> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Device_Model_Stub_Domains
> >>
> >> I am able to activate a stubdomain for a normal domain but this domain
> >> is so basic in it's resources (e.g. 32MB RAM) that the normal guest
> >> can't be used.
> > I'm not sure what you mean by this.
> >
> >>   How can I tell the domain that it should use a
> >> stubdomain with an explicit configuration? Do I need to create a
> >> config file for the stubdomain in the same folder where the
> >> configuration for the normal domain is stored? Or how could I do this?
> > Enabling stubdomains for an existing HVM guest should be a case of
> > adding a single line to its configuration file:
> >     device_model_stubdomain_override = 1
> >
> > This option is described in the xl.cfg(5) man page and is referenced by
> > the second wiki page you linked above.
> >
> > If you continue to have trouble then please provide log files and your
> > guest configuration file.
> > http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Reporting_Bugs_against_Xen contains a handy
> > list of places to look for logs etc.
> >
> >> And should I use stubdomains for PV and HVM guest or does only HVM
> >> guests support stubdomains?
> > A qemu stubdomain only makes sense for an HVM guest since a PV guest has
> > no emulated devices and therefore no emulated devices (which is what a
> > qemu stub provides).
> >
> >> Would be greate to get a few answers.
> >>
> >> Best Regards
> >>
> >>
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