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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]]. diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen/internals.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen/internals.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 09e707ea..00000000 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen/internals.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@ -[[meta copyright="Copyright © 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]]."]]"""]] - -The port does use Xen's para-virtualized interface for device (ide, network, -etc.) access. - -[[Virtualization]]. diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen/networking_configuration.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen/networking_configuration.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 71a72bac..00000000 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen/networking_configuration.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,105 +0,0 @@ -[[meta copyright="Copyright © 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 ]] - -The Xen dom0 infrastructure provides for a bridged networking setup using shell -scripts to configure the bridging device properly and attach the domUs' virtual -interfaces to the bridge. However, we've [seen -problems](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2008-08/msg00023.html) -when using this approach, so to [solve these -issues](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2008-09/msg00071.html), -instead suggest the following configuration method (to achieve the same thing). - -This is for a Debian dom0. - -# */etc/network/interfaces* - -Comment out everything referencing your physical devices. Add this: - - auto br0 - iface br0 inet dhcp - bridge_ports regex (eth|vif).* noregex - -... or if you want to do the manual configuration dance: - - auto br0 - iface br0 inet static - bridge_ports regex (eth|vif).* noregex - address 192.168.10.60 - netmask 255.255.255.0 - [...] - -This needs a version of the `bridge-utils` package more recent than the current -Debian stable one ([[debbug 405215]]). (It's trivial to rebuild the `dpkg` of, -e.g., the Debian testing one on Debian stable.) - -# */etc/xen/xend-config.sxp* - -Make sure that only `(network-script network-dummy)` and `(vif-script -vif-bridge)` are activated and all other `(network-script network-WHATEVER)`, -respective `(vif-script vif-WHATEVER)` are commented out. - - -# Sample configuration files on Debian Lenny - -## /etc/xen/hurd on dom0 - - kernel = "/boot/gnumach-xen" - memory = 256 - disk = ['phy:sda5,hda,w'] - extra = "root=device:hd0" - vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:00:00:00, bridge=br0' ] - ramdisk = "/boot/hurd-modules" - -/dev/sda5 is an extended partition. br0 is bridge interface on dom0. - -## /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp on dom0 - - (network-script 'network-bridge netdev=br0') - (dom0-min-mem 196) - (dom0-cpus 0) - (vncpasswd '') - -## /etc/network/interfaces on dom0 - - auto br0 - iface br0 inet static - address 192.168.1.211 - network 192.168.1.0 - netmask 255.255.255.0 - broadcast 192.168.1.255 - gateway 192.168.1.1 - bridge_ports eth1 - -eth1 is the interface that is connected to the Internet on the LAN: - -## Doing settrans on domU - - settrans -fgap /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet -i eth0 -a 192.168.1.210 -g 192.168.1.1 -m 255.255.255.0 - -## /sbin/ifconfig on dom0 - - br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:d1:2e:06:33 - inet addr:192.168.1.211 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 - inet6 addr: fe80::219:d1ff:fe2e:633/64 Scope:Link - UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 - RX packets:14187 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 - TX packets:9214 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 - collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 - RX bytes:936563 (914.6 KiB) TX bytes:746184 (728.6 KiB) - - eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:d1:2e:06:33 - inet6 addr: fe80::219:d1ff:fe2e:633/64 Scope:Link - UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 - RX packets:34339 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 - TX packets:18526 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 - collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 - RX bytes:3019251 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:1453672 (1.3 MiB) |