[OpenIndiana-discuss] XVM

[trevor robinson]

Hi,

Just got round to giving xvm a spin with CentOS 5.2 domU's, just happened that was 
what I had to hand. Install works flawlessly with  virt-manager for a HVM ! but hangs 
with a virt-install for a PV with

[2011-01-08 01:24:41 2538] DEBUG (XendBootloader:113) Launching bootloader as ['/usr/lib/xen/bin/pygrub',
 '--output=/var/run/xend/boot/xenbl.12921', '/dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/vm2'].

looks like the pygrub + zfs problem ?

My question though, is, where can I find the source for the openindiana IPS build of the xvm stuff ?
I've tried with the original opensolaris xvm-gate source (using OI_148 as the build machine).
It sort of works, builds the packages but I've the following error 

---- new warnings/errors for libvirt ----
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_AALIB
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12:   run info '(automake)Extending
 aclocal'
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12:   or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/auto
make.html#Extending-aclocal
---- Build in /export/xvm-gate// completed 2011-01-05 22:59 CET ----

so I guess somethings not quite lined up in my build environment. I installed the packages
but couldn't get the hypervisor to boot, to be honest I didn't try very hard to work out
why.

tried to build the original opensolaris xvm-3.4 gate, thinking maybe wasn't on the last 
build with xvm-gate but this one seems even further off being stable, it bombs during
the xen build with the gcc mixed up with sunstudio error and a warning that it's
using python2.6 (rather than 2.4)

---- new warnings/errors for xen ----
get-path: will use #!/usr/bin/amd64/python2.6 for python programs
/export/xvm-3.4/sunos.hg/bin/build-xen[535]: cd: /export/xvm-3.4///proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4//sit
e-packages/: [No such file or
 directory]
xen build failed

Sees to suggest that some of the patches to the xen code are missing in this gate 
(though hg qpush -a tells me everything is up to date ?) or again some misalignment
in my build env.

and the unstable generates the following !!

 ---- new warnings/errors for xen ----
gmake[10]: *** [iasl] Error 1
gmake[9]: *** [dsdt.c] Error 2
gmake[8]: *** [subdir-all-acpi] Error 2
gmake[7]: *** [subdirs-all] Error 2
gmake[6]: *** [subdir-all-hvmloader] Error 2
gmake[5]: *** [subdirs-all] Error 2
gmake[4]: *** [all] Error 2
gmake[3]: *** [subdir-install-firmware] Error 2
gmake[2]: *** [subdirs-install] Error 2
gmake[1]: *** [install-tools] Error 2
gmake: *** [world] Error 2
xen build failed


another thing, I also
 don't remember patching for the memory leak, yet the dom0 seems
to be "automagically" limited to 2G memory ? has this been fixed up ?

Any help much appreciated

Thanks in advance

Trev