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-http://www.xensource.com/xen/about.html
-
-What is Xen?
-============
-
-Xen is a Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) originally developed by the
-Systems Research Group of the University of Cambridge Computer
-Laboratory, as part of the UK-EPSRC funded XenoServers project. Xen
-is freely-distributable Open Source software, released under the GNU
-GPL. Since its initial public release, Xen has grown a large
-development community, spearheaded by XenSource Inc, a company created
-by the original Xen development team to build enterprise products
-around Xen.
-
-The 3.0 release offers excellent performance, hardware support and
-enterprise-grade features such as x86_32-PAE, x86_64, SMP guests and
-live relocation of VMs. This install tree contains source for a Linux
-2.6 guest; ports to Linux 2.4, NetBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris will follow
-later (and are already available for previous Xen releases).
-
-This file contains some quick-start instructions to install Xen on
-your system. For full documentation, see the Xen User Manual. If this
-is a pre-built release then you can find the manual at:
- dist/install/usr/share/doc/xen/pdf/user.pdf
-If you have a source release, then 'make -C docs' will build the
-manual at docs/pdf/user.pdf.
-
-Quick-Start Guide - Pre-Built Binary Release
-============================================
-
-[NB. Unless noted otherwise, all the following steps should be
-performed with root privileges.]
-
-1. Install the binary distribution onto your filesystem:
-
- # sh ./install.sh
-
- Among other things, this will install Xen and Xen-ready Linux
- kernel files in /boot, kernel modules and Python packages in /lib,
- and various control tools in standard 'bin' directories.
-
-2. Configure your bootloader to boot Xen and an initial Linux virtual
- machine. Note that Xen currently only works with GRUB and pxelinux
- derived boot loaders: less common alternatives such as LILO are
- *not* supported. You can most likely find your GRUB menu file at
- /boot/grub/menu.lst: edit this file to include an entry like the
- following:
-
- title Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6
- kernel /boot/xen-3.0.gz console=vga
- module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen root=<root-dev> ro console=tty0
- module /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img
-
- NB: Not all kernel configs need an initial ram disk (initrd), but
- if you do specify one you'll need to use the 'module' grub directive
- rather than 'initrd'.
-
- The linux command line takes all the usual options, such as
- root=<root-dev> to specify your usual root partition (e.g.,
- /dev/hda1).
-
- The Xen command line takes a number of optional arguments described
- in the manual. The most common is 'dom0_mem=xxxM' which sets the
- amount of memory to allocate for use by your initial virtual
- machine (known as domain 0). Note that Xen itself reserves about
- 32MB memory for internal use, which is not available for allocation
- to virtual machines.
-
-3. Reboot your system and select the "Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6" menu
- option. After booting Xen, Linux will start and your initialisation
- scripts should execute in the usual way.
-
-Quick-Start Guide - Source Release
-==================================
-
-First, there are a number of prerequisites for building a Xen source
-release. Make sure you have all the following installed, either by
-visiting the project webpage or installing a pre-built package
-provided by your Linux distributor:
- * GCC (preferably v3.2.x or v3.3.x; older versions are unsupported)
- * GNU Make
- * GNU Binutils
- * Development install of zlib (e.g., zlib-dev)
- * Development install of Python v2.3 or later (e.g., python-dev)
- * bridge-utils package (/sbin/brctl)
- * iproute package (/sbin/ip)
- * hotplug or udev
-
-[NB. Unless noted otherwise, all the following steps should be
-performed with root privileges.]
-
-1. Download and untar the source tarball file. This will be a
- file named xen-unstable-src.tgz, or xen-$version-src.tgz.
- You can also pull the current version from the SCMS
- that is being used (Bitkeeper, scheduled to change shortly).
-
- # tar xzf xen-unstable-src.tgz
-
- Assuming you are using the unstable tree, this will
- untar into xen-unstable. The rest of the instructions
- use the unstable tree as an example, substitute the
- version for unstable.
-
-2. cd to xen-unstable (or whatever you sensibly rename it to).
- The Linux, netbsd and freebsd kernel source trees are in
- the $os-$version-xen-sparse directories.
