From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 29 09:41:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB59F106564A for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:41:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BC718FC0C for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:41:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d14so956583and.13 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:41:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=K8J49O1LGai29KR1WyJ7YGuPuktKvJXH4ySBn9dAIeI=; b=EMQKSMHQHz45KViXyLaDgqFvfP8JLQ5NIKQdFZQE3JWCIFR9IfCR7EXrRgshiSMH5U kQaNPtx5dS36JOERCvBri8J6T1LjVq2Davr4FW3Pql7ls3Orkdk0lYI7DI6DZ5CUaMKG Xni4KsDddABqpODzX2hfJ0Muge+v/NCyvsFRI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=bJPo22wDWJ96TnrmkSW2VrTCi8zC/orenZeAiG4ZzVfa6HXs4fbHHKGsYOOCwwpoLU 40zNXVt21tVBN2TL7N7kYS2nbQzZ86geiR5ekpX0dssWX4MUm3mWm8fVEiy0iYs4PpXb GsUKjAuKlsvrf5o2/LsdPWEy4XzYHX+3sajfs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.101.90.3 with SMTP id s3mr2435517anl.23.1251538880669; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:41:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A98DFF6.4060404@prgmr.com> References: <77abe410908211256g44dd20d8o9b50c20357e63a6b@mail.gmail.com> <4A98DFF6.4060404@prgmr.com> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:41:20 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 17e310664d1be39f Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: Michael David Crawford Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finishing up the xen port - would funding help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:41:21 -0000 I'd suggest "use whatever works". I use Centos 5.x since they use the latest "stable" xen patched kernel but its quite out of date. Adrian 2009/8/29 Michael David Crawford : > For working on the FreeBSD DomU, what should we use for the Xen kernel an= d > the Dom0? > > Most people use Linux for Dom0 I think, but I understand you can also use > Solaris. > > I was running the bleeding edge sources for a while, and I was able to ge= t > them to work, but not well. =A0I eventually abandoned the effort out of > frustration. > > However we might need some changes to the Xen or to the Dom0 sources, so > maybe it would be best to work with the bleeding edge. > > A problem I had is that I was trying to use Xen to support the developmen= t > of my own cross-platform product. =A0This machine has a RAID that contain= s > *all* of my files, going back almost twenty years. =A0So I was a little > hesitant to boot just any kernel on it. > > But now I have another box, purely for experimental use, that doesn't hav= e > any manner of precious data on it. =A0I can freely run anything on it, wi= thout > fear of losing anything valuable. > > Mike > -- > Michael David Crawford > mdc@prgmr.com > > =A0 prgmr.com - We Don't Assume You Are Stupid. > > =A0 =A0 =A0Xen-Powered Virtual Private Servers: http://prgmr.com/xen > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-xen@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-xen-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >