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Re: [Xen-users] newer linux kernels than 2.6.12.6

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] newer linux kernels than 2.6.12.6
From: Patrick Caulfield <pcaulfie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:42:46 +0000
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Bastian Scholz wrote:
>>1. status
>>Was is the status of the repository?
>>Can it be used for serious project? Or is it better to use 2.6.12.6?
> 
> 
> Sorry, dont know any details of the official status, but my experience
> with this kernel is, that devpts is not working, and the bridge dont
> work when I use it for dom0. Because of the missing devpts I stoped
> searching for the failed bridge, too.

It all works fine for me using 2.6.15 as dom0 and domU. To get devpts you need
to either hack the Kconfig files or use the same kernel for domU as you're
using for dom0 (The option for direct hardware access enables devpts! I think
that's because it counts as a serial driver?)

-- 

patrick

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