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Re: [PATCH/RFC] Re: Kernel selection on i386 for Xen compatibility



On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 22:46 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> 
> Well, my current patch is simply:
>         Index: kernel-versions
>         ===================================================================
>         --- kernel-versions     (revision 53021)
>         +++ kernel-versions     (working copy)
>         @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
>          # arch   version  flavour       installedname        suffix build-depends
>         -i386     2.6.24-1 486           2.6.24-1-486         -      linux-image-2.6.24-1-486
>         +i386     2.6.25-1 486           2.6.25-1-486         -      linux-image-2.6.25-1-486
>         +i386     2.6.25-1 686-bigmem    2.6.25-1-686-bigmem  -      linux-image-2.6.25-1-686-bigmem
> (plus a hacked upgrade to kernel wedge for 2.6.25)
> 
> I could file the equivalent change but without the 24->25 bit I suppose
> or I could generate what I know the patch will look like once the 24->25
> change has been made.

Perhaps I should mention that the reason I'm so interested in 2.6.25 is
that this is the first kernel which has the necessary Xen support, so
while I could put forward patches to enable this stuff for 2.6.24 (and a
netboot-bigmem image etc) I don't have a way to test.

Ian.
-- 
Ian Campbell

Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
		-- The Wizard of Oz

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