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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2 of 2] Remove Remus kernel extensions (now distr

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2 of 2] Remove Remus kernel extensions (now distributed with pvops kernel)
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 20:03:42 +0300
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On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 10:01:55AM -0700, Brendan Cully wrote:
> On Saturday, 04 September 2010 at 12:45, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 02:29:48PM -0700, Brendan Cully wrote:
> > > # HG changeset patch
> > > # User Brendan Cully <brendan@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > # Date 1283549073 25200
> > > # Node ID 3da9f0de715657ae1d1fa622802564ac845d0be3
> > > # Parent  28b1cd50c43d408c43f89c177b720984168ee196
> > > Remove Remus kernel extensions (now distributed with pvops kernel)
> > > 
> > > Note that 2.6.18 doesn't have these extensions, so as of this patch
> > > Remus no longer supports 2.6.18 dom0 (2.6.18 is still the preferred
> > > kernel for domU, since it contains the suspend event channel).
> > >
> > 
> > Hmm.. so pvops kernel *does* work for domU? 
> > But it's *preferred* to use linux-2.6.18-xen ? 
> 
> Er, no, not as of the last time I checked. pvops *should* work but it
> has a bug handling suspend_cancel that prevents it from resuming
> correctly after the first checkpoint. So, you're right, 2.6.18 or HVM
> is the only currently working domU configuration.
>

Ok, thanks for the confirmation.

-- Pasi


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