Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.3 hypervisor with stock dom0 kernel from Debian Etch?

[Anton <anton.list@xxxxxxxxx>]

2008/9/24  <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi.
>
> a) Is it possible to use the stock Xen/dom0 kernel from Debian Etch [1] with
> the Xen 3.3 hypervisor?

The Debian xen kernel (amd64) works fine for me as both dom0 and domU with 3.3.

The Debian kernels support my hardware a lot better though that the
standard config of the xensource kernels (more modules enabled etc).

>
> b) If a), is it advisable at all?

Advisable? I dunno, but I haven't had much luck getting the xensource
kernels working well at all well on Debian Etch (see other recent
thread). The combined dom0/domU xensource kernel works OKish as a dom0
but not as a PV domU, and I can't get the separate dom0 and domU
kernels working at all. I'm still trying (not very successfully) to
get them working though, but my kernel building / initrd
troubleshooting skills are only average at best.

The Debian kernel at least has the advantage of security updates via
aptitude/apt-get.

> c) If b), is this difficult to achieve or can I just to compile the
> hypervisor from source [2]?

You can compile the 3.3 hypervisor and all the tools from source (it
worked for me), and still use the standard Debian kernel for
dom0/domU.

-- 
Cheers
Anton

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