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authorStefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>2011-03-10 18:11:31 +0000
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update README
update README: we are missing few compile time dependencies and a link to the pvops kernel page on the wiki. Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
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@@ -46,16 +46,22 @@ provided by your OS distributor:
* Development install of curses (e.g., libncurses-dev)
* Development install of openssl (e.g., openssl-dev)
* Development install of x11 (e.g. xorg-x11-dev)
+ * Development install of uuid (e.g. uuid-dev)
* bridge-utils package (/sbin/brctl)
* iproute package (/sbin/ip)
* hotplug or udev
* GNU bison and GNU flex
+ * GNU gettext
+ * 16-bit x86 assembler, loader and compiler (dev86 rpm or bin86 & bcc debs)
+ * ACPI ASL compiler (iasl)
Second, you need to acquire a suitable kernel for use in domain 0. If
possible you should use a kernel provided by your OS distributor. If
no suitable kernel is available from your OS distributor then refer to
http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/XenDom0Kernels for suggestions for
suitable kernels to use.
+If you are looking to compile a Dom0 kernel from source, please refer to
+http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps.
[NB. Unless noted otherwise, all the following steps should be
performed with root privileges.]