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@@ -157,14 +157,29 @@ To fetch a local copy, install the BitKeeper tools, then run: You can do a complete build of Xen, the control tools, and the XenLinux kernel images with "make world". This can take 10 minutes even on a fast machine. If you're on an SMP machine you may wish to -give the '-j4' argument to make to get a parallel build. You should -end up with all the binaries and images being placed in the ./install -directory tree. You can then install everything to the standard -system directories (e.g. /boot, /usr/bin, /usr/lib/python/ etc) by -taping "make install". - - -Inspect the Makefule if you want to see what goes on during a +give the '-j4' argument to make to get a parallel build. All of the +files that are built are placed under the ./install directory. You +can then install everything to the standard system directories +(e.g. /boot, /usr/bin, /usr/lib/python/ etc) by typing "make install". + +Take a look in install/boot/: + install/boot/xen.gz The Xen 'kernel' (formerly image.gz) + install/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26-xen0 Domain 0 XenLinux kernel (xenolinux.gz) + install/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26-xenU Unprivileged XenLinux kernel + +The difference between the two Linux kernels that are built is +due to the configuration file used for each. The "U" suffixed +unprivileged version doesn't contain any of the physical hardware +device drivers, so is 30% smaller and hence may be preferred for +your non-privileged domains. + +The install/boot directory will also contain the config files +used for building the XenLinux kernels, and also versions of Xen +and XenLinux kernels that contain debug symbols (xen-syms and +vmlinux-syms-2.4.26-xen0) which are essential for interpreting crash +dumps. + +Inspect the Makefile if you want to see what goes on during a build. Building Xen and the tools is straightforward, but XenLinux is more complicated. The makefile needs a 'pristine' linux kernel tree which it will then add the Xen architecture files to. You can tell the @@ -194,7 +209,6 @@ Using the domain control tools Before starting domains you'll need to start the node management daemon: "xend start". - The primary tool for starting and controlling domains is "xm". "xm help <cmd>" will tell you how to use it. |