Hi,

I've noticed a couple of discrepancies in the debian/control file of
linux-2.6 package, and I can't really tell whether those are bugs or
not:

1. There are no xen-enabled kernel images for amd64 architecture.
2. There is linux-modules-2.6.26-1-xen-686 package. All other
linux-module packages are virtual (corresponding linux-image packages
provide them). It might be that this is the package containing the
modules for domU, but in that case package description needs to be
corrected.

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On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 06:59:03PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed a couple of discrepancies in the debian/control file of
> linux-2.6 package, and I can't really tell whether those are bugs or
> not:
>
> 1. There are no xen-enabled kernel images for amd64 architecture.

right paravirt ops based is enabled in 2.6.27,
wasn't merged before and not easily backportable for .26 as the
snashotting code as depends on lots of x86 changes.

> 2. There is linux-modules-2.6.26-1-xen-686 package. All other
> linux-module packages are virtual (corresponding linux-image packages
> provide them). It might be that this is the package containing the
> modules for domU, but in that case package description needs to be
> corrected.

no idea.


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On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 06:59:03PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote:

> I've noticed a couple of discrepancies in the debian/control file of
> linux-2.6 package, and I can't really tell whether those are bugs or
> not:

> 2. There is linux-modules-2.6.26-1-xen-686 package. All other
> linux-module packages are virtual (corresponding linux-image packages
> provide them). It might be that this is the package containing the
> modules for domU, but in that case package description needs to be
> corrected.

I believe these modules are for dom0 rather than for domU, with the intent
that the associated image package (if it were actually fully functional) be
shareable for both dom0 and domU?

But then, in that case I would expect the image package to also include
various non-hardware-related modules that are useful in a domU context.
<shrug>

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On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 22:16 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 06:59:03PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote:
>
> > I've noticed a couple of discrepancies in the debian/control file of
> > linux-2.6 package, and I can't really tell whether those are bugs or
> > not:
>
> > 2. There is linux-modules-2.6.26-1-xen-686 package. All other
> > linux-module packages are virtual (corresponding linux-image packages
> > provide them). It might be that this is the package containing the
> > modules for domU, but in that case package description needs to be
> > corrected.
>
> I believe these modules are for dom0 rather than for domU, with the intent
> that the associated image package (if it were actually fully functional) be
> shareable for both dom0 and domU?
>
> But then, in that case I would expect the image package to also include
> various non-hardware-related modules that are useful in a domU context.
> <shrug>

The other way round I think. For the xen flavour linux-modules is for
use in the domU (so they can be loaded within the guest) while
linux-image contains only the kernel so that it can be installed in
domain 0 and you can point your xm config at it. Or you can install both
in the domU and use pygrub.

The -xen flavour is somewhat deprecated now that -686-bigmem supports
Xen guest operation anyway, I'd be happy with making them virtual and
depending on the -686-bigmem packages, but not for Lenny now...

Ian.

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