[Pkg-xen-devel] unmodified_drivers DKMS package

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 07:55:07AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> 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.
> 

Novell has unmodified_drivers working for their 2.6.32 (SLES11 SP1) kernel.
Their stuff is not pvops based.

-- Pasi