-
-On Linux:
-
-3. For the very first build, or if you want to destroy existing
- .configs and build trees, perform the following steps:
-
- # make world
- # make install
-
- This will create and install onto the local machine. It will build
- the xen binary (xen.gz), and a linux kernel and modules that can be
- used in both dom0 and an unprivileged guest kernel (vmlinuz-2.6.x-xen),
- the tools and the documentation.
-
- You can override the destination for make install by setting DESTDIR
- to some value.
-
- The make command line defaults to building the kernel vmlinuz-2.6.x-xen.
- You can override this default by specifying KERNELS=kernelname. For
- example, you can make two kernels - linux-2.6-xen0
- and linux-2.6-xenU - which are smaller builds containing only selected
- modules, intended primarily for developers that don't like to wait
- for a full -xen kernel to build. The -xenU kernel is particularly small,
- as it does not contain any physical device drivers, and hence is
- only useful for guest domains.
-
- To make these two kernels, simply specify
-
- KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0 linux-2.6-xenU"
-
- in the make command line.
-
- If you want to build an x86_32 PAE capable xen and kernel to work
- on machines with >= 4GB of memory, use XEN_TARGET_X86_PAE=y on the
- make command line.
-
-4. To rebuild an existing tree without modifying the config:
- # make dist
-
- This will build and install xen, kernels, tools, and
- docs into the local dist/ directory.
-
- You can override the destination for make install by setting DISTDIR
- to some value.
-
- make install and make dist differ in that make install does the
- right things for your local machine (installing the appropriate
- version of hotplug or udev scripts, for example), but make dist
- includes all versions of those scripts, so that you can copy the dist
- directory to another machine and install from that distribution.
-
-5. To rebuild a kernel with a modified config:
-
- # make linux-2.6-xen-config CONFIGMODE=menuconfig (or xconfig)
- # make linux-2.6-xen-build
- # make linux-2.6-xen-install
-
- Depending on your config, you may need to use 'mkinitrd' to create
- an initial ram disk, just like a native system e.g.
- # depmod 2.6.16-xen
- # mkinitrd -v -f --with=aacraid --with=sd_mod --with=scsi_mod initrd-2.6.16-xen.img 2.6.16-xen
+################################ + __ __ _____ ___ + \ \/ /___ _ __ |___ / / _ \ + \ // _ \ '_ \ |_ \| | | | + / \ __/ | | | ___) | |_| | + /_/\_\___|_| |_| |____(_)___/ + +################################ + +http://www.xensource.com/xen/about.html + +What is Xen? +============ + +Xen is a Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) originally developed by the +Systems Research Group of the University of Cambridge Computer +Laboratory, as part of the UK-EPSRC funded XenoServers project. Xen +is freely-distributable Open Source software, released under the GNU +GPL. Since its initial public release, Xen has grown a large +development community, spearheaded by XenSource Inc, a company created +by the original Xen development team to build enterprise products +around Xen. + +The 3.0 release offers excellent performance, hardware support and +enterprise-grade features such as x86_32-PAE, x86_64, SMP guests and +live relocation of VMs. This install tree contains source for a Linux +2.6 guest; ports to Linux 2.4, NetBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris will follow +later (and are already available for previous Xen releases). + +This file contains some quick-start instructions to install Xen on +your system. For full documentation, see the Xen User Manual. If this +is a pre-built release then you can find the manual at: + dist/install/usr/share/doc/xen/pdf/user.pdf +If you have a source release, then 'make -C docs' will build the +manual at docs/pdf/user.pdf. + +Quick-Start Guide - Pre-Built Binary Release +============================================ + +[NB. Unless noted otherwise, all the following steps should be +performed with root privileges.] + +1. Install the binary distribution onto your filesystem: + + # sh ./install.sh + + Among other things, this will install Xen and Xen-ready Linux + kernel files in /boot, kernel modules and Python packages in /lib, + and various control tools in standard 'bin' directories. + +2. Configure your bootloader to boot Xen and an initial Linux virtual + machine. Note that Xen currently only works with GRUB and pxelinux + derived boot loaders: less common alternatives such as LILO are + *not* supported. You can most likely find your GRUB menu file at + /boot/grub/menu.lst: edit this file to include an entry like the + following: + + title Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6 + kernel /boot/xen-3.0.gz