From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tam00 Subject: Re: unmodified_drivers build fails in latest unstable version Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:57:03 -0600 Message-ID: <4553CE5F.7060804@comcast.net> References: <4551DA45.7060506@comcast.net> <20061109163519.GA3829@cam.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20061109163519.GA3829@cam.ac.uk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Steven Smith Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, xen-users@lists.xensource.com, sos22@srcf.ucam.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Steven, I was trying to build inside Dom0, which is a Xen aware kernel. Am I supposed to boot back into SusE and build the drivers there? Perhaps, I need to build the drivers in the VM itself? Also, am I using the proper syntax for the build? And has the build been known to work on an x64 based system? Thanks for your help. Steven Smith wrote: >> SLES10x64:/tmp/xen-unstable.hg/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6 # >> ./mkbuildtree Defaulting to this machine's architecture, x86_64, for >> linking. >> This may be overridden on the command line (i386,x86_64,ia64). >> SLES10x64:/tmp/xen-unstable.hg/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6 # make -C >> /lib/modules/2.6.16.29-xen/build M=$PWD modules >> > Is 2.6.16.29-xen a native kernel? The unmodified drivers are intended > to be loaded into non-Xen-aware kernels running in fully-virtualised > HVM domains. They're unlikely to work if compiled against a Xen aware > kernel, and wouldn't be terribly useful in that case, since the > ordinary drivers do the same thing better. > > Steven. >