Re: [Xen-users] Confusion about dist/install/boot/ and Xen kernels

[Fernando Maior <fernando.souto.maior@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/17/05, prosolutions@xxxxxxx <prosolutions@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I have run "make xen" "make tools" and "make kernels" on Xen testing source 
> and
> see the result in dist/install/boot/:
> 
> config-2.6.11.9-xen0
> config-2.6.11.9-xenU
> config-2.6.11-xen0
> System.map-2.6.11.9-xen0
> System.map-2.6.11.9-xenU
> vmlinux-syms-2.6.11.9-xen0
> vmlinux-syms-2.6.11.9-xenU
> vmlinuz-2.6.11.9-xen0
> vmlinuz-2.6.11.9-xenU
> vmlinuz-2.6.11-xen0 -> vmlinuz-2.6.11.9-xen0
> vmlinuz-2.6.11-xenU -> vmlinuz-2.6.11.9-xenU
> vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 -> vmlinuz-2.6.11.9-xen0
> vmlinuz-2.6-xenU -> vmlinuz-2.6.11.9-xenU
> xen-2.0.gz -> xen-2.0-testing.gz
> xen-2.0-testing.gz
> xen-2.0-testing-syms
> xen-2.gz -> xen-2.0-testing.gz
> xen.gz -> xen-2.0-testing.gz
> 
> According to the User's Guide, the kernel for domain 0 is xen-2.0-testing.gz. 
>  My question is: What are the other kernel images?  Why are there symlinks 
> for them?  And is there a System.map for the xen-2.0-testing.gz kernel?

AFAIK, 

1) xen-2.0-testing.gz is the Xen hypervisor. It is the one that boots the
machine in grub config file with label "kernel".

2) vmlinuz-2.6.11-9-xen0 is the kernel for domain 0, and should be called
by xen-2.0.gz for starting domain0, with label "module" in the grub config.

3) vmlinuz-2.6.11-9-xenU is the kernel that should be used to boot the 
other domains, the guests. Usually, it is in the /etc/xen/domU config
file as "kernel" parameter.

-- 
Bye,
Fernando Maior
LPIC/1 31908

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