[Pkg-xen-changes] r203 - trunk/xen-3.0/debian

[Guido Trotter]

Author: ultrotter
Date: Tue Jun 27 07:56:14 2006
New Revision: 203

Modified:
   trunk/xen-3.0/debian/changelog
   trunk/xen-3.0/debian/xen-utils-3.0.README.Debian

Log:
Update changelog 
Finish README.Debian work with kernel stuff


Modified: trunk/xen-3.0/debian/changelog
==============================================================================
--- trunk/xen-3.0/debian/changelog	(original)
+++ trunk/xen-3.0/debian/changelog	Tue Jun 27 07:56:14 2006
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+xen-3.0 (3.0.2+hg9758-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+   [ Guido Trotter ]
+     * Update xen-utils' README.Debian (closes: #372524)
+     * Merge upstream fixes trunk
+
+ -- Guido Trotter <ultrotter at debian.org>  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:46:56 +0200
+
 xen-3.0 (3.0.2+hg9697-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Guido Trotter ]

Modified: trunk/xen-3.0/debian/xen-utils-3.0.README.Debian
==============================================================================
--- trunk/xen-3.0/debian/xen-utils-3.0.README.Debian	(original)
+++ trunk/xen-3.0/debian/xen-utils-3.0.README.Debian	Tue Jun 27 07:56:14 2006
@@ -29,14 +29,18 @@
 
 * About the kernel:
    
-   Unfortunately for now we cannot provide precompiled Linux Kernels with the
-   xen patch applied and configured to work in a Domain 0 or in an unprivileged
-   domain. The only thing we can give you is the patch, which is included in
-   the linux-patch-xen package.  You are expected to install this package,
-   download a 2.6.12 kernel from kernel.org (this is the version supported by
-   xen right now. The patch will make it a 2.6.12.6+xen kernel) and roll your
-   own kernel.
-
+   Debian provides a xen enabled kernel in the linux-image-xen-* packages,
+   available both in unstable/testing and, for sarge, in bpo. You can use the
+   same kernel for both your domain 0 and your unprivileged domains.
+
+   Should you want to roll your own kernel this is the way you do it. First
+   download from http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-xen/ the kernel patch
+   for your version of xen.  Then download the relevant kernel from kernel.org,
+   apply the patch, configure and build your kernel in the standard way (with
+   kernel package). If you do it this way you can even build a different
+   lightweight kernel for your unprivileged domains, which is the standard xen
+   way to do things.
+   
    After you've done so you can add a section similar to this one to your
    /boot/grub/menu.lst file in order to boot your xen system. (Only grub is
    supported on Xen systems, if you're a LILO fan we're sorry, there's no way
@@ -52,12 +56,6 @@
    device in the module line in order to have a working Xen system after a
    reboot.
 
-   We will provide a "roll your own xen kernel" manual and example config files
-   later on. We also hope to be able to provide complete Xen kernels, sooner or
-   later, so don't despair! (Well, do, since in the meantime you have to do it
-   yourself anyway, if you want to try Xen... But don't give up now, compiling
-   a kernel is not hard, and trying Xen is worth learning how to do it!)
-
 * About networking:
    
    By default Xen modifies your networking configuration, creating a bridge.