Re: [Xen-users] What packages ubuntu-xen-server & ubuntu-xen-desktop are up to on intrepid

["Todd Deshane" <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've recently installed Ubuntu Intrepid Server PV DomU at Xen 3.3 CentOS 5.2
> Dom0. Details here (if needed) :-
> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/111103/index.html
> Running Synaptic Manager at DomU i've noticed packages mentioned above as
> available
> for install . I don't intend install ubuntu-xen-server on DomU , but Ubuntu
> Intrepid Server running on bare metal will potentially allow (?)  to install
> ubuntu-xen-server
> ( with all dependent packages).
> Per recent message from Todd Deshane,  i've learned , that there is no
> option to install
> Xen 3.3 on Ubuntu Intrepid Server to create  Dom0, unless to make a port on
> your own :) Apparently  a couple of months is not enough for forward porting
> Xen 3.3 to intrepid kernel, but i am still confused about packages in
> Synaptic. What they are supposed to serve ?
>

Just to clarify, Intrepid apparently does have Xen 3.3 hypervisor support.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/ubuntu-xen-server

The dom0 kernel, just like with Fedora 9,10, is missing from Intrepid as
both Fedora and Ubuntu decided to wait for upstream linux xen support [1,2]
in order for them to again include a dom0 kernel. A pv_ops-based dom0
kernel should soon be supported by the xen developers and be put into
mainline Linux

[1] http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps
[2] http://xenbits.xensource.com/paravirt_ops/patches.hg

Cheers,
Todd

-- 
Todd Deshane
http://todddeshane.net
http://runningxen.com

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