[kernel-xen] UEFI hardware wanted

[Steven Haigh]

Thanks Colin,

I'm pretty sure I know *why* it didn't work - although I have a lot of
work to do to make sure it works as intended.

I've just synced up new packages to the EL7 version of my packages that
are under testing that I get working ok with a non-EFI system - but it
should also work with EL7 / grub2 / UEFI. Should.

To make sure it works, I need some physical kit to work with - otherwise
I wouldn't be confident in saying that it is stable.

Hopefully, it will translate to working under EL6 / UEFI as well - but
right now, I can't say anything concrete.

As for the other questions, I know very little about KVM - and I
wouldn't even bother with it. However that's my preference.

On 06/02/15 19:23, Colin Durrant wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Yes I had some major issues with UEFI. I got everything working but not on
> the Xen kernel but I somehow got it all working on KVM qemu.
> 
> Are there any particular issues with using this environment?
> 
> Quick question as a side track. If you over allocate memory and processors
> to your actual virtual machines, do this have an adverse performance
> implication? I know if doesn¹t from a processor point as far as I am aware
> but unlike citrix Xen server it lets you allocate as much memory as you
> like per VM?
> 
> From what I have discovered the IBM hardware we are using is all UEFI
> based. Secondly, we have an IBM 3750 server and it didn¹t support Citrix
> Xenserver 6.2 - we have to run 6.1 which I thought was a little odd.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Colin.
> 
> On 06/02/2015 03:45, "Steven Haigh" <netwiz at crc.id.au> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> If we like it or not, UEFI BIOS is the way things are heading. As Paulo
>> recently posted to this list (and I believe Colin also), UEFI and my Xen
>> packaging / kernel doesn't work with UEFI at all.
>>
>> Some systems can boot in legacy mode - which then will work - however
>> this option won't be around for ever.
>>
>> I'm wondering if there would be anyone on this list that would consider
>> sponsoring some UEFI hardware (even desktop hardware would be
>> sufficient) to allow me to create a test environment for getting UEFI
>> support into the Xen packages.
>>
>> Right now, my testing environment is a single Dell Poweredge 1950 that I
>> just bought some RAM for - however none of my other hardware has a UEFI
>> BIOS to test with.
>>
>> I'd also be after some recommendations for the collective wisdom of this
>> list as to which UEFI mainboard brand / model to go for.
>>
>> I believe I'd need:
>> 1 x UEFI mainboard
>> 1 x CPU to suit above mainboard - Use an i5 CPU? i7? Xeon?
>> RAM - 8Gb DDR3?
>> 1 x Case - Desktop case is fine.
>>
>> Any other suggestions? Thoughts?
>>
>> -- 
>> Steven Haigh
>>
>> Email: netwiz at crc.id.au
>> Web: http://www.crc.id.au
>> Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
>>
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Steven Haigh

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