From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42405) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YdX9e-0005Sn-29 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:54:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YdX9Z-0002sV-22 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:54:57 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22d]:32823) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YdX9Y-0002sO-Q8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:54:52 -0400 Received: by pacgg7 with SMTP id gg7so73016682pac.0 for ; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 21:54:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Halsey Pian" References: <000301d06ac3$28aba950$7a02fbf0$@gmail.com> <20150330153301.GS25181@stefanha-thinkpad.redhat.com> <011b01d06ba8$8b3839e0$a1a8ada0$@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <011b01d06ba8$8b3839e0$a1a8ada0$@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 12:54:41 +0800 Message-ID: <006701d06d01$23ec54b0$6bc4fe10$@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: zh-cn Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Help for backport virtio to older kernel 2.6.18 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: 'Stefan Hajnoczi' Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Best Regards Halsey Pian > -----Original Message----- > From: Halsey Pian [mailto:halsey.pian@gmail.com] > Sent: 2015=C4=EA3=D4=C231=C8=D5 19:48 > To: 'Stefan Hajnoczi' > Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org; halsey.pian@gmail.com > Subject: RE: [Qemu-devel] Help for backport virtio to older kernel = 2.6.18 >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stefan Hajnoczi [mailto:stefanha@gmail.com] > > Sent: 2015=C4=EA3=D4=C230=C8=D5 23:33 > > To: Halsey Pian > > Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org > > Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Help for backport virtio to older kernel > > 2.6.18 > > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 04:25:50PM +0800, Halsey Pian wrote: > > > It seems that virtio disk driver is included in kernel version > > > started from 2.6.32, but for 2.6.18 (using redhat5 as VM), we have > > > to backport the virtio driver. And I found that there is a link = in > link below, > > but cannot be opened. Could you provide help on it? > > > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 guests support virtio devices. You = should > > not need to compile or backport anything for virtio-net or > virtio- > > blk. > > > > Please refer to the official documentation and support channels: > > = https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux > > /5/html/Virtualization/index.html >=20 > > Stefan >=20 > [Halsey] thanks for your info, Stefan. I would check it. >=20 > Halsey Stefan, Redhat 5 does support virtio block, but for other Linux = distributions with kernel < 2.6.25 no virtio support, we also need backport virtio if we want to use it.=20 I checked the link for backport it in KVM website, still cannot be = found. Would you have some info for it? Thanks!=20 [Halsey]=20