[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] kernel-2.6.39
First, thanks a lot for your answer! On 06/03/11 02:02, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: > 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. > I need to learn some about xen, but I do not want to destroy my home system. Also, I wish to run some personal sites in domU's. This leads to some, errgh, odd requests. Yep, I already tested virtualbox and linux containers, both works well (lxc is some tricky however) > 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. > This looks interesting. I should check it for work. I have to say, debian squeeze just works as well. > 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. > there is xen-sources-2.6.32 in gentoo portage. Sorry, it is too old. Some my hardware got support recently, and I simply do not trust 2.6.32 support for it. > 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 > Looks like this is the best. I'll check it. Thanks a lot again! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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