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[Xen-devel] xen/next Linux 2.6.32 pv_ops dom0 kernel

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] xen/next Linux 2.6.32 pv_ops dom0 kernel
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:29:42 +0200
Cc: Marcial Rion <marcial.rion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:52:40AM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 02/17/2010 12:33 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 01:51:05PM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>>    
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>> Question: Is it known when this piece of code will be introduced in the
>>>>> "pv_ops Kernel tree"?
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>> Hmm.. Jeremy's plans are to re-base the pvops changes that went in
>>>> 2.6.31.6 onto 2.6.32. The reason being that 2.6.32 has been choosen by
>>>> many distributions as their next vehicle for release. The patches being
>>>> mostly, if possible, related only to Xen.
>>>>
>>>> The patch I forwarded to you is targetted for 2.6.33 so it would not appear
>>>> normally in 2.6.32 tree unles Greg KH choose to back-port it in. Greg is
>>>> the maintainer of the 2.6.32 stable tree.
>>>>
>>>> I would recommend you e-mail Greg KH with this e-mail, explain your
>>>> situation  and ask him if he wouldn't mind merging the patch in.
>>>> Thought you might need to do some of the work yourself
>>>> (as in, merge the patch in an earlier kernel) - it seems you already
>>>> have done this so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem.
>>>>
>>>> Try it that way, as this way also the distributions will pick up the fix
>>>> and you would be able to load any new distro on your box without having
>>>> to manually recompile the kernel and such.
>>>>
>>>>        
>>> Is that one change enough to fix the reported problem?  Can we just
>>> cherry-pick it over?  Or does it need a lot of supporting patches?
>>>
>>>      
>>>> Then when Jeremy revs up the xen/next tree to next stable rev (I think
>>>> he will do this, not sure?), it will automatically be picked up (if Greg 
>>>> picks it up in his tree).
>>>>
>>>>        
>>> Yes.  At the moment xen/next is based on plain 2.6.32 because that is
>>> also an ancestor version of mainline git development.  Once the 2.6.32
>>> tree basically works (which should be close), then I can merge all the
>>> stable branch changes onto it and call it "xen/stable" or something.
>>>
>>>      
>> So that means I should try xen/next now? :)
>>    
>
> Give it a go.  It boots OK for me, and I can start xend.  But I get  
> domains hanging in pvgrub; I'm not sure blkback is working properly.  Or  
> it could be a tools issue...
>

I just tried the latest xen/next 2.6.32 64bit dom0 kernel with Xen 4.0.0-rc4 
hypervisor.
It seems to build, boot and work for me.

I'm able to run PV guests without problems!

-- Pasi


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