console=vga + module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen root=<root-dev> ro console=tty0 + module /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img + + NB: Not all kernel configs need an initial ram disk (initrd), but + if you do specify one you'll need to use the 'module' grub directive + rather than 'initrd'. + + The linux command line takes all the usual options, such as + root=<root-dev> to specify your usual root partition (e.g., + /dev/hda1). + + The Xen command line takes a number of optional arguments described + in the manual. The most common is 'dom0_mem=xxxM' which sets the + amount of memory to allocate for use by your initial virtual + machine (known as domain 0). Note that Xen itself reserves about + 32MB memory for internal use, which is not available for allocation + to virtual machines. + +3. Reboot your system and select the "Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6" menu + option. After booting Xen, Linux will start and your initialisation + scripts should execute in the usual way. + +Quick-Start Guide - Source Release +================================== + +First, there are a number of prerequisites for building a Xen source +release. Make sure you have all the following installed, either by +visiting the project webpage or installing a pre-built package +provided by your Linux distributor: + * GCC (preferably v3.2.x or v3.3.x; older versions are unsupported) + * GNU Make + * GNU Binutils + * Development install of zlib (e.g., zlib-dev) + * Development install of Python v2.3 or later (e.g., python-dev) + * bridge-utils package (/sbin/brctl) + * iproute package (/sbin/ip) + * hotplug or udev + +[NB. Unless noted otherwise, all the following steps should be +performed with root privileges.] + +1. Download and untar the source tarball file. This will be a + file named xen-unstable-src.tgz, or xen-$version-src.tgz. + You can also pull the current version from the SCMS + that is being used (Bitkeeper, scheduled to change shortly). + + # tar xzf xen-unstable-src.tgz + + Assuming you are using the unstable tree, this will + untar into xen-unstable. The rest of the instructions + use the unstable tree as an example, substitute the + version for unstable. + +2. cd to xen-unstable (or whatever you sensibly rename it to). + The Linux, netbsd and freebsd kernel source trees are in + the $os-$version-xen-sparse directories. + +On Linux: + +3. For the very first build, or if you want to destroy existing + .configs and build trees, perform the following steps: + + # make world + # make install + + This will create and install onto the local machine. It will build + the xen binary (xen.gz), and a linux kernel and modules that can be + used in both dom0 and an unprivileged guest kernel (vmlinuz-2.6.x-xen), + the tools and the documentation. + + You can override the destination for make install by setting DESTDIR + to some value. + + The make command line defaults to building the kernel vmlinuz-2.6.x-xen. + You can override this default by specifying KERNELS=kernelname. For + example, you can make two kernels - linux-2.6-xen0 + and linux-2.6-xenU - which are smaller builds containing only selected + modules, intended primarily for developers that don't like to wait + for a full -xen kernel to build. The -xenU kernel is particularly small, + as it does not contain any physical device drivers, and hence is + only useful for guest domains. + + To make these two kernels, simply specify + + KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0 linux-2.6-xenU" + + in the make command line. + + If you want to build an x86_32 PAE capable xen and kernel to work + on machines with >= 4GB of memory, use XEN_TARGET_X86_PAE=y on the + make command line. + +4. To rebuild an existing tree without modifying the config: + # make dist + + This will build and install xen, kernels, tools, and + docs into the local dist/ directory. + + You can override the destination for make install by setting DISTDIR + to some value. + + make install and make dist differ in that make install does the + right things for your local machine (installing the appropriate + version of hotplug or udev scripts, for example), but make dist + includes all versions of those scripts, so that you can copy the dist + directory to another machine and install from that distribution. + +5. To rebuild a kernel with a modified config: + + # make linux-2.6-xen-config CONFIGMODE=menuconfig (or xconfig) + # make linux-2.6-xen-build + # make linux-2.6-xen-install + + Depending on your config, you may need to use 'mkinitrd' to create + an initial ram disk, just like a native system e.g. + # depmod 2.6.16-xen + # mkinitrd -v -f --with=aacraid --with=sd_mod --with=scsi_mod initrd-2.6.16-xen.img 2.6.16-xen |