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Re: [Xen-users] vanilla kernel and xen (in general), vanilla 2.6.24 and

To: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] vanilla kernel and xen (in general), vanilla 2.6.24 and xen
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:48:41 +0000
Cc: Peter Braun <xenware@xxxxxxxxx>, Emre Erenoglu <erenoglu@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jan Marquardt <jm@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "zava.zava@xxxxxxxxx" <zava.zava@xxxxxxxxx>
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For the record, I've started a howto guide for this here: 
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Kernel.org_Linux_on_Xen

Cheers,
Mark

On Sunday 03 February 2008, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 03:49:06AM +0000, Mark Williamson wrote:
> > 2.6.24 from kernel.org does not build with Xen support by default.  To
> > enable this, you'll need to go into make xconfig / make menuconfig and
> > tweak some options...
> >
> > Under "Processor type and features", there is an option for
> > "Paravirtualized guest support".  Enable that.
> >
> > Under "Paravirtualized guest support", enabled the "Xen guest support"
> > option.
> >
> > I think this will automatically enable support for Xen block and network
> > devices; otherwise you'll have to enable them under the relevant menus in
> > the configurator.
>
>       I'm trying to boot 2.6.24 as a paravirt guest.  I'm using all
> the config selections you describe.  I've done all this, from the day
> "Xen" support landed up until 2.6.24 release.  I've never gotten it to
> boot, not once.  These days (2.6.24), I get it starting, but it can
> never mount /dev/root.  I tried the 0x20201/xvda1 trick, but that
> doesn't help either.  I've often wondered - which file should I be
> using from my build?  arch/x86/boot/bzImage?  ./vmlinux?  I really would
> appreciate any help - I'm currently stuck with HVM when it comes to
> mainline kernel, and that's slow.
>
> Joel



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