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Re: [Xen-users] Best distro with out of the box xensupport?

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Hi again!

On Tue, 13 May 2008 12:29:00 +0200, "Emre ERENOGLU" <erenoglu@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> I run F8 2.6.21 dom0 kernel on Ubuntu 7.04, along with it's modules as I
> find Ubuntu's own kernel unstable. I don't have Fedora installed on my
> system.
> 
> Thanks for the F9 comments. Waiting impatiently for the pv_ops dom0
> support.

Update:
[QUOTE from
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2008-May/msg00006.html]
Hi,

On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 10:04 +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> Hello list!
> 
> Fedora 9 will be released shortly, so I thought I'll ask about the
> kernel-xen pv_ops plans and status.. would be nice to get some short
progress
> report.
> 
> Are these wiki pages up to date? 
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XenPvops
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XenPvopsDom0
> 
> Waiting for dom0 capable kernel-xen to test :)

:-)

Yep, the pages are up to date. We haven't made any further progress with
the Dom0 work - the focus so far has remained on fixing bugs for the F-9
kernel-xen, particularly on x86_64.

Cheers,
Mark.
[/QUOTE]

Cheers,
Daniel

> 
> Emre
> 
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Daniel Spies
<daniel.spies@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>> So you're using the F8 kernel in Ubuntu 7.04?
>> Or do you run F9 kernel in F8?
>>
>> Regarding to the messages, there is no dom0 support at all in F9.
>> It will be added to rawhide/F10 and if it works fine they will add it to
>> F9, too.
>>
>> [QUOTE]
>> > Then what would be the Dom0 kernel in Fedora 9?
>>
>> Nothing.
>>
>> There will *not* be any Dom0  kernel in Fedora 9 GA release. People who
>> need Dom0 should stay on Fedora 8.  We will work on Dom0 for Fedora 10,
>> and if it is stable enough release it as an Fedora 9 update after GA.
>>
>> Dan.
>> --
>> [/QUOTE]
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Daniel
>>
>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:55:43 +0200, "Emre ERENOGLU" <erenoglu@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Daniel,
>> >
>> > you can give a try to F8's 2.6.21 based dom0 kernel on your F9. It's
>> > working
>> > fine on my Ubuntu 7.04.
>> >
>> > Is there no dom0 support at all in F9?
>> >
>> > Emre
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Daniel Spies
>> <daniel.spies@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hell, I was about to give Fedora 9 a try, and now it turns out it's
> not
>> >> working for the dom0. What does that mean exactly for F9? I cannot
> run
>> > F9
>> >> as dom0 at all/only restricted functionality? And anyone knows where
> to
>> >> find out if they already put the working kernel into F10/rawhide?
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Daniel
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 12 May 2008 16:09:09 -0400, "Todd Deshane"
> <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You should take a look at Fedora's release notes on virtualisation
> :
>> >> >> * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Fedora8VirtQuickStart :
> Fedora
>> >> Core
>> >> > 8
>> >> >> uses Xen 3.1
>> >> >> * tomorrow Fedora Core 9 will be released and includes Xen 3.2 :
> see
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9preview/en_US/sn-Virtualization.htmland
>> >> >> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=7
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Be careful here. Fedora 9 is not going to have a Dom0 kernel
>> according
>> >> to:
>> >> >
>> >
> http://www.nabble.com/Plans-for-paravirt_ops-kernel-xen-td15876181.html
>> >> >
>> >> > There will be an updated domU kernel for Fedora 9 though.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > As for best out of box distro, I have been testing Ubuntu 8.04 with
>> > the
>> >> > fixed
>> >> > Linux kernel packages from
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
> http://downloads.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_8.04_server_xen_from_repositories/
>> >> >
>> >> > I have been quite impressed at how well things work "out of the
> box",
>> > I
>> >> > can
>> >> > send a HOWTO with some
>> >> > potential tricky points if people are interested. I will post it
>> > online
>> >> > somewhere once I have time
>> >> > to make it more polished and do some more testing.
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers,
>> >> > Todd
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Emre Erenoglu
>> > erenoglu@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
> 
> 
> --
> Emre Erenoglu
> erenoglu@xxxxxxxxx


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