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[Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] unmodified_drivers: update README from ht

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Subject: [Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] unmodified_drivers: update README from http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/UnmodifiedDrivers
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Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:55:24 +0000
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# HG changeset patch
# User Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1319647443 -3600
# Node ID 4ed766d703968e2340bb7289990d2f1f6bc91557
# Parent  3568883ebd550be6e26bf5d34dc0764c31918f09
unmodified_drivers: update README from 
http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/UnmodifiedDrivers

Add reference to the fact that these drivers are for "classic-Xen" kernels only
and do not work with PVops but point towards the PVHVM functionality in
mainstream.

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson.citrix.com>
Committed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson.citrix.com>
---


diff -r 3568883ebd55 -r 4ed766d70396 unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/README
--- a/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/README       Wed Oct 26 17:23:37 2011 +0100
+++ b/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/README       Wed Oct 26 17:44:03 2011 +0100
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
-To build:
+These drivers provide paravirtualised drivers for pre-PVops Linux
+kernels which have the classic-Xen patches applied. They do not work
+with kernels which are not patched with the classic-Xen patches. In
+particular this includes all PVops kernels.
 
-1. ./mkbuildtree [<arch>]
+For 2.6.36 and newer you should use the "PVHVM" functionality which is
+available in the mainline kernel.
+
+To build do one of:
+
+   ./mkbuildtree [<arch>]
    NB. You can override paths to Xen sources and a (stub) XenLinux
        build tree via the XEN and XL environment variable.
 
-2. make -C /path/to/kernel/build M=$PWD modules
+- or -
+   make -C /path/to/kernel/build M=$PWD modules
    NB. This is your native kernel build tree (or a distro provided
        stub), not the XenLinux sources referred to in step 1.
    NB. If you are cross compiling, you need to set ARCH and

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