[xenpreview-dev] Changeset 13138-3

[Jan Albrecht]

Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> Jan Albrecht <jan.albrecht at gmail.com> 14.02.07 08:10 >>>
>>>>         
>> Charles Coffing wrote:
>>     
>>> Don't install the xen-kmp-*.rpm packages on dom0.
>>>
>>> These are the paravirtual drivers (network and disk) intended to be installed into a fully-virtualized SLES 10 VM.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> do they need to be installed in the FV SLES10 VM? (I get the same errors
>> as Kirk below in my VM). Or are they just a addon?
>>     
>
> Yes. Actually you can tell this just from the naming of the packages: all kmp
> packages have the kernel flavor they belong to in their names, and hence
> xen-kmp-bigsmp belongs to a kernel-bigsmp installed system. You will further
> note that there aren't any xen-kmp-xen or xen-kmp-xenpae packages, so
> thie makes clear that these don't apply to pv guests.
That was my idea too. I was wondering why a full virtualized system
would need a special kernel.

Thanks
Jan