[kernel-xen] kernel-xen-3.9.7-1 packages available - TESTERS REQUIRED!

Joe Fialkowski joe at zoomcloud.net
Sat Jun 22 03:44:29 EST 2013


Great work Steve! Thank you! This was always a PITA when it came to upgrading. Will try and give it a test soon. 

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Joe Fialkowski
ZoomCloud.net
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On June 21, 2013 at 1:00:57 PM, Steven Haigh (netwiz at crc.id.au) wrote:

Hi all,  

kernel-xen-3.9.7-1 marks the first package with scripting to  
automatically configure Xen in /etc/grub.conf.  

We look through /etc/grub.conf to see if there is an existing xen.gz  
line - if so, we use the same line for the new kernel. If not, I use a  
semi-sane set of defaults.  

We look for the specific vmlinuz and initramfs lines, then substitute  
the text for kernel -> module and initrd -> module. This means the  
generated grub.conf stanza looks something like this:  

title Scientific Linux (3.9.7-1.el6xen.x86_64)  
root (hd0,0)  
kernel /xen.gz dom0_mem=1024M cpufreq=xen dom0_max_vcpus=1  
dom0_vcpus_pin  
module /vmlinuz-3.9.7-1.el6xen.x86_64 ro  
root=/dev/vg_raid1/xenhost rd_LVM_LV=vg_raid1/xenhost  
rd_MD_UUID=afb92c19:b9b1e3ae:07af315d:738e38be rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_DM  
LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us  
crashmodule=auto quiet panic=5  
module /initramfs-3.9.7-1.el6xen.x86_64.img  

Testing is appreciated. You should check your grub.conf for correctness  
before rebooting.  

Packages available from:  
http://au1.mirror.crc.id.au/repo/el6/testing/  

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Steven Haigh  

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