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Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0 Custom kernels

To: Net Warrior <netwarrior863@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0 Custom kernels
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 20:40:46 +0300
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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 08:33:20PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:38:00PM -0300, Net Warrior wrote:
> >    Hi there guys.
> > 
> >    I'm using CentOS 5.4, I was able to compile my custom Dom0 kernel and 
> > boot
> >    it, now I've got some doubts.
> > 
> >    I'd like to compile a custom DomU image, the problem is that when I do,
> >    make kernels KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0 linux-2.6-xenU" it tries to download
> >    the kernel
> >    from the HG repository which seems to have old 2.6.18 kernels, I want to
> >    use the GIT repository which is alrealdy downloaded and is the source I
> >    used to complile Dom0 using
> >    kernel 2.6.33.13.
> > 
> 
> specifying KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0 linux-2.6-xenU" will compile 
> linux-2.6.18-xen,
> that's how it should be.
> 
> If you don't specify KERNELS= at all, then it'll build linux-2.6.31.x kernel.
> Or alternatively you can specify KERNELS="linux-2.6-pvops" to get the same 
> result.
> 

Also you can build the dom0/domU kernels totally out of the Xen source tree..

See for example:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps

-- Pasi



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