[kernel-xen] kernel-xen-3.11.0-1 in testing repo.

Gordan Bobic gordan at bobich.net
Thu Sep 5 21:22:48 EST 2013


 On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 21:14:49 +1000, Steven Haigh <netwiz at crc.id.au> 
 wrote:
> On 05/09/13 20:54, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>> On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:37:31 +1000, Steven Haigh <netwiz at crc.id.au> 
>> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've built kernel 3.11.0 and placed it in the testing repo. Major
>>> changes include optimisations on both the network stack and disk
>>> subsystem.
>>>
>>> The down side, is that this needs to run on both the Dom0 and the 
>>> DomU.
>>> As such, the requirements to install xen have been removed from 
>>> this
>>> test build.
>>>
>>> You can get the repo file for the testing repo at:
>>>     http://au1.mirror.crc.id.au/repo/el6/testing.repo
>>>
>>> As always, feedback welcome.
>>
>> You say this kernel will run on both dom0 and domU. Will it run on
>> bare metal?
>
> It should.
>
> There is a bug with the grub config generation where it'll add a 
> kernel
> xen.gz line - even though there is no hypervisor installed. I'm 
> looking
> to address this tomorrow...
> 	http://xen.crc.id.au/bugs/view.php?id=17
>
> Other than that, let me know :)

 Will do. It'd be pretty awesome to be able to run the same kernel
 on bare metal, dom0 and domU. :)

 Gordan


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