Xen3 Install - NetBSD Wiki

Hey all,

Just updated the wiki at http://wiki.one
tbsd.org/index.php/xen

Feel free to hack it to shreds. I did what I had to to
format it, forgive me.
There are a few places where elaboration may be required.

It should be a good place to point poeple who are setting up
Xen3 until there
is an official Howto. 

Good to see MAKEDEV now includes the xsd_kva device. Anyone
know if the shutdown
patch was committed?

What is the best/easiest was to track commits?

Sarton

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> It should be a good place to point poeple who are
setting up Xen3 until there
> is an official Howto.

You mean like the one at http://www
.netbsd.org/Ports/xen/howto.html, which 
has been there for quite a while now? If you have any
patches for the 
howto.xml file, let me or wwwNetBSD.org know.


> What is the best/easiest was to track commits?

Subscribe to the source-changesNetBSD.org mailing list.
There's also an archive at http://mail-index.NetBS
D.org.

Welcome to NetBSD! 


  - Hubert

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> It should be a good place to point poeple who are
setting up Xen3 until there
> is an official Howto.

You mean like the one at http://www
.netbsd.org/Ports/xen/howto.html, which 
has been there for quite a while now? If you have any
patches for the 
howto.xml file, let me or wwwNetBSD.org know.


> What is the best/easiest was to track commits?

Subscribe to the source-changesNetBSD.org mailing list.
There's also an archive at http://mail-index.NetBS
D.org.

Welcome to NetBSD! 


  - Hubert

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> It should be a good place to point poeple who are
setting up Xen3 until there
> is an official Howto.

You mean like the one at http://www
.netbsd.org/Ports/xen/howto.html, which 
has been there for quite a while now? If you have any
patches for the 
howto.xml file, let me or wwwNetBSD.org know.


> What is the best/easiest was to track commits?

Subscribe to the source-changesNetBSD.org mailing list.
There's also an archive at http://mail-index.NetBS
D.org.

Welcome to NetBSD! 


  - Hubert

On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 11:36:03AM +0200, Hubert Feyrer
wrote:
> You mean like the one at http://www
.netbsd.org/Ports/xen/howto.html, which 
> has been there for quite a while now? If you have any
patches for the 
> howto.xml file, let me or wwwNetBSD.org know.

I'm aware of the _Xen2_ Howto, and it is quite good. I was
merely trying
to address the questions that repeatedly get asked on this
list regarding _Xen3_.

Unless the Howto you are referencing contains detailed
information on installing
Xen3 and I am unaware of this, I apologise. Needless to say,
the wiki can be
updated by anybody and is a little more fluid. More
applicable to a product
that is in development and proned to change frequently.

Sarton

On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 11:36:03AM +0200, Hubert Feyrer
wrote:
> You mean like the one at http://www
.netbsd.org/Ports/xen/howto.html, which 
> has been there for quite a while now? If you have any
patches for the 
> howto.xml file, let me or wwwNetBSD.org know.

I'm aware of the _Xen2_ Howto, and it is quite good. I was
merely trying
to address the questions that repeatedly get asked on this
list regarding _Xen3_.

Unless the Howto you are referencing contains detailed
information on installing
Xen3 and I am unaware of this, I apologise. Needless to say,
the wiki can be
updated by anybody and is a little more fluid. More
applicable to a product
that is in development and proned to change frequently.

Sarton

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
>> You mean like the one at http://www
.netbsd.org/Ports/xen/howto.html, which
>> has been there for quite a while now? If you have
any patches for the
>> howto.xml file, let me or wwwNetBSD.org know.
>
> I'm aware of the _Xen2_ Howto, and it is quite good. I
was merely trying
> to address the questions that repeatedly get asked on
this list regarding _Xen3_.
>
> Unless the Howto you are referencing contains detailed
information on installing
> Xen3 and I am unaware of this, I apologise. Needless to
say, the wiki can be
> updated by anybody and is a little more fluid. More
applicable to a product
> that is in development and proned to change frequently.

There is no Xen2 Howto, just a Xen Howto.
I agree that work needs/can be done to include Xen3 data.
Would you be interested to submit some patches to 
htdocs/Ports/xen/howto.xml to have everything in one place?
We'd appreciate it!


  - Hubert

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
>> You mean like the one at http://www
.netbsd.org/Ports/xen/howto.html, which
>> has been there for quite a while now? If you have
any patches for the
>> howto.xml file, let me or wwwNetBSD.org know.
>
> I'm aware of the _Xen2_ Howto, and it is quite good. I
was merely trying
> to address the questions that repeatedly get asked on
this list regarding _Xen3_.
>
> Unless the Howto you are referencing contains detailed
information on installing
> Xen3 and I am unaware of this, I apologise. Needless to
say, the wiki can be
> updated by anybody and is a little more fluid. More
applicable to a product
> that is in development and proned to change frequently.

There is no Xen2 Howto, just a Xen Howto.
I agree that work needs/can be done to include Xen3 data.
Would you be interested to submit some patches to 
htdocs/Ports/xen/howto.xml to have everything in one place?
We'd appreciate it!


  - Hubert

On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 12:42:53AM +0200, Hubert Feyrer
wrote:
> There is no Xen2 Howto, just a Xen Howto.
> I agree that work needs/can be done to include Xen3
data.
> Would you be interested to submit some patches to 
> htdocs/Ports/xen/howto.xml to have everything in one
place?
> We'd appreciate it!

I would be interested, though I think the differences in
configuration of Xen2 and Xen3 may be too significant, in
that, trying to include all details in one howto may become
too cluttered.

When Xen3 is mature and is the NetBSD standard, creating a
new
revision would be appropriate, but I think for now, a brief 
document outlining a generic configuration maybe more
beneficial.

This is just my oppinion. I created the wiki article to
document
how I set up Xen so that other people may avoid scrounging
for
information or asking a repeated question on the mailling
list
that I have seen Manuel answer on more than one occaision.

Quite often it is something very small like dependancies,
configuration options (obsolete or otherwise) and boot
options.
That is why I have been very brief on  the wiki and have not
attempted to create another howto.

When Xen3 is mature I would be happy to help.

Sarton

On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 12:42:53AM +0200, Hubert Feyrer
wrote:
> There is no Xen2 Howto, just a Xen Howto.
> I agree that work needs/can be done to include Xen3
data.
> Would you be interested to submit some patches to 
> htdocs/Ports/xen/howto.xml to have everything in one
place?
> We'd appreciate it!

I would be interested, though I think the differences in
configuration of Xen2 and Xen3 may be too significant, in
that, trying to include all details in one howto may become
too cluttered.

When Xen3 is mature and is the NetBSD standard, creating a
new
revision would be appropriate, but I think for now, a brief 
document outlining a generic configuration maybe more
beneficial.

This is just my oppinion. I created the wiki article to
document
how I set up Xen so that other people may avoid scrounging
for
information or asking a repeated question on the mailling
list
that I have seen Manuel answer on more than one occaision.

Quite often it is something very small like dependancies,
configuration options (obsolete or otherwise) and boot
options.
That is why I have been very brief on  the wiki and have not
attempted to create another howto.

When Xen3 is mature I would be happy to help.

Sarton