[Pkg-xen-devel] unmodified_drivers DKMS package

[Ian Campbell]

On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 13:19 -0700, C.J. Adams-Collier wrote: 
> Hey folks,
> 
> I'd like to get a .deb of the unmodified_drivers put together.  I just
> filed ITP, and I would love to have your help with it.
> 
> http://wp.colliertech.org/cj/?p=653
> 
> I've never built a kernel package before, nor have I used DKMS, so it's
> going to be a bumpy ride for me.
> 
> Do any of you have experience with these tools?  Have you built the
> unmodified_drivers modules recently?  Would I be able to get this
> package into the xen-3 source package?
> 
> http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/xen-3
> 
> Looking forward to your responses,

I already replied to the ITP but I guess it is worth repeating myself in
this thread:

> This would be very cool but: As far as I know the existing unmodified
> drivers (sometimes called PVonHVM drivers) do not work with the
> paravirt_ops kernel which will be in Squeeze.
> 
> However, there is someone upstream who is working on making the
> PVonHVM functionality available directly in the upstream kernel.org
> tree so that, eventually, a separate set of additional drivers will
> not be required.

I'd definitely confirm that you really are able to compile the
unmodified drivers by hand against the 2.6.32 kernel in Squeeze before
digging into packaging anything up.

Ian.

-- 
Ian Campbell

The wind doth taste so bitter sweet,
	Like Jaspar wine and sugar,
It must have blown through someone's feet,
	Like those of Caspar Weinberger.
		-- P. Opus
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