From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Muriel Subject: Re: [Xen-users] XCP with 64-bit dom0? Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:36:33 +0200 Message-ID: <4DB15A31.4040104@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: xen-devel Cc: kvijayan@gridcentric.ca List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org >>> Hi all, >>> >>> For the last couple weeks or so, I've been pounding away at building a >>> version of the XCP host tools to run on a 64-bit dom0 (not just a >>> 64-bit kernel, but a full 64-bit tool stack). I'm starting with the >>> basic build setup of Centos 5.5 with arch x86_64. Naturally, I'm >>> rebuilding a large number of RPM packages from source, and I'm running >>> into package hell as I try to track down proper 64-bit source versions >>> of packages, fix build and compile issues, and get up to the point of >>> being able to build the xapi-libs and xapi packages. >> >> I've never tried it. Is there a particular reason WHY you want to do >> it? I can't think of any benefit, and the downside is your dom0 will >> use more RAM, which means less RAM available for your domUs. >> >> -Dustin > I'm trying to integrate live-cloning (via the xen snowflock codebase) > into the XCP control path, which requires me to run a 64-bit PV > kernel, and also requires 64-bit dom0 tools to talk properly with Xen. > > Perhaps I should re-ask this question in Xen-devel. It may be a more > appropriate venue. > > -kannan Ok, i will reply directly to xen-devel to move the discussion. I'm very interested and i'm starting to recompile. I'm trying to integrate into an existing 64bit cluster a dom0 based on xpc. What packages are fundamental to have a stable environment? Thanks, Muriel