RE: [Xen-users] CentOS 5.1 Xen 3.2 patches

["Ross S. W. Walker" <rwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bas Mevissen wrote:
> 
> Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> 
> >> Thanks! Will try them!. Do you know of a way to build the xen-lib RPM 
> >> for both i386 and x86_64 on a x86_64 system? The usual trick with 
> >> "--target i386" failed with a conflict in x86_64 and i386 GCC options.
> > 
> > Why would you need to?
> > 
> 
> Because of dependancies:
> 
>   sudo rpm --test -e xen-libs-3.2.0-0xs.centos5.i386
> error: Failed dependencies:
>          libxenstore.so.3.0 is needed by (installed) libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.i386
> 
> Ah, just found out that libvirt.i386 is (no longer?) a dependancy for 
> something I have installed. OK, so now it is purely academic :-)

Yes, I removed the silly artificial dependency with libvirt that
RH created, because 3.2 no longer needs libvirt to properly function.

It will work with libvirt though.

Are you trying to run a 32-bit dom0 with a 64-bit hypervisor?

You're doing it the "poor-man's method" where you run a 64-bit Xen,
64-bit dom0 and 32-bit userland aren't you?

Technically though one should be able to install the full 32-bit
OS, kernel and userland, and then copy the 64-bit /boot/xen.gz
and boot that up.

It works with 3.1, but 3.2 complains about not enough memory and
panics. Probably to do with PAE/non-PAE or some other compile
time option.

> > Problem is that the xen module needs the kernel headers for your
> > current running platform which will not be accurate when you
> > are setarch'd to i386.
> > 
> > Maybe if you can get the i386 xen kernel headers installed, if you
> > use mock you will have better luck I believe. Or run a build under
> > an identical i386 PVM.
> > 
> Hmmm, A CentOS i386 DomU on a x86_64 system. Does that work nowadays?

It does with 3.2.

-Ross

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