Re: linux kernel in xenkernel3

[Sarton O'Brien <bsd-xen%roguewrt.org@localhost>]

Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 10:29:52PM -0600, John Hayward wrote:
>   
> > Hi Xeners,
> >    I'm trying to setup a linux domU under NetBSD Xen3.
> > In following the guide:
> > http://www.gutch.de/NetBSD/docs/xen.html
> > it indicicates there is a linux kernel - vmlinuz-2.6.11.12-xenU
> > it also states:
> > ====
> > You can find the Linux kernel mentioned in this file in the distfile for 
> > pkgsrc/sysutils/xenkernel20
> > ====
> >
> > I don't see a linux kernel in xenkernel3.
> >
> > Am I lookingn in the wrong area?
> > Should I use the one in xenkernel20?
> >     
>
> I won't work.
>
>   
> > Should there be one in xenkernel3?
> >     
>
> there isn't one anymore, because we switched to building xen.gz from
> sources. So the distfile in question has sources, not binaries.
>
>   

I guess the last one was xen-3.1.0-install-x86_32.tgz, I hadn't noticed 
the change to source.
gogeta# tar tfvz xen-3.1.0-install-x86_32.tgz|grep vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx  1 1103     10020          0 May 19  2007 
dist/install/boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen -> vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen
-rw-r--r--  1 1103     10020    1509667 May 19  2007 
dist/install/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen

This is the one I'm using.
> > Is there a kernel available eleswhere?
> > Do I have to build a separate linux system to build a domU kernel for
> > use under NetBSD xen3?
> >     
>
> You should be able to find a binary distribution on www.xen.org.
> Or, if your dom0 is amd64, you can use the linux kernel provided with
> some recent linux distrib (I use the ones from scientific linux myself,
> but I know fedora 8 works too)
>
>   

Sarton