Re: [Xen-devel] pvops kernel question

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:51:19PM +0530, Onkar Mahajan wrote:
>    I read here [1]http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps
>    this :
> 
> Using Xen/paravirt_ops
> 
>   Building with domU support
> 
>     1. Get a current kernel. The latest [2]kernel.org kernel is generally a
>        good choice.
>     2. Configure as normal; you can start with your current .config file
>     3. If building 32 bit kernel make sure you have CONFIG_X86_PAE enabled
>        (which is set by selecting CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G)
> 
>           * non-PAE mode doesn't work in 2.6.25, and has been dropped
>             altogether from 2.6.26 and newer kernel versions.
> 
>     4. Enable these core options:
> 
>          1. CONFIG_PARAVIRT_GUEST
>          2. CONFIG_XEN
> 
>     5. And Xen pv device support
> 
>          1. CONFIG_HVC_DRIVER and CONFIG_HVC_XEN
>          2. CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND
>          3. CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
> 
>     6. And build as usual
> 
>    My question is :
> 
>    I have original kernel of FC12 that has all the configuration options as
>    shown above ?  Does this kernel can act as a
>    pvops kernel  ?
> 

Yes, Fedora's kernel is pvops, since pvops is in upstream kernel.org kernels.

>    If I choose to build my own pvops kernel , how do I do it ?
> 

Just grab latest kernel from kernel.org and build with Xen pvops options 
enabled.

-- Pasi

>    Regards,
>    Onkar
> 
> References
> 
>    Visible links
>    1. http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps
>    2. http://kernel.org/

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