RE: [Xen-users] Basic Xen Question

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sylvain Coutant [mailto:sco@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 16 May 2006 12:02
> To: Petersson, Mats; 'Julius Spencer'; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Basic Xen Question
> 
> > > Does anyone know if it is possible to patch an older kernel (eg. 
> > > 2.6.9) so it can be compiled to run as a Xen kernel (dom0)?
> > 
> > Now, my question is: Why would you want that?
> 
> ie, just because one have some other patches to apply against 
> the kernel. It can sometimes be a true nightmare to set up a 
> full dom0+domU which includes every tool one need :-(

Ok, fair enough. You'd just have to look at which patches are the
biggest - and I think Xen is quite intrusive, so unless your other
patches are also touching a lot of files in the kernel, I would suspect
that porting the other patches would be easier... 

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Mats
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> Sylvain
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