[Fedora-xen] Re: [RFC] Using linux-2.6.tip-xen on IA64

* Akio Takebe (takebe_akio(a)jp.fujitsu.com) 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