Re: [Xen-users] Building XEN with different config PROBLEM

["Chris Fanning" <christopher.fanning@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> More hacking than really solving, but it works. I now use the following
> script:
Thanks very much, I'll try it. Installing Xen just got a little bit
more complicated :(

But, doesn't this seem a strange?
You know, isn't configuring the kernel a normal thing to expect people to do?

I'd really like to know if this is an oversight on the part of the
developers or if they have instead crafted some other mecanism.

Chris.

On 6/6/07, Steffen Heil <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
>
> > I have the same problem.
> > Did you solve this question?
>
> Yes.
>
> More hacking than really solving, but it works. I now use the following
> script:
>
> rm -rf xen-3.1.0-src
> tar xzf xen-3.1.0-src.tgz
> cd xen-3.1.0-src
> mkdir -p dist/install/boot
> cp ../config/$1/xen0 dist/install/boot/config-2.6.18-xen0
> cp ../config/$1/xenU dist/install/boot/config-2.6.18-xenU
> make KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0 linux-2.6-xenU" dist
> cd dist/
> tar czf ../../dist/$1-xen3.1.tgz .
> cd ../..
> rm -rf xen-3.1.0-src
>
>
> The only downside is, that the configuration of the created kernels slightly
> differs from my given configs:
>
> xen0:
> 162,163c162,163
> < # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
> < CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y
> ---
> > CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
> > # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
> 166d165
> < CONFIG_X86_PAE=y
> 843a843,844
>
> xenU:
> < # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
> < CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y
> ---
> > CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
> > # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
> 158c158,160
> < CONFIG_X86_PAE=y
> ---
> > # CONFIG_FLATMEM_MANUAL is not set
> > # CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM_MANUAL is not set
> > # CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_MANUAL is not set
> 163c165
> < CONFIG_RESOURCES_64BIT=y
> ---
> > # CONFIG_RESOURCES_64BIT is not set
>
> So actually, the build process forces HIGHMEM64G and CONFIG_X86_PAE and in
> domU also RESOURCES_64BIT.
> I don't know why. However those kernels work fine on my systems.
>
> If someone knows, please let me know.
>
> Regards,
>   Steffen
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