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Re: [Xen-users] Unstable kernel build fails - please help

To: Shahzad Chohan <shahzad.chohan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unstable kernel build fails - please help
From: aq <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:59:14 +0900
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On 7/20/05, Shahzad Chohan <shahzad.chohan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 7/20/05, aq <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 7/20/05, Shahzad Chohan <shahzad.chohan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I'm hoping one of you pro's can help me.
> > >
> > > Basically I tried compiling the xen unstable kernel by doing the 
> > > following:
> > >
> > > 1) Download xen-unstable
> > > 2) Untar xen-unstabel
> > > 3) cd xen-unstable
> > > 4) Copy kernel config from redhat kernel: cp
> > > /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/kernel-2.6.9-i686.config
> > > /root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/.config
> > > 5) KERNELS=*2.4* make dist
> >
> > i dont see why you copy 2.6 kernel config, then compile 2.4 kernel ?
> >
> > >| /sbin/genksyms  -k 2.4.30 >
> > >/root/xen/xen-unstable/linux-2.4.30-xenU/include/linux/modules/api.ver.tmp
> > >/bin/sh: /sbin/genksyms: No such file or directory
> >
> > install /sbin/genksyms first, then try again
> >
> >
> > regards,
> > aq
> >
> 
> Hi Thanks for the reply. Basically I wanted the 2.6 xen kernel to have
> all of the options that the redhat has.
> 

then just "make dist". by default, xen will compile 2.6 linux kernel
only. so you dont need "KERNEL = ..." when running make.

> Redhat don't supply the genksyms package, they stopped packaging it in
> fedora core 3. How can I get round this?
> 

genksyms is for 2.4 kernel based system only. so if you run 2.6, you
dont need that.


regards,
aq

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