Unofficial Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora available

Unofficial Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora available

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

Hello,

I just hacked together Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora 13,
and I thought I'd share it. It should work with Fedora 12 aswell.

download-link:
http://pasik.reaktio.net/fedora/xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm


Instructions to compile/install:

- Check http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen4.0 wiki page and install the packages/rpms listed there!
- Download xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm
- rpm -i xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm
- rpmbuild -bb xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm

After a while you should see:

Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-libs-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-runtime-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-hypervisor-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-doc-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-devel-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
Wrote: /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/xen-debuginfo-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.x86_64.rpm

- cd /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64
- rpm -Uvh xen*4.0.1*.rpm
- Install Xen dom0 capable kernel, edit grub.conf, reboot

Note that Xen 4.0.1-rcX is required for the latest xen/stable-2.6.32.x kernels (2.6.32.15+),
they won't work with Xen 4.0.0 anymore.

This unofficial src.rpm works for me, hopefully for you aswell :)

-- Pasi

Re: [Fedora-xen] Unofficial Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora available

[M A Young]

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On Sat, 19 Jun 2010, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:

> I just hacked together Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora 13,
> and I thought I'd share it. It should work with Fedora 12 aswell.
>
> download-link:
> http://pasik.reaktio.net/fedora/xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm
>
> Note that Xen 4.0.1-rcX is required for the latest xen/stable-2.6.32.x 
> kernels (2.6.32.15+), they won't work with Xen 4.0.0 anymore.

I think I will add the relevant patch to the xen 3.4.3 F-12 and F-13 
packages, as I would like to keep them basically functional with the 
xen/stable-2.6.32.x kernels. I will do something with the rawhide package 
as well, though I haven't yet decided whether just to add the patch or go 
for the latest xen 4 rc.

 	Michael Young

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Re: [Fedora-xen] Unofficial Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora available

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:30:10PM +0100, M A Young wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>
>> I just hacked together Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora 13,
>> and I thought I'd share it. It should work with Fedora 12 aswell.
>>
>> download-link:
>> http://pasik.reaktio.net/fedora/xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm
>>
>> Note that Xen 4.0.1-rcX is required for the latest xen/stable-2.6.32.x  
>> kernels (2.6.32.15+), they won't work with Xen 4.0.0 anymore.
>
> I think I will add the relevant patch to the xen 3.4.3 F-12 and F-13  
> packages, as I would like to keep them basically functional with the  
> xen/stable-2.6.32.x kernels.
>

Yeah, it's this patch: http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/0e1521f654f2

> I will do something with the rawhide package 
> as well, though I haven't yet decided whether just to add the patch or go 
> for the latest xen 4 rc.
>

I'd prefer moving rawhide to Xen 4.0.x.

-- Pasi

Re: [Fedora-xen] Unofficial Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora available

[M A Young]

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On Sun, 20 Jun 2010, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:

>> I will do something with the rawhide package
>> as well, though I haven't yet decided whether just to add the patch or go
>> for the latest xen 4 rc.
>>
>
> I'd prefer moving rawhide to Xen 4.0.x.

Rawhide is at 4.0.0 at the moment, so unless 4.0.1 comes out quickly, it 
is a choice between just adding the patch or picking a 1-rc.

 	Michael Young

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Re: [Fedora-xen] Unofficial Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora available

[M A Young]

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On Sat, 19 Jun 2010, M A Young wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>
>> I just hacked together Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora 13,
>> and I thought I'd share it. It should work with Fedora 12 aswell.
>> 
>> download-link:
>> http://pasik.reaktio.net/fedora/xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm
>> 
>> Note that Xen 4.0.1-rcX is required for the latest xen/stable-2.6.32.x 
>> kernels (2.6.32.15+), they won't work with Xen 4.0.0 anymore.
>
> I think I will add the relevant patch to the xen 3.4.3 F-12 and F-13 
> packages, as I would like to keep them basically functional with the 
> xen/stable-2.6.32.x kernels. I will do something with the rawhide package as 
> well, though I haven't yet decided whether just to add the patch or go for 
> the latest xen 4 rc.

There are xen builds in the Fedora system now (3.4.3-2 or 4.0.0-2 
depending on the version), with the patch added to make them work with the 
latest xen/stable-2.6.32.x kernels. If you don't want to wait for them to 
make their way through QA etc. you can find them at 
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=7

 	Michael Young

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Re: [Fedora-xen] Unofficial Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora available

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 08:33:12PM +0100, M A Young wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010, M A Young wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>>
>>> I just hacked together Xen 4.0.1-rc3-pre src.rpm package for Fedora 13,
>>> and I thought I'd share it. It should work with Fedora 12 aswell.
>>>
>>> download-link:
>>> http://pasik.reaktio.net/fedora/xen-4.0.1-0.1.rc3.fc13.src.rpm
>>>
>>> Note that Xen 4.0.1-rcX is required for the latest 
>>> xen/stable-2.6.32.x kernels (2.6.32.15+), they won't work with Xen 
>>> 4.0.0 anymore.
>>
>> I think I will add the relevant patch to the xen 3.4.3 F-12 and F-13  
>> packages, as I would like to keep them basically functional with the  
>> xen/stable-2.6.32.x kernels. I will do something with the rawhide 
>> package as well, though I haven't yet decided whether just to add the 
>> patch or go for the latest xen 4 rc.
>
> There are xen builds in the Fedora system now (3.4.3-2 or 4.0.0-2  
> depending on the version), with the patch added to make them work with 
> the latest xen/stable-2.6.32.x kernels. If you don't want to wait for 
> them to make their way through QA etc. you can find them at  
> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=7
>

Great, thanks!

-- Pasi