[kernel-xen] Kernel-xen 3.5.3 about to be released.

[Steven Haigh]

On 11/09/2012 6:38 AM, Vasily Evseenko wrote:
> Hi,
> I've probed to use this kernel on x86_64 box.
> Seems almost all is fine, but there are some issues:
>
> 1. Missing include/generated -> unable to build xtables-addons

Can you provide what this is looking for?

> 2. Ipset module doesn't enabled.

Does this break any tools included in EL6? I haven't noticed anything - 
but its difficult to test every possible usage case.

> 3. What about various patches from RedHat which doesn't available in
> vanilla kernel

No backported patches are applied from RedHat. They don't have anything 
in the EL range that uses 3.x to bring any patches in from. That means 
they are more likely to cause issues than fix them.

> 4. What about compatibility with (old) userland utilities (are there any
> incompatibilities in kernel api from 2.6.32 to 3.5)?

All the compatibility stuff is enabled - you shouldn't see any problems 
here. I'm more than happy to debug issues and work towards fixing them 
if you find any issues.

> How did you get default config for 3.5.3 kernel? Is it derived
> from RedHat's 2.6.32.57 or configure by hands from scratch?

I migrated the same config from my 2.6.32.x tree then altered new 
options to suit. This should mean it will be as close as possible to 
existing 2.6.32.x tree.

The main problem is that the Xen maintainers are no longer updating the 
2.6.32.x branch with Xen patches. This causes issues as ANY security or 
bug fixes will not be ported to the 2.6.32.x tree. Therefore, moving to 
a properly maintained tree is probably the best option.

The 2.6.32.x tree with Xen hasn't been touched since March this year.

> Can you publish old rpms/srpms for kernel 2.6.32.57-2 into repository ?

-- 
Steven Haigh

Email: netwiz at crc.id.au
Web: http://www.crc.id.au
Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
Fax: (03) 8338 0299