And then there's the linux-2.6-xen.hg no PTYs problem I've asked about
previously. Selecting Xen subarchitecture nukes 90% of the device
drivers section. Consequently I can't get a shell running on 2.6.14 domu
machines. I've asked about this before but no-one seems to have an
answer for me.
Paul
On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 21:32 +0000, Ian Pratt wrote:
> Do you have 2.6.14? You could build based on linux-2.6-xen.hg, but this
> hasn't has s much testing (we know of at least on issue on x86_64)
>
> > 2) vif-route.sh is buggy; it doesn't handle the case where
> > multiple adapters
> > exist. So, dom0_ip(and the functions it calls) ends up
> > returning 2 ip
> > addresses, which makes ifconfig complain.
> >
> > I've got a fix hot-patched on our deployed server, I'll be
> > sending that
> > soon.
>
> Please post it, thanks.
>
> > 3) It appeared that when I tried the final 3.0.0 release,
> > that xenstored was
> > very sick. I had a previous(20051116 snapshot) installed,
> > and the tdb file
> > was corrupted(sorta). xenstore-list / shows to local
> > paths, but no vm nor
> > tools. Removing the file 'fixed' this. I'm not certain
> > exactly what
> > happend, tho.
>
> It's possible that the install scripts should delete the database when
> performing an upgrade. I don't think there have been any format changes
> in a while, though.
>
> > 5) I see it's not possible to have both a xen microkernel
> > that supports both
> > pae and non-pae. For individuals who are compiling
> > themselves, that's
> > fine; they can select which they want.
>
> Yep, no real way round that. Most users are already trained to this
> thanks to it being a compile time option in Linux.
>
> > Also, what other options are available, that would require multiple
> > compiles? Also, I don't see a concise list of what config
> > options I can
> > tweak for xen itself; the documentation is a bit poor in
> > that regard(pae
> > isn't even mentioned in the documentation; you have to
> > read a separate
> > README).
>
> Having a debug/verbose build of xen is sometimes handy for debugging
> things, but since debug builds are deliberatly combatitive its probably
> not a good idea for production.
>
> Ian
>
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