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RE: [Xen-users] Getting a Dom0 Kernel Version > 2.6.18 ?

To: "'Stefan de Konink'" <skinkie@xxxxxxxxx>, "'Anthony Wright'" <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Getting a Dom0 Kernel Version > 2.6.18 ?
From: "Dustin Henning" <Dustin.Henning@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:58:52 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Getting a Dom0 Kernel Version > 2.6.18 ?

Anthony Wright schreef:
> As far as I work out the version of the Dom0 linux kernel has to be
> 2.6.18. This is causing me a lot of problem, because the driver support
> in 2.6.18 is slowly falling behind, and I finding that more modern
> hardware isn't supported by the 2.6.18 drivers.
> 
> Is it possible to use a more recent version of the kernel for Dom0, or
> am I stuck with 2.6.18?
> 
> Is there another way I can use more modern drivers? I'm particularly
> interested in the sky2 ethernet driver at the moment, but have had
> problem with other ethernet drivers and SATA drivers in the past.
> 
> Are there any plans to upgrade xen to use a later kernel version for Dom0?

Gentoo has a 2.6.21 kernel; that is rather stable. I also have major 
problems with the .18 release on Dell hardware. (Network device order 
issues etc. etc.)


Stefan

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        I use Fedora 8.  It has a 2.6.21 Dom0 as well.  Regarding stability,
I can't say I push it to the limits, but I haven't had any trouble with it.
I had to use Fedora 8 because CentOS 5.2 didn't have drivers for my NIC
(RTL8111/8168B according to F8 lspci) and I couldn't get the vendor provided
ones to work.  Fedora 8 will EOL soon, though, and Fedora 9 doesn't include
Dom0 support, plus Fedora 10 probably won't (at least not initially) either.
I don't know what kind of timeline Gentoo runs on...
        Dustin



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