From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pasi =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4rkk=E4inen?= Subject: Re: [Xen-users] RE: Xen 3.0.0 released / cannot select device drivers Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:42:31 +0200 Message-ID: <20060119124231.GS28738@edu.joroinen.fi> References: <1133991617.3885.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1133991617.3885.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Paul Dorman Cc: Ian Pratt , Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, xen-users@lists.xensource.com, Adam Heath List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 10:40:17AM +1300, Paul Dorman wrote: > And then there's the linux-2.6-xen.hg no PTYs problem I've asked about > previously. Selecting Xen subarchitecture nukes 90% of the device > drivers section. Consequently I can't get a shell running on 2.6.14 dom= u > machines. I've asked about this before but no-one seems to have an > answer for me. >=20 Was this issue resolved?=20 I'm seeing the same problem with linux-2.6-xen.hg ..=20 - Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen > Paul >=20 > On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 21:32 +0000, Ian Pratt wrote: > > Do you have 2.6.14? You could build based on linux-2.6-xen.hg, but th= is > > hasn't has s much testing (we know of at least on issue on x86_64) > > =20 > > > 2) vif-route.sh is buggy; it doesn't handle the case where=20 > > > multiple adapters > > > exist. So, dom0_ip(and the functions it calls) ends up=20 > > > returning 2 ip > > > addresses, which makes ifconfig complain. > > >=20 > > > I've got a fix hot-patched on our deployed server, I'll be=20 > > > sending that > > > soon. > >=20 > > Please post it, thanks. > > =20 > > > 3) It appeared that when I tried the final 3.0.0 release,=20 > > > that xenstored was > > > very sick. I had a previous(20051116 snapshot) installed,=20 > > > and the tdb file > > > was corrupted(sorta). xenstore-list / shows to local=20 > > > paths, but no vm nor > > > tools. Removing the file 'fixed' this. I'm not certain=20 > > > exactly what > > > happend, tho. > >=20 > > It's possible that the install scripts should delete the database whe= n > > performing an upgrade. I don't think there have been any format chang= es > > in a while, though. > >=20 > > > 5) I see it's not possible to have both a xen microkernel=20 > > > that supports both > > > pae and non-pae. For individuals who are compiling=20 > > > themselves, that's > > > fine; they can select which they want. > >=20 > > Yep, no real way round that. Most users are already trained to this > > thanks to it being a compile time option in Linux. > > =20 > > > Also, what other options are available, that would require multi= ple > > > compiles? Also, I don't see a concise list of what config=20 > > > options I can > > > tweak for xen itself; the documentation is a bit poor in=20 > > > that regard(pae > > > isn't even mentioned in the documentation; you have to=20 > > > read a separate > > > README). > >=20 > > Having a debug/verbose build of xen is sometimes handy for debugging > > things, but since debug builds are deliberatly combatitive its probab= ly > > not a good idea for production.=20 > >=20 > > Ian > >=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-devel mailing list > > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel