Re: [Xen-devel] New Intel Sata Controller (ICH9 family) Support in Xen 3.1

[Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > If you were to use a Linux distro with Xen included then they have often
> > forward ported Xen support to newer kernels.  Fedora and OpenSUSE do
> > this, for instance.  Also RHEL / CentOS contain backported drivers from
> > newer kernels, so it's possible that one of them would work on your
> > system. Ubuntu
> > contains Xen-enabled kernels newer than 2.6.18 also, but I've heard
> > varying things about the quality of Ubuntu's own Xen packages - though I
> > haven't tried them myself.
>
> so there is two options.
> 1. backport Relevant driver
> 2. Forward port  XEN to 2.6.22
> which is more better and stable according to you?

The Fedora people have had quite a lot of experience forward porting the Xen 
patches so I *guess* that the kernels are OK.  However, Fedora as a whole OS 
isn't really ideal for a stable server which you might not want to reinstall 
regularly.  For just trying stuff out, Fedora has quite a lot of new cool 
stuff and new releases are made regularly.

CentOS or RHEL may contain a backported version of the driver you need but 
you'd need to check.  They have decent Xen support and are a stable server OS 
with long term support.

> you are correct, previously i was thinking that unstable XEN 3.2  is
> having this hardware support. But after checking hardware
> compatibility list at following, it was clear that only XEN 4.0 will
> have this hardware support.
>  http://hcl.xensource.com/?showall=no&subtab=components

As Keir mentioned, apparently the driver has been ported, so I was mistaken 
here.  It seems that it doesn't work for you anyhow though.

I still think the best way to start out with Xen is to find a distribution 
with good Xen support and run that.

Cheers,
Mark

> > I'd say that using a distro with good Xen support is your best bet.
>
> i will try the same
>
> thanks for your suggestion.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> >
> > > my lspci is as follows:
> > >
> > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM
> > > Controller (rev 02)
> > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express
> > > Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
> > > 00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31
> > > Express MEI Controller (rev 02)
> > > 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family)
> > > Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
> > > 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
> > > UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
> > > UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
> > > UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2
> > > EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
> > > Controller (rev 02)
> > > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> > > Port 1 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> > > Port 2 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> > > Port 3 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> > > Port 4 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
> > > Port 5 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
> > > UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
> > > UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB
> > > UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2
> > > EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
> > > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
> > > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IH (ICH9DH) LPC Interface
> > > Controller (rev 02)
> > > 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH)
> > > 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
> > > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
> >
> > (rev
> >
> > > 02) 02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6101
> > > single-port PATA133 interface (rev b2)
> > > 06:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A
> > > IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > TEJ
> > >
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> > --
> > Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat?  And no
> > pedals! Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a
> > skateboard? Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
> > Mark: My wheel has a wheel!



-- 
Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat?  And no pedals!
Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard?
Dave: Skateboards have wheels.
Mark: My wheel has a wheel!

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