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Re: [RFC] Using linux-2.6.tip-xen on IA64: msg#00055

Subject: Re: [RFC] Using linux-2.6.tip-xen on IA64
* Akio Takebe (takebe_akio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> We can success booting domU with linux-2.6.tip-xen.
> (This is FedoraCore work.)
> The build step is the below.
> I think the step is almost same as Aron's step.
> (http://free.linux.hp.com/~agriffis/fedora-kernel-ia64/.)
> We used linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg(cset #30476) and
> xen-unstable.hg(cset #10474).
> 
>  1. hg clone http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg
>  2. copy xen/include/asm-ia64/asm-xsi-offsets.h 
>     from xen-ia64-unstable.hg 
>     to linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg/include/asm-ia64/xen/
>  3. copy .config 
>     from xen-ia64-unstable.hg/buildconfigs/linux-defconfig_xen_ia64
>     to linux-2.6.tip-xen/.config
>  4. make oldconfig
>     (All answers are default)
>  5. copy linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg/arch/ia64/kernel/gate.S 

Hmm, I figured this might be an issue.

>     from linux-2.6.16.13.tar.bz2
>  6. cd linux-2.6.tip-xen.hg
>     make & copy vmlinuz & mkinitrd
>  7. build xen-unstable.hg (cset #10474)
>     hg clone xen-unstable.hg xen-unstable.hg-match-linux-2.6.tip
>     cd xen-unstable.hg-match-linux.2.6.tip
>     hg up -C 10474
>     make
>  8. copy xen.gz to under /boot/efi/
>  9. make install-tools
> 
> But I found some problem. Please comments.
> A.  We cannot compile the latest linux-2.6.tip-xen(#32966).
>     Is fixing linux-2.6.tip-xen fc6's or xen-ia64's contribution?
>     Or is anyone already working for that?

I have not tried compiling it on ia64.  Could you show us the compile
errors?  Or if you know the problem, send a patch?

> B.  linux-2.6.tip-xen don't have arch/ia64/kernel/gate.S. Why?

This is likely a merge error.  The merge thought the file was dropped
from upstream Linux.  Feel free to send the proper patch.

thanks,
-chris



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