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diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/xen.txt b/Documentation/ia64/xen.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a12c74ce2773..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/ia64/xen.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,183 +0,0 @@ - Recipe for getting/building/running Xen/ia64 with pv_ops - -------------------------------------------------------- - -This recipe describes how to get xen-ia64 source and build it, -and run domU with pv_ops. - -============ -Requirements -============ - - - python - - mercurial - it (aka "hg") is an open-source source code - management software. See the below. - http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/ - - git - - bridge-utils - -================================= -Getting and Building Xen and Dom0 -================================= - - My environment is; - Machine : Tiger4 - Domain0 OS : RHEL5 - DomainU OS : RHEL5 - - 1. Download source - # hg clone http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/ia64/xen-unstable.hg - # cd xen-unstable.hg - # hg clone http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/ia64/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg - - 2. # make world - - 3. # make install-tools - - 4. copy kernels and xen - # cp xen/xen.gz /boot/efi/efi/redhat/ - # cp build-linux-2.6.18-xen_ia64/vmlinux.gz \ - /boot/efi/efi/redhat/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xen - - 5. make initrd for Dom0/DomU - # make -C linux-2.6.18-xen.hg ARCH=ia64 modules_install \ - O=$(pwd)/build-linux-2.6.18-xen_ia64 - # mkinitrd -f /boot/efi/efi/redhat/initrd-2.6.18.8-xen.img \ - 2.6.18.8-xen --builtin mptspi --builtin mptbase \ - --builtin mptscsih --builtin uhci-hcd --builtin ohci-hcd \ - --builtin ehci-hcd - -================================ -Making a disk image for guest OS -================================ - - 1. make file - # dd if=/dev/zero of=/root/rhel5.img bs=1M seek=4096 count=0 - # mke2fs -F -j /root/rhel5.img - # mount -o loop /root/rhel5.img /mnt - # cp -ax /{dev,var,etc,usr,bin,sbin,lib} /mnt - # mkdir /mnt/{root,proc,sys,home,tmp} - - Note: You may miss some device files. If so, please create them - with mknod. Or you can use tar instead of cp. - - 2. modify DomU's fstab - # vi /mnt/etc/fstab - /dev/xvda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 - none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 - none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 - none /proc proc defaults 0 0 - none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 - - 3. modify inittab - set runlevel to 3 to avoid X trying to start - # vi /mnt/etc/inittab - id:3:initdefault: - Start a getty on the hvc0 console - X0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty hvc0 - tty1-6 mingetty can be commented out - - 4. add hvc0 into /etc/securetty - # vi /mnt/etc/securetty (add hvc0) - - 5. umount - # umount /mnt - -FYI, virt-manager can also make a disk image for guest OS. -It's GUI tools and easy to make it. - -================== -Boot Xen & Domain0 -================== - - 1. replace elilo - elilo of RHEL5 can boot Xen and Dom0. - If you use old elilo (e.g RHEL4), please download from the below - http://elilo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/blosxom - and copy into /boot/efi/efi/redhat/ - # cp elilo-3.6-ia64.efi /boot/efi/efi/redhat/elilo.efi - - 2. modify elilo.conf (like the below) - # vi /boot/efi/efi/redhat/elilo.conf - prompt - timeout=20 - default=xen - relocatable - - image=vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xen - label=xen - vmm=xen.gz - initrd=initrd-2.6.18.8-xen.img - read-only - append=" -- rhgb root=/dev/sda2" - -The append options before "--" are for xen hypervisor, -the options after "--" are for dom0. - -FYI, your machine may need console options like -"com1=19200,8n1 console=vga,com1". For example, -append="com1=19200,8n1 console=vga,com1 -- rhgb console=tty0 \ -console=ttyS0 root=/dev/sda2" - -===================================== -Getting and Building domU with pv_ops -===================================== - - 1. get pv_ops tree - # git clone http://people.valinux.co.jp/~yamahata/xen-ia64/linux-2.6-xen-ia64.git/ - - 2. git branch (if necessary) - # cd linux-2.6-xen-ia64/ - # git checkout -b your_branch origin/xen-ia64-domu-minimal-2008may19 - (Note: The current branch is xen-ia64-domu-minimal-2008may19. - But you would find the new branch. You can see with - "git branch -r" to get the branch lists. - http://people.valinux.co.jp/~yamahata/xen-ia64/for_eagl/linux-2.6-ia64-pv-ops.git/ - is also available. The tree is based on - git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 test) - - - 3. copy .config for pv_ops of domU - # cp arch/ia64/configs/xen_domu_wip_defconfig .config - - 4. make kernel with pv_ops - # make oldconfig - # make - - 5. install the kernel and initrd - # cp vmlinux.gz /boot/efi/efi/redhat/vmlinuz-2.6-pv_ops-xenU - # make modules_install - # mkinitrd -f /boot/efi/efi/redhat/initrd-2.6-pv_ops-xenU.img \ - 2.6.26-rc3xen-ia64-08941-g1b12161 --builtin mptspi \ - --builtin mptbase --builtin mptscsih --builtin uhci-hcd \ - --builtin ohci-hcd --builtin ehci-hcd - -======================== -Boot DomainU with pv_ops -======================== - - 1. make config of DomU - # vi /etc/xen/rhel5 - kernel = "/boot/efi/efi/redhat/vmlinuz-2.6-pv_ops-xenU" - ramdisk = "/boot/efi/efi/redhat/initrd-2.6-pv_ops-xenU.img" - vcpus = 1 - memory = 512 - name = "rhel5" - disk = [ 'file:/root/rhel5.img,xvda1,w' ] - root = "/dev/xvda1 ro" - extra= "rhgb console=hvc0" - - 2. After boot xen and dom0, start xend - # /etc/init.d/xend start - ( In the debugging case, # XEND_DEBUG=1 xend trace_start ) - - 3. start domU - # xm create -c rhel5 - -========= -Reference -========= -- Wiki of Xen/IA64 upstream merge - http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenIA64/UpstreamMerge - -Written by Akio Takebe <takebe_akio@jp.fujitsu.com> on 28 May 2008 |