Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova wrote: > My question is about code location/structure of the hypervisor and Solaris > dom0. > > As far as I understand, the source for the xen hypervisor is distributed in > the file xvm-src.tar.bz2 at the download directory for the corresponding > build, such as http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/b79/ for Build 79. The > source for Solaris dom0, the paravirtualized kernel, is in on-src.tar.bz2 in > the same directory. > > When I unzip xvm-src.tar.bz2, I see the following directories: > > libvirt.hg > sunos.hg > urlgrabber.hg > virtinst.hg > xen.hg > > xen.hg is the hypervisor source and it appears that this is all you need if > you want to build your own version of the hypervisor (I tried that). Then > what is sunos.hg? Do you need to build this directory, and if so, what will > it produce? > I think sunos.hg contains: + tools for building Xen bits within Solaris environment. + Solaris dom0 specific stuff, including scripts for backend drivers and smf services...
So, if you use Solaris as dom0, you'll need this directory. Max > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
