Re: FW: [Xen-devel] using OCAML xenstored

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 10:21:47AM +0100, Alex Zeffertt wrote:
> In that patchqueue patches 3/7, 4/7, 5/7, 6/7 are only needed if you are  
> compiling the ocaml xenstored to run in a stub domain.  I assume you are  
> compiling it for dom0 so you probably don't need it.
>
> Regards,
>

Hmm.. so ocaml xenstored is able to run on a stubdom today?
How about xen tools in dom0.. are they able to deal with that? 

-- Pasi

> Alex
>
> On 26/05/10 19:27, Yuvraj Agarwal wrote:
>> Alex,
>>
>> Thanks for your tip. Do you think just applying the patch to fix the
>> install path to the Makefile will fix it or will I need the other 6
>> patches as well (which seem quite extensive)? I am just wondering if there
>> was another intended way (by the maintainers) to install the OCAML version
>> of xenstored side-by-side with the C- version and have the option to use
>> either one....
>>
>> Thanks
>> Yuvraj
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Zeffertt
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:28 AM
>> To: Yuvraj Agarwal
>> Cc: 'xen-devel'
>> Subject: Re: FW: [Xen-devel] using OCAML xenstored
>>
>> Some time ago I sent some patches against xen-ocaml-tools.hg to make it
>> work as
>> replacement for the C xenstored in xen-unstable.hg.  One of the patches
>> was to
>> fix this install path issue:
>>
>> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-04/msg00697.html
>>
>> I don't think these patches were applied. (I don't know if there is a
>> reason for
>> this.)  It might be worth checking out the whole patch queue if you are
>> intending to use it with xen-unstable.hg.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On 26/05/10 05:31, Yuvraj Agarwal wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi, Just posting this on the list too in case anyone else has experience
>>> with the OCAML version of xenstored?.
>>>
>>> --Yuvraj
>>>
>>> *From:* Yuvraj Agarwal [mailto:yuvraj@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:26 AM
>>> *To:* 'Boris Derzhavets'; 'Pasi Kärkkäinen'
>>> *Subject:* RE: [Xen-devel] using OCAML xenstored
>>>
>>> Hi Boris and Pasi,
>>>
>>> I checked out the latest xen-testing from mercurial, and edited the
>>> Config.mk file to have the OCAML version of xenstored built.
>>>
>>> I checked and made sure that I have all the patches, and my xm info
>>> shows 4.0.1-rc1. After that I built using:
>>>
>>> make xen; make tools; make stubdom
>>>
>>> make install-xen;
>>> make install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG=;
>>>
>>> make install-stubdom
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, it looks like even though the new OCAML version of
>>> xenstored is built, it appears in /usr/bin/xenstored instead of the
>>> usual ?/usr/sbin/xenstored? and the default part of the xenstored to use
>>> is the standard one (not the OCAML one)?
>>>
>>> Just FYI: This is an Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit system.
>>>
>>> root@ BlackBox:/# ll /usr/bin/xenstored (new OCAML xenstored I just
>>> built..)
>>>
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 925039 2010-05-25 10:15 /usr/bin/xenstored
>>>
>>> root@ BlackBox:/# ll /usr/sbin/xenstored (<<  Standard C xenstored)
>>>
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 94728 2010-05-01 00:36 /usr/sbin/xenstored
>>>
>>> root@ BlackBox:/# which xenstored
>>>
>>> /usr/sbin/xenstored
>>>
>>> root@BlackBox:/#
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Yuvraj
>>>
>>> * *
>>>
>>> *From:* xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Boris
>>> Derzhavets
>>> *Sent:* Sunday, May 23, 2010 11:47 AM
>>> *To:* Yuvraj Agarwal; Pasi Kärkkäinen
>>> *Cc:* xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Xen-devel] using OCAML xenstored
>>>
>>>   >  4. "make xen", make "tools" and then the "make xen-install" and "make
>>>   >  install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG="
>>>
>>> make install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG=
>>>
>>> Wrong syntax when install tools
>>>
>>> Boris
>>> BTW. Just a notice.
>>>
>>> --- On *Sun, 5/23/10, Pasi Kärkkäinen /<pasik@xxxxxx
>>> <mailto:pasik@xxxxxx>>/* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Pasi Kärkkäinen<pasik@xxxxxx<mailto:pasik@xxxxxx>>
>>> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] using OCAML xenstored
>>> To: "Yuvraj Agarwal"<yuvraj@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:yuvraj@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 9:59 AM
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 05:48:58PM -0700, Yuvraj Agarwal wrote:
>>>   >  Hi All,
>>>   >
>>>   >  I would like to give the OCAML version of xenstored a shot, since the
>>>   >  older version (in C) takes a long time to start up a large number of
>> VMs.
>>>   >  I have a new machine (Ubuntu 10.04 64bit) that I plan to give this a
>> try
>>>   >  with. Is there something else that I need to do besides the
>> following:
>>>   >
>>>   >  1. Build the 2.6.32 pvops kernel as specified in:
>>>   >  http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps
>>>   >  <  DONE>
>>>   >  2. Download the xen-4.0.0 stable version from
>>>   >  http://www.xen.org/products/xen_source.html
>>>   >  3. change Config.mk flag CONFIG_OCAML_XENSTORED ?= n to "y" as"
>>>   >  CONFIG_OCAML_XENSTORED ?= y
>>>   >  4. "make xen", make "tools" and then the "make xen-install" and "make
>>>   >  install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG="
>>>   >
>>>   >  Is there something else needed? Are there any recent patches to the
>> OCAML
>>>   >  xenstored that I need to apply?
>>>   >
>>>
>>> Just browse through http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hd and
>>> http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-testing.hg changelogs.
>>>
>>> xen-4.0-testing.hg is currently at 4.0.1-rc1 stage.
>>>
>>> -- Pasi
>>>
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