[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] kernel-2.6.39
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Permjacov Evgeniy <permeakra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When I studied features lists and sources, I found, that 2.6.39 upstream > kernel does not support xen block backend driver yet. However, vanilla > 2.6.39 DOES start under xen-4.1 with several minor drawback (console > does not work but Xserver does, network, sound and discs works properly, > even nvidia binary drivers works well) and such system CAN start guests, > BUT I cannot pass any device to guest system (no disks detected by > debian installer). > > 1) Is there some workaround, i. e. is passing block device into VM still > possible and how? May be I missed something... > 2)If not, where I can take sources, based on most recent kernel? (I want > to have access to some new kernel features). My box runs gentoo linux, > so genkernel-compatible sources are preferable (i.e. ones that produce > bzImage and are present in some overlay). xen-sources are too old, sorry. There are some ways to approach this. First approach, if you simply want virtualization and use it on a PC/notebook, I actually recommend NOT to use Xen. Better use virtualbox instead, as it is less invasive to the host OS. Second approach, if you run it on a server and don't need Xen-specific or newer features, usually using latest Centos5 + bundled Xen 3.x is much easier to manage. Or even use Vmware ESXi. Third approach, see http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git;a=summary . When you say "too old" I don't know if you're talking about the old 2.6.18-based tree or the newer 2.6.32-pv_ops tree. If 2.6.32 can work, this might be best for you as it has been considered stable enough. Last approach, there was a post on xen-devel several days ago saying that the block backend driver went in for Linux 3.0-rc1, so you might want to try that. Or if you're feeling even more adventurous, see http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen.git -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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