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[Xen-users] Re: Fwd: Xen Dom U Kernel

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:52:03AM -0700, kishore kumar wrote:
>    I need to have a PCI passthrough as well.
>    The link [1]http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenPCIpassthrough says RHEL5
>    has PCI passthrough for Xen PV guest (domU) kernels. (I want to choose
>    RHEL5 as Dom U as my Xen with pvops Dom0 is booting with RHEL5)
>    I am using virt-manager provided by RHEL to install Dom U, It gives me
>    only option as Network install tree and prompts installation URL/Kickstart
>    URL/Kernel parameters.
> 
>    Attached is the scrrenshot.
> 
>    Could you please let me know what these URL should be??  Where do I get
>    these from ??
> 

It's an URL to your private RHEL5 http/ftp mirror. You can create it by sharing
the contents of RHEL5 dvd by using httpd/ftpd.

CentOS5 you can install directly from a public http/ftp mirror on the internet.

For more information see: 
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Virtualization_Guide/index.html

-- Pasi

>    Thank You.
> 
> 
> 
>    On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <[2]pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>      On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:38:24AM -0700, kishore kumar wrote:
>      >    I see 2.6.30 and above has the 10G SR-IOV Virtual Function driver.
>      >
>      >    I am wondering can I pick up the kernel from [1][3]kernel.org and
>      run as a
>      >    Dom U ??
>      >
>      >    Are there any particular Instructions to follow for installing Dom
>      U on
>      >    Xen with pvops Dom 0 running??
>      >
>      >    Any hints please??
>      >
> 
>      Well, you could check for example Fedora 12 2.6.32.x kernel default
>      config file.
>      It's based on upstream [4]kernel.org kernel and runs as Xen domU, but it
>      doesn't have
>      xen pci frontend.
> 
>      If you're planning to use PCI passthrough you need to be more careful
>      with
>      the kernel version, see:
>      [5]http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenPCIpassthrough
> 
>      -- Pasi
> 
>      >    THank you..
>      >
>      >    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>      >    From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <[2][6]pasik@xxxxxx>
>      >    Date: Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:49 PM
>      >    Subject: Re: Xen Dom U Kernel
>      >    To: Kishore Bodke <[3][7]bodkekumar@xxxxxxxxx>
>      >
>      >    On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 09:21:16PM -0700, Kishore Bodke wrote:
>      >    >
>      >    >    I have Xen 3.4.3 with pvops Dom 0 (2.6.32.10) up and running .
>      >    >
>      >    >    Now I need to install Dom U.
>      >    >
>      >    >    Can any one please let me know where can I find the Dom U
>      kernels
>      >    which
>      >    >    has
>      >    >
>      >    >    10G SRIOV Virtual Function implemented?
>      >    >
>      >    >    How do I  build Dom U kernel??
>      >    >
>      >    >
>      >    >
>      >    >    Please reply bak.
>      >    >
>      >    >
>      >    >
>      >
>      >    I think at least [4][8]http://xenbits.xen.org/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg
>      has that
>      >    driver..
>      >
>      >    2.6.32.x might have it aswell?
>      >    -- Pasi
>      >
>      > References
>      >
>      >    Visible links
>      >    1. [9]http://kernel.org/
>      >    2. mailto:[10]pasik@xxxxxx
>      >    3. mailto:[11]bodkekumar@xxxxxxxxx
>      >    4. [12]http://xenbits.xen.org/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg
> 
> References
> 
>    Visible links
>    1. http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenPCIpassthrough
>    2. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx
>    3. http://kernel.org/
>    4. http://kernel.org/
>    5. http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenPCIpassthrough
>    6. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx
>    7. mailto:bodkekumar@xxxxxxxxx
>    8. http://xenbits.xen.org/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg
>    9. http://kernel.org/
>   10. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx
>   11. mailto:bodkekumar@xxxxxxxxx
>   12. http://xenbits.xen.org/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg




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