Re: FW: using OCAML xenstored

[Alex Zeffertt <alex.zeffertt@eu.citrix.com>]

In that patchqueue patches 3/7, 4/7, 5/7, 6/7 are only needed if you are 
compiling the ocaml xenstored to run in a stub domain.  I assume you are 
compiling it for dom0 so you probably don't need it.

Regards,

Alex

On 26/05/10 19:27, Yuvraj Agarwal wrote:
> Alex,
>
> Thanks for your tip. Do you think just applying the patch to fix the
> install path to the Makefile will fix it or will I need the other 6
> patches as well (which seem quite extensive)? I am just wondering if there
> was another intended way (by the maintainers) to install the OCAML version
> of xenstored side-by-side with the C- version and have the option to use
> either one....
>
> Thanks
> Yuvraj
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com
> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Alex Zeffertt
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:28 AM
> To: Yuvraj Agarwal
> Cc: 'xen-devel'
> Subject: Re: FW: [Xen-devel] using OCAML xenstored
>
> Some time ago I sent some patches against xen-ocaml-tools.hg to make it
> work as
> replacement for the C xenstored in xen-unstable.hg.  One of the patches
> was to
> fix this install path issue:
>
> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-04/msg00697.html
>
> I don't think these patches were applied. (I don't know if there is a
> reason for
> this.)  It might be worth checking out the whole patch queue if you are
> intending to use it with xen-unstable.hg.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
> On 26/05/10 05:31, Yuvraj Agarwal wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi, Just posting this on the list too in case anyone else has experience
>> with the OCAML version of xenstored….
>>
>> --Yuvraj
>>
>> *From:* Yuvraj Agarwal [mailto:yuvraj@cs.ucsd.edu]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:26 AM
>> *To:* 'Boris Derzhavets'; 'Pasi Kärkkäinen'
>> *Subject:* RE: [Xen-devel] using OCAML xenstored
>>
>> Hi Boris and Pasi,
>>
>> I checked out the latest xen-testing from mercurial, and edited the
>> Config.mk file to have the OCAML version of xenstored built.
>>
>> I checked and made sure that I have all the patches, and my xm info
>> shows 4.0.1-rc1. After that I built using:
>>
>> make xen; make tools; make stubdom
>>
>> make install-xen;
>> make install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG=;
>>
>> make install-stubdom
>>
>> Unfortunately, it looks like even though the new OCAML version of
>> xenstored is built, it appears in /usr/bin/xenstored instead of the
>> usual “/usr/sbin/xenstored” and the default part of the xenstored to use
>> is the standard one (not the OCAML one)…
>>
>> Just FYI: This is an Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit system.
>>
>> root@ BlackBox:/# ll /usr/bin/xenstored (new OCAML xenstored I just
>> built..)
>>
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 925039 2010-05-25 10:15 /usr/bin/xenstored
>>
>> root@ BlackBox:/# ll /usr/sbin/xenstored (<<  Standard C xenstored)
>>
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 94728 2010-05-01 00:36 /usr/sbin/xenstored
>>
>> root@ BlackBox:/# which xenstored
>>
>> /usr/sbin/xenstored
>>
>> root@BlackBox:/#
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Yuvraj
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *From:* xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com
>> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com] *On Behalf Of *Boris
>> Derzhavets
>> *Sent:* Sunday, May 23, 2010 11:47 AM
>> *To:* Yuvraj Agarwal; Pasi Kärkkäinen
>> *Cc:* xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [Xen-devel] using OCAML xenstored
>>
>>   >  4. "make xen", make "tools" and then the "make xen-install" and "make
>>   >  install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG="
>>
>> make install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG=
>>
>> Wrong syntax when install tools
>>
>> Boris
>> BTW. Just a notice.
>>
>> --- On *Sun, 5/23/10, Pasi Kärkkäinen /<pasik@iki.fi
>> <mailto:pasik@iki.fi>>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Pasi Kärkkäinen<pasik@iki.fi<mailto:pasik@iki.fi>>
>> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] using OCAML xenstored
>> To: "Yuvraj Agarwal"<yuvraj@cs.ucsd.edu<mailto:yuvraj@cs.ucsd.edu>>
>> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com<mailto:xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
>> Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 9:59 AM
>>
>> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 05:48:58PM -0700, Yuvraj Agarwal wrote:
>>   >  Hi All,
>>   >
>>   >  I would like to give the OCAML version of xenstored a shot, since the
>>   >  older version (in C) takes a long time to start up a large number of
> VMs.
>>   >  I have a new machine (Ubuntu 10.04 64bit) that I plan to give this a
> try
>>   >  with. Is there something else that I need to do besides the
> following:
>>   >
>>   >  1. Build the 2.6.32 pvops kernel as specified in:
>>   >  http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps
>>   >  <  DONE>
>>   >  2. Download the xen-4.0.0 stable version from
>>   >  http://www.xen.org/products/xen_source.html
>>   >  3. change Config.mk flag CONFIG_OCAML_XENSTORED ?= n to "y" as"
>>   >  CONFIG_OCAML_XENSTORED ?= y
>>   >  4. "make xen", make "tools" and then the "make xen-install" and "make
>>   >  install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG="
>>   >
>>   >  Is there something else needed? Are there any recent patches to the
> OCAML
>>   >  xenstored that I need to apply?
>>   >
>>
>> Just browse through http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hd and
>> http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-testing.hg changelogs.
>>
>> xen-4.0-testing.hg is currently at 4.0.1-rc1 stage.
>>
>> -- Pasi
>>
>>
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