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-kernel-xen.sh: This script builds the Linux Kernel for the Xen Hypervisor.
-
-To run this scipt you will need the rebased OpenSUSE Xen kernel patches:
-http://gentoo-xen-kernel.googlecode.com/files/xen-patches-2.6.34-6.tar.bz2
-(md5sum: afb08178200fa34fd24c4d9d03174102)
-
-Since the patches are for 2.6.34.7 kernel, you can get it from here:
-http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.34.7.tar.bz2
-(md5sum: 8964e26120e84844998a673464a980ea)
-
-The configuration files included here are based on Slackware 2.6.33.4 configs.
-For 32bit systems, SMP based config was used. You may run "make menuconfig"
-before compiling a Xen kernel by passing the "MENUCONFIG=yes" to the scipt.
-
-Another variable worth mentioning here is "BOOTLOADER=", wich can be used to
-select how kernel is packed. Valid options are "lilo" and "grub".
-
-By default, a "huge" kernel config is chosen, but you may opt for the generic
-kernel by passing the "KERNEL=generic" variable to the script. In this case,
-you will need to make an ad-hoc initrd after installing this package.
-For example:
-
-# depmod 2.6.34.7-xen
-# mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.34.7-xen -f ext4 -r /dev/sda1 -m ext4 -o /boot/initrd-xen.gz
-
-For details on initrd, read /boot/README.initrd, for hints run:
-/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh script and read the Xen
-User Manual and the README file that comes with the Xen package.
-
-Originaly, booting a Xen kernel with LILO bootloader is not supported, so GRUB
-has to be used. Since some of us still preffer LILO over GRUB, there is a way
-to accomplish this with mbootpack. Basicly mbootpack takes Linux kernel, initrd
-and Xen VMM, and packages them up as a single file that looks like a bzImage
-Linux kernel. For example this is how mbootpack works:
-
-# cd /boot
-# gzip -d -c /boot/xen-4.1.2.gz > /boot/xen-4.1.2
-# gzip -d -c /boot/initrd-xen.gz > /boot/initrd-xen
-# mbootpack -o /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.7-xen -m /usr/src/linux-2.6.34.7-xen/vmlinux \
- -m /boot/initrd-xen /boot/xen-4.1.2
-
-After a new kernel image is created, add something like the folowing to lilo.conf:
-
-image = /boot/vmlinuz-xen
- root = /dev/sda1
- label = XenLinux
- append="dom0_mem=256M -- nomodeset"
- read-only
-
-Note: everything before "--" is passed to Xen, and everything after "--" is
-passed to the Linux kernel.
-
-If for some reason LILO is not good enough, you can always use GRUB.
-GRUB may be installed from Slackware's extra repository. The GRUB package
-is not available from the Slackware x86_64 distribution, but the source
-and a SlackBuild may be found in its extra/source repository.
-
-grubconfig that comes with Slackware's GRUB package may give a starting point
-to configure GRUB. Moreover, the Xen User Manual and its README file installed
-with the Xen package include details on which parameters to include in the GRUB
-configuration file. For example, include these lines in /boot/grub/menu.lst:
-
-title Slackware XenLinux 13.37
- root (hd0,0)
- kernel /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=262144 console=vga
- module /boot/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0 nomodeset
- module /boot/initrd-xen.gz
-
-Additional notes about bootloaders:
- A dom0_mem parameter is critical for a 32bit Slackware install.
- You only need the initrd if you install a generic kernel.
-
-Aditional notes on framebuffer problems:
- If your dom0 kernel crashes or freezes at boot, either with an automatic
- reboot or with the blank screen, here are some things to try:
- - Specify an out of range number to "fbcon" to disable FB altogether,
- for an example append fbcon=map:9 to the Linux kernel.
- (To see a list of available devices in your system: cat /proc/fb)
- - Blacklist FB module from loading, this one requires a bit of
- digging arround in dmesg/lsmod to find out wich module is loading.
- - Disable FB device in question or simply set CONFIG_FB=n in kernel config.
- - Replace the VGA card? :^)