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Re: [Xen-users] building xen

To: "Jens Dönhoff" <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] building xen
From: "Todd Deshane" <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:42:02 -0500
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On Feb 12, 2008 1:36 PM, Jens Dönhoff <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> --On Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:25:02 AM -0500 secureboot
> <secureboot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Can I just download the most recent kernel from kernel.org, configure
> > to work with Xen, and then clone the xen-unstable repo, and just
> > build/install the xen tools?  Are there likely to be problems with
> > this approach?
>
> As I understand it, you have to patch the kernel to get Xen support -
> some distributions (at least Redhat and Ubuntu) offer Xen-patches for
> kernels up to 2.6.24, but I'm not sure how much of the
> distribution-specific kernel-patches (which are not in the mainline
> kernel) are needed to get Xen working.
>
> I am experimenting with 2.6.24 and Xen at the moment, but there are
> still ("normal") kernel issues I have to look into before I can take a
> look at its Xen support.
>
> If anyone has more experience, I'd gladly hear of it :)
>

This thread and similar ones would be worth looking into to get a
better understanding:

http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2008-02/msg00066.html


> Greetings,
>
> Jens
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