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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Why Xen will deprecated? Is it to old?

To: Ian Tobin <itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Why Xen will deprecated? Is it to old?
From: "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:39:39 +0800
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As long as you have GCC and various development tools like make, you
should be able to compile Xen.

After that, just configure grub.

-- 
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
Engineering)
Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
Blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
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On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Ian Tobin <itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Are you guys saying you wont be able to compile XEN on the new version of 
> Debian ?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pasi Kärkkäinen
> Sent: 21 October 2009 09:25
> To: Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
> Cc: Fajar A. Nugraha; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 
> xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Why Xen will deprecated? Is it to 
> old?
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:02:14PM +0800, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 
> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I went to this page
>> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/prologue/hostreqs.html
>> and it says that LFS instructions are currently for building a 32-bit
>> system only. Instructions for building 64-bit systems will only come
>> in a future version of LFS.
>>
>> I remembered I encountered some difficulties when building a 32-bit
>> Xen system. PAE support must be enabled. This was mentioned by Pasi.
>>
>
> Yes, 32bit Xen dom0 must be PAE (64G mem support enabled), and also
> 32bit PV guests must be PAE.
>
> Back in the days Xen supported also non-PAE 32bit, but not anymore nowadays.
> In 32bit kernel configuration you'll see Xen options only after you enable 
> PAE first.
>
> -- Pasi
>
>> --
>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
>> Engineering)
>> Alma Maters:
>> (1) Singapore Polytechnic
>> (2) National University of Singapore
>> Blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com
>> Email: space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx
>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>> Republic of Singapore
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Fajar A. Nugraha <fajar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>> > <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> If we don't use any specific Linux distribution like Fedora, Debian,
>> >> Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, etc, we could still customize or DIY our own linux
>> >> system according to the instructions here at the Linux from Scratch
>> >> online book http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/
>> >>
>> >> And then we could download the pv_ops/pvops dom0 kernels and Xen
>> >> hypervisor and compile ourselves.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone forsees any problems with this approach?
>> >
>> > I don't see a difference whether you use specific distro or a DIY
>> > system. You could always setup xen (including dom0 kernel) manually.
>> > A possible snag might be if you use i386, where you need xen-friendly
>> > glibc. For x86_64 it's much easier.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Fajar
>> >
>>
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