From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tupshin Harper Subject: Re: Porting 2.6.2 linux kernel to XEN Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:06:07 -0700 Message-ID: <425B1EFF.30202@tupshin.com> References: <63193.24.194.226.17.1113235097.squirrel@24.194.226.17> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <63193.24.194.226.17.1113235097.squirrel@24.194.226.17> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: sm229534@albany.edu Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org sm229534@albany.edu wrote: >Hello all, > >I need to port a 2.6.2 kernel to the Xen architecture, since there aren't >any patches or sparse tree for kernels below 2.6.9 I'd like to know why ? >And also wether that endeavor has been attempted before? > >In any case pointers, Help, Advice would be greatly useful. I would like >to end up with something like linux-2.6.2-xen-sparse. > >Please Help > > >Sam > It would very likely be easier to forward port, or otherwise fix whatever issues are preventing you from running a recent kernel than it would be to back port xen to something so old. Also, should you really be comfortable running a kernel that has many known bugs and security vulnerabilities that have been fixed in the last 14 months? -Tupshin