Re: [Xen-users] how to build linux-2.6.24 above kernels to be dom0 ?

["anhongkui@xxxxxxxxx" <anhongkui@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you very much, I'm trying to build it now.

Ray Barnes wrote:
> There are essentially two "mainstream" kernel branches - that which 
> xen.org <http://xen.org> maintains based on 2.6.18-8, and the mainline 
> 2.4.24+ which is the regular linux kernel.  Because Xen patches were 
> so cumbersome to maintain (and because there were all kinds of other 
> variants of 2.6.18+ in various Linux distributions), RedHat 
> spearheaded a development effort to incorporate the Xen patches into 
> the mainline kernel.  As you found out, those patches (called "pvops" 
> or "paravirt ops") are only incorporated for the domU.  With just a 
> small bit of googling, I found this in relation to dom0 patches:
> http://www.nabble.com/Updated-dom0-pvops-for-2.6.24-available-on-git-td15091656.html
>
> It looks like no dev has taken place since February - not surprising.  
> RH developers were trying to get Fedora 9 out the door so they 
> abandoned the notion of dom0 support for FC9.  The last report I read 
> was that they're shooting for dom0 stability in FC10 and hopefully 
> mainline incorporation by then or soon thereafter (someone jump in and 
> correct me if I've messed anything up).  HTH.
> -Ray
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:10 AM, anhongkui@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:anhongkui@xxxxxxxxx> <anhongkui@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:anhongkui@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>     I am a newbie, and I can not build dom0 kernels.
>     my kernel is linux-2.6.24
>
>     please help me a little.
>
>     thanks.
>
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