Re: [Xen-users] Anyone know how to install pv drivers?

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 02:57:58PM +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> 2011/7/29 Wu Tao <wutao4xen@xxxxxxx>:
> > Hi,
> >    i am planning to install pv drivers, when i compiled
> > xen/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6:
> >    # ./mkbuildtree
> >     #make -C /lib/modules/2.6.23/build/ M=$PWD modules
> 
> While you could probably search the wiki or list archive (I don't have
> the exact link, sorry), it's much easier to just use later kernels
> (e.g. 2.6.38 works, not sure what the earliest version was), and
> simply load xen-platform-pci (which should automatically load
> xen-blkfront and xen-netfront after that).
> 

xen-platform-pci should usually be compiled in, and not be a module.
xen-blkfront and xen-netfront can be modules.

more info about Linux PVHVM drivers: 
http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/XenLinuxPVonHVMdrivers

upstream kernel.org kernels since 2.6.36 contain Xen PVHVM drivers 
out-of-the-box.

-- Pasi


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