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Re: [Xen-devel] usb support?

On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 10:15, Dick Davies wrote:
> Thanks Rolf , that's what I thought.
> 
> I'm mainly thinking of a usb keyboard and mouse - if that's working in dom0,
> will I be able to use the console in the other domains, or do they need usb 
> support too?

that should work. other domains have a virtual console

> I don't see any mention of modules in the top-level makefile, so should I be 
> descending into 
> the kernel source directories and doing a usual 'make modules_install' in 
> there?

my reading of the make file is that is will build modules and install
them in install/lib/modules if you invoke it with build world and you
should be able to install them on the system with make install.

Rolf

> Sorry for the newbie questions. It's because I'm a newbie :)
> 
> * Rolf Neugebauer <rolf.neugebauer@xxxxxxxxx> [0908 10:08]:
> > Hi Dick
> > 
> > USB at least in Dom0 should just work (tm). Various people have reported
> > success
> > 
> > It is not enabled by default. you have to configure the dom0 kernel to
> > include it (i.e. modify defconfig-xen0 for the 2.4 or xen0_defconfig for
> > the 2.6 kernel).
> > 
> > XenoLinux uses it's own modules, ie not the system modules. So if you
> > configure USB support as modules you would also have to install them.
> > 
> > Rolf
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 09:24, Dick Davies wrote:
> > > Hi, really simple question - does xen support usb yet?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I've googled and seen recent posts that seem to indicate it does.
> > > 
> > > I tried last nights bk source and got a 2.6 kernel up into x no problem -
> > > very impressed how easy it was, actually - but my base system is a 2.4 
> > > Debian
> > > build - am I likely to have more luck with a 2.4 xen build?
> > > 
> > > I wasn't sure if xen builds its own modules or uses the system, though I 
> > > suspect 
> > > the latter.



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