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diff --git a/system/xen/dom0/README.dom0 b/system/xen/dom0/README.dom0 deleted file mode 100644 index 9ac114bda611e..0000000000000 --- a/system/xen/dom0/README.dom0 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,82 +0,0 @@ -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? :^) |