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| author |   Mario Preksavec <mario@slackware.hr> | 2016-07-29 00:37:50 +0200 |
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| committer |   Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2016-07-30 08:28:21 +0700 |
| commit | 368a721cfdc418228722fc6d7f5d9e7c6f908865 (patch) | |
| tree | dbbb84ea9b4f813d5ea614233042589e1dcdb9be /system/xen/README | |
| parent | df27e59d4aeec89f8cca4677b3004690d2bd105f (diff) | |
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system/xen: Additional features, patches and script fixes.
Signed-off-by: Mario Preksavec <mario@slackware.hr>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/xen/README')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/system/xen/README b/system/xen/README index 4ae5848f40..7422c640a6 100644 --- a/system/xen/README +++ b/system/xen/README @@ -4,22 +4,23 @@ virtualization of x86, x86_64, IA64, ARM, and other CPU architectures. It supports a wide range of guest operating systems including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and various versions of the BSD operating systems. -mbootpack is an optional dependency, it creates LILO compatible kernel. -libssh2 is also optional dependency, it can be enabled with: LIBSSH2=yes -ocaml-findlib is yet another optional dependency, it builds oxenstored -Additionally, BlueZ support can be enabled with: BLUEZ=yes and ocaml +This script has a few optional dependencies: -In order to run Xen, you will need to install and boot from a Xen dom0 -kernel. Check README.dom0 (in docs/dom0) for more information on how to do -that. Additionally, README.domU has information about unpriviledged guests. + mbootpack - creates LILO compatible kernel images + libssh2 - mostly used by libvirt, enable with USE_LIBSSH2=yes + ocaml-findlib - autodetected, builds oxenstored binary + bluez - enable with USE_BLUEZ=yes -README.openvswitch-extended explains a bit more advanced aproach to Open -vSwitch setup, more adventureous folk can use: +Reading material: - INSTALL_OPENVSWITCH_EXTENDED=yes ./xen.SlackBuild + README.SLACKWARE - explains Xen daemons and system startup + README.dom0 - explains setting up privileged Xen domain (host) + README.domU - talks about unprivileged Xen domain (guest) + README.openvswitch-extended - additional Open vSwitch use case + README.xsa - building Xen with latest security fixes -This will install vif script and the config file under /etc/xen, helper -script will be stripped of its .sh suffix and installed into /usr/bin +Toggle additional features: -See README.SLACKWARE (which is also installed with the package docs) for -setup, configuration, and usage hints. + BUILD_STUBDOM=yes - enables lightweight service/driver domains + INSTALL_OPENVSWITCH_EXTENDED=yes - systemwide install + WITH_OVMF=no - disables guest domain EFI/UEFI support |