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[PATCH] unmodified_drivers: update README from http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/UnmodifiedDrivers
# HG changeset patch
# User Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
# Date 1319645918 -3600
# Node ID 36b5adb30766e16a1a3a4e900b3219f9fc7c40ed
# Parent 80c36c519e89e9ee487c94d80ac94fe216f3cdbc
unmodified_drivers: update README from http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/UnmodifiedDrivers

Add reference to the fact that these drivers are for "classic-Xen" kernels only
and do not work with PVops but point towards the PVHVM functionality in
mainstream.

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>

diff -r 80c36c519e89 -r 36b5adb30766 unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/README
--- a/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/README Wed Oct 26 17:06:34 2011 +0100
+++ b/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/README Wed Oct 26 17:18:38 2011 +0100
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
-To build:
+These drivers provide paravirtualised drivers for pre-PVops Linux
+kernels which have the classic-Xen patches applied. They do not work
+with kernels which are not patched with the classic-Xen patches. In
+particular this includes all PVops kernels.

-1. ./mkbuildtree [<arch>]
+For 2.6.36 and newer you should use the "PVHVM" functionality which is
+available in the mainline kernel.
+
+To build do one of:
+
+ ./mkbuildtree [<arch>]
NB. You can override paths to Xen sources and a (stub) XenLinux
build tree via the XEN and XL environment variable.

-2. make -C /path/to/kernel/build M=$PWD modules
+- or -
+ make -C /path/to/kernel/build M=$PWD modules
NB. This is your native kernel build tree (or a distro provided
stub), not the XenLinux sources referred to in step 1.
NB. If you are cross compiling, you need to set ARCH and

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Re: [PATCH] unmodified_drivers: update README from http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/UnmodifiedDrivers [ In reply to ]
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 05:18:49PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
> # Date 1319645918 -3600
> # Node ID 36b5adb30766e16a1a3a4e900b3219f9fc7c40ed
> # Parent 80c36c519e89e9ee487c94d80ac94fe216f3cdbc
> unmodified_drivers: update README from http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/UnmodifiedDrivers
>

There's also a related wiki page:
http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/XenLinuxPVonHVMdrivers

should we link that to UnmodifiedDrivers ?

-- Pasi


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