[XenPPC] [PATCH] add support for builtin command line

2006-08-01 Thread Amos Waterland
Support expressing the command line arguments at make invocation. Use same section name as Linux's zImage so that arguments can be manipulated by external tools. Signed-off-by: Amos Waterland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Makefile |3 +++ boot_of.c |7 +-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(

[XenPPC] my domain building files

2006-08-01 Thread Jimi Xenidis
Not saying its working 100%, but... in /root you need your vmlinux.strip and the following 2 files: dom1 Description: Binary data xm script text file DomU.dtb Description: Binary data binary devtree blob as root: # xend start # xm create dom1 How to get the xm tools on your dom0? I h

[XenPPC] FYI: bugzilla

2006-08-01 Thread Hollis Blanchard
I just signed up for an account at http://bugzilla.xensource.com and "PPC" was already a hardware choice. :) If you run across a bug that you don't have time/ability/interest to solve, please open a bug report in the PPC category so we don't forget about it. (I've done that with the "MPIC hang" bu

Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] xen console driver hijacking TTY_MAJOR

2006-08-01 Thread Jimi Xenidis
On Aug 1, 2006, at 12:27 PM, Hollis Blanchard wrote: On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 12:14 -0400, Jimi Xenidis wrote: Ultimately, we'll have a patch that will do the new major number but allow this "bug compatible" to exist as a CONFIG. The patch is trivial. You can use 240 until someone registers a

Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] Booting xen_maple_defconfig kernel on bare hardware

2006-08-01 Thread Jimi Xenidis
On Jul 31, 2006, at 9:41 PM, Amos Waterland wrote: These patches allow a single Linux kernel binary, including one with builtin console=X command line arguments, to run on bare hardware and as a dom0 under Xen. The basic approach is to have the Xen virtual console driver react gracefully in

Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] xen console driver hijacking TTY_MAJOR

2006-08-01 Thread Hollis Blanchard
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 12:14 -0400, Jimi Xenidis wrote: > On Aug 1, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 21:41 -0400, Amos Waterland wrote: > >> diff -r 17aa29a18b08 drivers/xen/console/console.c > >> --- a/drivers/xen/console/console.cThu Jul 27 18:57:20 2

Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] Booting xen_maple_defconfig kernel on bare hardware

2006-08-01 Thread Jimi Xenidis
On Aug 1, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Hollis Blanchard wrote: On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 21:41 -0400, Amos Waterland wrote: diff -r 17aa29a18b08 drivers/xen/console/console.c --- a/drivers/xen/console/console.c Thu Jul 27 18:57:20 2006 -0400 +++ b/drivers/xen/console/console.c Mon Jul 31 21:04:17 20

Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] Booting xen_maple_defconfig kernel on bare hardware

2006-08-01 Thread Hollis Blanchard
On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 21:41 -0400, Amos Waterland wrote: > diff -r 17aa29a18b08 drivers/xen/console/console.c > --- a/drivers/xen/console/console.c Thu Jul 27 18:57:20 2006 -0400 > +++ b/drivers/xen/console/console.c Mon Jul 31 21:04:17 2006 -0400 > @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ > */ > static enum { XC_