Re: [gentoo-server] Re: Xen Dom0 using kernel 3.0

[Joost Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org>]

On Monday, August 15, 2011 08:30:04 PM Pandu Poluan wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 19:47, J. Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, August 15, 2011 2:22 pm, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> >> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 16:08, J. Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org> wrote:
> >>> On Mon, August 15, 2011 8:18 am, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> >>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 02:29, Joost Roeleveld
> >>>>>> That is, how to provide sensible defaults yet not irreversibly
> >>>>>> removing Gentoo's freedom. So, GeDZux will be a Gentoo
> >>>>>> variant, a
> >>>>>> 'submetadistro', if you will :P
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> A profile putting all the necessary tools (xen, kernel,
> >>>>> bridge,....)
> >>>>> as
> >>>>> required.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Aha! Good idea. Let me learn how to make a profile then.
> >>> 
> >>> That way we can also set default USE-flags suitable for when using
> >>> Xen.
> >> 
> >> Gotcha :-)
> >> 
> >> I'm going to try out on my company's VMware boxes (the guys at
> >> xen-users said that Xen runs okay on VMware, albeit without HVM domU
> >> support).
> > 
> > I think starting with a list of packages and use-flags needed to get PV
> > and HVM domains running would be a good starting point.
> > Then, we can put that into a profile and create a stage4 tar-file with
> > current versions.
> 
> I assume those are packages and use-flags on the dom0? I agree.
> 
> Anyways, good news: I may soon land my grubby hands on an unused IBM
> Server. It's a new-ish one, AFAICT, so it should support VT-x.
> 
> We can thus test HVM domU's, yay!

I've got 2 machines that can run HVM.
I am planning on setting one of these up for dual boot into xen for testing 
purposes already.
The other is already running Xen, but not done any HVM on there yet.

> > I think it would be a good idea to try to continue on this with the
> > maintainers for Xen on Gentoo?
> 
> Aren't they on this list, too?

I don't know. If this were gentoo-user, then i'd assume so.