Re: Netbsd DomU daily-08.01.2007-crashes

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 12:29:54PM +0200, Anzi wrote:
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.1/source/sets/syssrc.tgz (not 
> from current, was this ok?)
> Patched file xbd_xenbus.c with "pacth < patchfile"
> Issued following command
> 
> cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf; config XEN3_DOMU;
> cd ../compile/XEN3_DOMU
> make depends
> make
> Got new kernel and booted DomuU up with kernel I just created
> 
> /dmesg: NetBSD 3.1 (XEN3_DOMU) #0: Thu Jan 11 10:18:13 EET 2007 
> antti@xenbsd:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/XEN3_DOMU
> -bash-2.05b$ uname -a
> NetBSD testbsd 3.1 NetBSD 3.1 (XEN3_DOMU) #0: Thu Jan 11 10:18:13 EET 
> 2007  antti@xenbsd:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/XEN3_DOMU i386
> 
> /It seems to work ok, so thanks!

Cool, I'll commit this this evening

> 
> Now I am wondering if my DOM0 kernel is OK. There is now config file for 
> DOM0 kernel in 3.1 sources? Should I use current for the dom0? or is it 
> better to stick with the version I have:
> /uname -a
> NetBSD xenbsd 4.99.3 NetBSD 4.99.3 (XEN3_DOM0) #0: Thu Oct 26 05:44:33 
> UTC 2006  
> builds@pb:/home/builds/ab/HEAD/i386/200610250000Z-obj/home/builds/ab/HEAD/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/XEN3_DOM0
>  
> i386/

There's not support for Xen3/dom0 in netbsd-3, you have to use current or
netbsd-4 for this. I would recommend switching to NetBSD-4.0_BETA2 ...

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