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Re: [Xen-devel] Question about xen/stable branch in kernel pv_ops

To: Fabio Fantoni <fantonifabio@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Question about xen/stable branch in kernel pv_ops
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:42:13 +0200
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 09:30:15AM +0100, Fabio Fantoni wrote:
>    Il 25/02/2010 20:05, Jeremy Fitzhardinge ha scritto:
> 
>      On 02/25/2010 12:59 AM, Fantu wrote:
> 
>        I see new branch (xen/stable) in pv_ops based on 2.6.32.9, is good?
>        for test
>        it there only to change xen/master in xen/stable in
>        buildconfig/mk.linux-2.6-pvops right?
>        I also see update in this page, for use config example for xen/stable
>        i must
>        use "64bit x86_64 (xen/next 2.6.32)"?
>        Why is add CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_FRONTEND=y in page but there isn't in
>        example
>        config?
> 
> 
>      xen/stable is still a work in progress, but it should be suitable for
>      general use.  It is based on xen/next (which is 2.6.32 based), but it
>      also has the 2.6.32.x stable kernels merged into it.
> 
>      At the moment it is missing a few features compared to xen/master; in
>      particular it is missing PCI passthrough and ACPI power management.
> 
>      This will become a long-term supported Xen kernel (as 2.6.32 is going to
>      be a long-term supported Linux release).  There will also be a
>      development tree which tracks ongoing Linux development.
> 
>          J
> 
> 
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> 
> 
>    I have try to change xen/master in xen/stable or xen/next but give error:
>    error: pathspec 'xen/stable' did not match any file(s) known to git.
>    error: pathspec 'xen/next' did not match any file(s) known to git.
> 

git pull
git reset --hard
git checkout -b xen/stable origin/xen/stable
git pull

and verify the changelog with "git log" and compare to output from:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git;a=shortlog;h=xen/stable

-- Pasi


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