Re: [Xen-users] kexec into xen

[Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have a question: Is it possible to kexec into a xen vmm from a non-xen
> kernel? In my vision it would be interesting to boot from a generic
> linux installer, then analyze the hardware and boot into a suitable xen
> kernel, that loads a dom0 linux kernel.

Yes, that should be doable.  Tim Deegan wrote a patch that allowed kexec to 
boot multiboot images like Xen.  I believe it's been in the upstream kexec 
tools for quite a while.  You specify Xen as the kernel, followed by XenLinux 
as a module and (optionally) an initrd (as another module).

> Do you know anybody interested in this?

What sort of applications were you thinking of?  Selecting between 32-bit, PAE 
and 64-bit perhaps?

Within one architecture / paging mode it's possible to use the normal Linux 
strategy of including a "standard" Xen image and then a dom0 Linux kernel 
with *lots* of modules for all the possible hardware.

Cheers,
Mark

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