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author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2008-11-05 14:58:33 +0100 |
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committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2008-11-05 14:58:33 +0100 |
commit | ae9e4e22a7ce8b2b56e98ff1708c2e8d42eefd69 (patch) | |
tree | 53d824c19af411f67db44baeacba9b22b68731e6 /microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen.mdwn | |
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diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index cdb4e2de..00000000 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,84 +0,0 @@ -[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] - -[[meta license="""[[toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[toggleable -id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this -document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant -Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] - -[[toc ]] - -## Xen dom0, PAE-disabled hypervisor - -/!\ Since GNU Mach doesn't handle PAE yet, you'll need a PAE-disabled hypervisor. - -On Debian Lenny, for example, you can install xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-i386-nonpae. - -This also means that you'll currently need a PAE-disabled `dom0`. -[[Stefan_Siegl|stesie]] is providing a PAE-disabled Linux kernel image at -<http://brokenpipe.de/GnuHurd/XEN/>. - -You can either get binaries at <http://youpibouh.thefreecat.org/hurd-xen/> or build them yourself. - -- Copy `gnumach-xen` and `hurd-modules` to your dom0 /boot. -- Copy `hurd` into `/etc/xen`, edit it for fixing access to your hurd / and swap - -## GNU/Hurd system - -/!\ You need an already installed GNU/Hurd system. - -If you have a free partition, you can fdisk to type 0x83, create a filesystem using: - - sudo mke2fs -b 4096 -I 128 -o hurd /dev/sda4 - -Replace /dev/sda4 with your partition. Install and use crosshurd to setup a GNU/Hurd system on this partition. - -## /etc/xen/hurd configuration - -Here is a sample /etc/xen/hurd configuration - - kernel = "/boot/gnumach-xen" - memory = 256 - disk = ['phy:sda4,hda,w'] - extra = "root=device:hd0" - vif = [ '' ] - ramdisk = "/boot/hurd-modules" - -Suggestions about [[networking_configuration]] are available. - -If you need stable MAC addresses, use a syntax like `vif = [ -'mac=00:16:3e:XX:XX:XX, bridge=br0' ]`. - -## Running Hurd with Xen - -To run Hurd with Xen, use: - - xm create -c hurd - -and gnumach should get started. Proceed with native-install. - - export TERM=mach - ./native-install - -- If `xm` complains about networking (`vif could not be connected`), it's Xen scripts' fault, see Xen documentation for how to configure the network. The simplest way is network-bridge with fixed IPs (note that you need the bridge-utils package for this). You can also just disable networking by commenting the vif line in the config. -- If `xm` complains `Error: (2, 'Invalid kernel', 'xc_dom_compat_check: guest type xen-3.0-x86_32 not supported by xen kernel, sorry\n')`, you most probably have a PAE-enabled hypervisor, and you just need to install and boot non-PAE hypervisor and kernel. - -## Building from sources - -If you want to generate these images, first get the `gnumach-1-branch-Xen-branch` branch from gnumach CVS. -Then look for "Ugly" in `kern/bootstrap.c`, how to generate `hurd-modules` is explained there, and you'll have to fix `EXT2FS_SIZE` and `LD_SO_SIZE` by hand. -Then use - - ./configure --enable-platform=xen - make - -The current `hurd-modules` was built from the debian packages `hurd 20070606-2` and `libc0.3 2.6.1-1`. -/!\ This means that when using this image, your GNU/Hurd system also needs to be a glibc version 2.6-based one! - ---- - -[[Internals]]. - -[[GNU_Savannah_task 5468]], [[GNU_Savannah_task 6584]]. |