Re: Xen support on Squeeze
On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 11:26:34AM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 04:55:27PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 01:21:55AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > I believe we will have Xen hypervisor and Linux dom0 packages, but they
> > > will not be supported to the degree that ordinary kernel packages are.
> > I can't see any Xen kernel in Squeeze with support for Xen. Am I blind?
>
> Yes, you are.
>
> | Package: linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686-bigmem
> | [...]
> | Description: Linux 2.6.32 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM
> | [...]
> | This kernel also runs on a Xen hypervisor. It supports only unprivileged
> | (domU) operation.
No wonder I didn't see it, it doesn't have xen in the name. However that is only a domU kernel,
Ben Hutchings said there was a dom0 kernel - was he mistaken?
> > I don't see the hypervisor either, the only packages with xen in are:
>
> | Package: xen-hypervisor-3.4-i386
> | [...]
> | Description: The Xen Hypervisor on i386
Hmm. Looks like I was brain dead and did the wrong type of search (searched
contents of package as opposed to package names).
--
Brian May <bam@snoopy.debian.net>
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