[Fedora-xen] Blktap-control under 2.6.32.16-1.2.108.xendom0.fc13.x86_64

[Boris Derzhavets]

1. Attempt to load Nexenta under 2.6.32.16-1.2.108.xendom0.fc13.x86_64

Xen 4.0.1-rc6-pre & 2.6.32.16-1.2.108.xendom0.fc13.x86_64 on top F13

[root@fedora13 NexentaStor-Community-3.0.2]# uname -a
Linux fedora13 2.6.32.16-1.2.108.xendom0.fc13.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jul 23 17:09:30 MSD 2010
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@fedora13 NexentaStor-Community-3.0.2]# xm create -c
nexentastor-community-3.0.2-xen.cfg
Using config file "./nexentastor-community-3.0.2-xen.cfg".
Error: Failed to create device.
    stdout: didn't find blktap-control in /proc/misc
    stderr: 
Check that target "/root/NexentaStor-Community-3.0.2/syspool.img" exists and
that blktap2 driver installed in dom0.

2. Attempt to load Nexenta under regular 2.6.32.16 pvops

Xen 4.0.1-rc6-pre & 2.6.32.16 via Git Repo on top F13 ( same box just another kernel)

[root@fedora13 NexentaStor-Community-3.0.2]# uname -a
Linux fedora13 2.6.32.16 #2 SMP Tue Aug 3 21:06:35 MSD 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
GNU/Linux
[root@fedora13 NexentaStor-Community-3.0.2]# xm create -c
nexentastor-community-3.0.2-xen.cfg
Using config file "./nexentastor-community-3.0.2-xen.cfg".
Started domain NexentaStor-3.0.2 (id=1)
                                       v4.0.1-rc6-pre chgset 'Mon Aug 02 17:19:06 2010
+0100 21301:ef5f25de00da'
SunOS Release 5.11 Version NexentaOS_134d 64-bit
Loading Kernel...
Hostname: myhost
Reading ZFS config: done.
Mounting ZFS filesystems: (7/7)

ZFS Open Storage Appliance (v3.0.2)

myhost console login: root
Password: 
Last login: Wed Aug  4 00:16:50 on console
nmc@myhost:/$  poweroff

[root@fedora13 NexentaStor-Community-3.0.2]# cat /proc/misc
229 fuse
223 uinput
130 watchdog
184 microcode
 56 network_throughput
 57 network_latency
 58 cpu_dma_latency
 59 device-mapper
144 nvram
228 hpet
 60 blktap-control
 61 xen/gntdev
 62 xen/evtchn
231 snapshot
227 mcelog
 63 vga_arbiter

Boris.