Re: [XenPPC] ppc domain tools
On Nov 29, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Hollis Blanchard wrote: On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 14:37 -0700, Yoder Stuart-B08248 wrote: The wiki page says: The Domain Tools cannot be cross built and must be built on a Linux PowerPC machine. I was curious why this is? I've just got Xen booting a Dom0 Linux on the 970 Simulator and am wondering if I really need to build the tools on PPC. I don't have a real PPC machine handy (but will track one down if necessary). Hi Stuart, IIRC the problem is the Makefiles for the python code made some assumptions about the host. I don't remember the exact issue now, but if you want to give it a try and see how it goes I'd love to hear about it. A lot of that has been fixed. The main problem as I see it is installing all the packages necessary into the cross environment, see the list in: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenPPC/Run/XM The good news is that all the management tools are 32 bit so any Linux PPC machine will do, there are some places that can give you open access to a box: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/openpower/ or maybe a 32bit emulator with a distro already setup for it like: http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/about.html -JX ___ Xen-ppc-devel mailing list Xen-ppc-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-ppc-devel
Re: [XenPPC] ppc domain tools
On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 17:40 -0600, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 14:37 -0700, Yoder Stuart-B08248 wrote: > > The wiki page says: > > The Domain Tools cannot be cross built and must be built > > on a Linux PowerPC machine. > > > > I was curious why this is? > > > > I've just got Xen booting a Dom0 Linux on the 970 Simulator > > and am wondering if I really need to build the tools on > > PPC. I don't have a real PPC machine handy (but will > > track one down if necessary). > > Hi Stuart, IIRC the problem is the Makefiles for the python code made > some assumptions about the host. I don't remember the exact issue now, > but if you want to give it a try and see how it goes I'd love to hear > about it. > Actually, it's not just the Makefiles. The python facilities used to build c-python interface libraries are part of the system-wide python installation. Thus, they always assume that the libraries being built are to be built for the current architecture. It's a real mess. -- Michal Ostrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Xen-ppc-devel mailing list Xen-ppc-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-ppc-devel
Re: [XenPPC] ppc domain tools
On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 14:37 -0700, Yoder Stuart-B08248 wrote: > The wiki page says: > The Domain Tools cannot be cross built and must be built > on a Linux PowerPC machine. > > I was curious why this is? > > I've just got Xen booting a Dom0 Linux on the 970 Simulator > and am wondering if I really need to build the tools on > PPC. I don't have a real PPC machine handy (but will > track one down if necessary). Hi Stuart, IIRC the problem is the Makefiles for the python code made some assumptions about the host. I don't remember the exact issue now, but if you want to give it a try and see how it goes I'd love to hear about it. -- Hollis Blanchard IBM Linux Technology Center ___ Xen-ppc-devel mailing list Xen-ppc-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-ppc-devel
[XenPPC] ppc domain tools
The wiki page says: The Domain Tools cannot be cross built and must be built on a Linux PowerPC machine. I was curious why this is? I've just got Xen booting a Dom0 Linux on the 970 Simulator and am wondering if I really need to build the tools on PPC. I don't have a real PPC machine handy (but will track one down if necessary). Stuart Yoder ___ Xen-ppc-devel mailing list Xen-ppc-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-ppc-devel
