[Pkg-xen-devel] Testing Xen on Lenny

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:45:12PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 19:07 +0100, Sally-Anne Edwards wrote:
> > 
> > Hello, I've been asked to test this, can anyone help me?
> > 
> > The platform I would like to test on: 
> > - Lenny/amd64 
> > - Intel VT-i (Xen HVM support) 
> > 
> > I've looked over the various threads and wiki pages on the issue and I
> > thought I would try to summarise it more concisely: 
> > 
> > dom0 (32 bit): 
> > - regular install using Lenny CD, Debian Installer, i386 
> > - install the kernel package from etch, linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-686 
> > - install the Xen 3.2 hypervisor from lenny,
> > xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-i386 
> > 
> > dom0 (64 bit/amd64): 
> > - regular install using Lenny CD, Debian Installer, amd64 port 
> > - install the kernel package from etch,
> > linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64 
> > - install the Xen 3.2 hypervisor from lenny,
> > xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-amd64 
> > 
> > domU (Lenny, 32 bit): 
> > - on dom0, install the kernel package for domU:
> > linux-image-2.6.25-2-686 from Lenny 
> > - boot the domU using the Debian installer method or use xen-tools 
> 
> If using the Debian installer method you don't need to install a domU
> kernel in domain 0 if you use the pygrub method to boot, which is what
> the supplied example configuration will do.
> 
> > 
> > domU (Lenny, 64 bit): 
> > - on dom0, install the kernel package for domU:
> > linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64 from Lenny 
> > - boot the domU using xen-tools 
> 
> This last one is incorrect since the linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64 kernel
> doesn't support Xen. You can either use the Etch kernel or build your
> own 2.6.27 packages.
> 
> > Is the above correct? 
> 
> Apart from the two niggles above I think so.
> 
> > Is there likely to be any further change to this process before the
> > official release of Lenny? 
> 
> I don't think so.
> 
> > The wiki says that D-I in domU is only supported for i386.  If the
> > correct kernel is present in dom0, is there any official or unofficial
> > way to run D-I in a 64 bit domU? 
> 
> You could try repacking the installer initrd.gz with the modules for the
> a self built 2.6.27 kernel, I don't think the Etch 2.6.18 kernel will do
> in this case.
> 
> I'd be interested to hear feedback about the 32 bit D-i for domU stuff
> -- so far noone seems to have used it...

I've used Etch D-i on 32b PAE domU.. there were some issues but you got
through them with a bit trial and error :) 

I haven't tried lenny yet..

Lenny will be shipping with 2.6.26 kernel? 2.6.27 would have x86-64 xen
support in.. when it gets released..

-- Pasi