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You can see the features listed here: +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps.">http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps.</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> There is one exception: our 2.6.38 kernel has xen-netback backend driver +</I>><i> added. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> So those of you that have been using xen, please test atleast the +</I>><i> following: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> - check that kernel-server still works as a xen guest +</I>><i> - try to use kernel-xen-pvops as dom0 and see how it works +</I>><i> (you can also try to use kernel-xen-pvops as a normal xen guest) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Have fun... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> Thomas +</I> +i don't know how much people have been testing, but... + +dom0 xen didn't work with .xz kernels, i put in a patch for that, and now it +works. + +in a kvm guest, i've got a working xen dom0 host, but the libvirtd +implementation seems unable to find the cpu architecture, and if i force to be +the same as the host, i am unable to boot the dom0 anymore. (i think this is +likely due to the nature of a KVM guest not really being suitable for a XEN +dom0). + +i've tried a physical server, but when i finally got to the point of libvirtd, +it seemed to not bootup anymore (it was an old disk, which i thought got +broken, seeing the IO errors) + +I put in a new disk, only to note that the X2 suddenly only had 1 core, which +i found very odd, and i noticed the IO errors before (and also now) were +really sata bus errors... (and if i remember correctly this machine had been +used with a semi-exploding PowerSupply)... so i think this mobo/cpu is +fried... now i need to find new hardware to restart testing again :-( . + +note that allthough i can have everything running, i never tested with actual +guests, let alone online migrations... + +however, i did find out that this xenpvops has 2 different toolchains: + +xm and xl. xl seems to do pretty much the same, but apparently doesn't require +xend to be running (it reacts directly to the kernel/hypervisor?) + +also the xencommons init script seems to start xenconsoled and xenstored on +it's own. + +i'm thinking of removing both those init scripts and having xend not start as +default. (allthough i don't know about xendomains). + +i'll keep you guys posted. +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="013671.html">[Mageia-dev] Freeze push : phpmyadmin +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="013676.html">[Mageia-dev] dropping mysql-workbench +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#13674">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#13674">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#13674">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#13674">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |