Re: [Nix-dev] NixOS as dom0 for Xen

2015-01-02 Thread Thomas Strobel
Just to follow it up, Xen has been upgraded to 4.4.1. So far only the nix package of Xen was updated, the nixos modules related to Xen will follow. I've also started to bring Xenserver (XCP) to NixOS [1]. The necessary packages should compile already. The nixos modules will follow. Any help to

Re: [Nix-dev] NixOS as dom0 for Xen

2014-12-23 Thread Eelco Dolstra
Hi, On 20/12/14 21:37, Thomas Strobel wrote: I plan to use NixOS as dom0 for Xen. There is an old, deactivated nixos module available that I thought of using. But before I go ahead, I just wanted to ask why dom0 support for Xen was dropped in NixOS? Just bitrot. I had a Xen NixOS at some

Re: [Nix-dev] NixOS as dom0 for Xen

2014-12-21 Thread Kirill Elagin
Well the same commit that commented out the module also marks all of Xen as `broken` and it is still marked so https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/91cc22e841354199d16f5f86fcaf3395eebf92c7/pkgs/applications/virtualization/xen/default.nix#L139 (with a comment that explains something). I’m not

[Nix-dev] NixOS as dom0 for Xen

2014-12-20 Thread Thomas Strobel
Hi! I plan to use NixOS as dom0 for Xen. There is an old, deactivated nixos module available that I thought of using. But before I go ahead, I just wanted to ask why dom0 support for Xen was dropped in NixOS? Anything that I should keep in mind when trying to reestablish dom0 support? Many

Re: [Nix-dev] NixOS as dom0 for Xen

2014-12-20 Thread Roger Qiu
Hey Thomas, I'm interested in this area too. Have you looked at: https://nixos.org/wiki/NixOS_and_Xen Nothing there says Xen was deactivated? Where did you find that info? Thanks, Roger On 21/12/2014 7:37 AM, Thomas Strobel wrote: Hi! I plan to use NixOS as dom0 for Xen. There is an old,