On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 09:57:26AM +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote: > On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 11:48 +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 09:34:17AM +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Thanks for poking at this - I've updated the page to remove any > > > tracking of the in-progress kernel support, since it's all better > > > tracked elsewhere now. > > > > > > > Ok. > > > > Although "i386 Dom0", "x86_64 Dom0" and "Scope" sections still need heavy > > editing.. > > I removed them - maybe you missed my updates? > Oh, now it seems to be OK. I guess I refreshed before you submitted your changes, or then my browser cached the old page. Anyway, now it's better. > > Also, it might be a good idea to mention about this temporary Linux 2.6.27 > > Xenlinux repository with dom0 support included (with a patch from Suse): > > > > http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/linux-2.6.27-xen.hg > > > > That 2.6.27 kernel is NOT based on pv_ops, but to a forward-port from 2.6.18 > > Xenlinux kernel. It is just a temporary tree until pv_ops dom0 is ready. > > > > Announcement about that temporary 2.6.27 Xenlinux tree: > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-11/msg00600.html > > It's not really relevant to Fedora - we're not going back to the bad old > days of having a separate Xen kernel. We made the call in Fedora 9 to no > longer waste effort on any forwarded ported 2.6.18 tree and focus all > efforts on upstream pv_ops, since that's where the future lies. > I know. But it might be relevant for people who want to build their own dom0 kernel.. before pv_ops dom0 is ready. > Personally, I'm disappointed to see this linux-2.6.27-xen.hg tree > appear. Any effort invested in this tree is effort that could be spent > on helping with the upstream pv_ops work. > Yep.. The tree is based on work done by Suse for SLES11. Xensource just imported their patches to that temporary tree. I don't think Xensource will be putting much (if any) effort into that tree. > > > My advice to anyone wanting to help this along is to build and test > > > Jeremy's work and iron out any issues with Fedora's xen userland running > > > on it. > > > > > > > Yes, that would be a good idea. > > > > Does someone want to build some testing RPMs? :) > > A volunteer to do this would be very welcome indeed :-) > :) -- Pasi -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
