Xen PV domU kernel in Intrepid?

[Chuck Short]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Todd Deshane <deshantm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Andy Smith <andy at strugglers.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to run Intrepid Xen domUs on a Debian Etch+backports dom0.
>> Hardy -xen kernel works fine as domU, but there is no -xen kernel in
>> Intrepid.
>>
>> I have read:
>>
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2008-September/003020.html
>>
>
> Looks like not all the xen kernel config options are enabled in the
> config-2.6.27-7-generic
>
> it has:
> CONFIG_NETXEN_NIC=m
> CONFIG_XEN_SAVE_RESTORE=y
> CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y
> CONFIG_PARAVIRT_CLOCK=y
> CONFIG_PARAVIRT_GUEST=y
>
> Which is missing:
>
> CONFIG_XEN=y
> CONFIG_XEN_MAX_DOMAIN_MEMORY=32
> CONFIG_XEN_SAVE_RESTORE=y
> CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND=y
> CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND=y
> CONFIG_XEN_KBDDEV_FRONTEND=y
> CONFIG_XEN_FBDEV_FRONTEND=y
> CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON=y
> CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES=y
>
> CONFIG_HVC_DRIVER=y
> CONFIG_HVC_IRQ=y
> CONFIG_HVC_XEN=y
>
> So enabling those and recompiling should work.

No you dont to recompile the kernel. Just use the server kernel or the
virtual kernel. Since they are compiled in as modules you have to add
xenblk and xennet to your /etc/initramfs-tools/modules in order for
them to load.



> Is the server kernel different? Maybe it has the XEN options enabled?
> Something that you could check.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Todd
>
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