[Xen-users] Recompile for use as Xen host

[Hsing-Foo Wang <hsing-foo.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Morning,

This is a nOOb question, I know, but still...

I know there are images out there, but I need to do this from scratch.

I have a CentOS3.5 server (modified) that I want to use as a Xen host. I 
have the kernel sources and compiling tools installed. I also have the 
original .config file for the CentOS machine.
According to the on-line Xen manual I can copy over the original .config 
file and issue: make ARCH=xen oldconfig. Then 'make dep' and 'make'.
During the 'make ARCH...' command I get TONS of questions which by 
default are all set to no, but I do want Xen support :-) SO most of the 
questions I answered with 'm' (module).
Compilations aborts because smpboot.h can not be found. The symbolic 
link in the asm directory is missing, so I created it pointing to the 
i386 directory. Then compiling still halts at:
----
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/src/xen-2.0/linux-2.4.30-xen0/arch/i386/kernel'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/xen-2.0/linux-2.4.30-xen0/include -Wall 
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common 
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 
-nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=process  -c -o 
process.o process.c
process.c: In function `machine_real_restart':
process.c:306: subscripted value is neither array nor pointer
---

And here is where I am stuck. I know that smp is not 'fully' supported 
yet or is it? Anyway my questions are:
- Am I following the right procedure, if not please advise with more detail.
- What does the above error mean and how to resolve it?
- Is there more info on creating a e.g. CentOS3.5 Xen-0 and Xen-U kernels?
- Should I quit trying ? ;-)

Just trying to get started with Xen and need some help/hints/tips.

Thanks!

-HF


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