On Apr 10, 2012 7:15 AM, "Hacking Network Solutions - Gentoo List Subscriptions" <gentoo.li...@hacking.co.uk> wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-04-09 at 19:32 +0300, Konstantin wrote: > > > > What kernel versions are you using for Dom0? Today I've tried to use > > sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.2.12 and couldn't find any backend driver > > support. Am I missed something? ;) > > > > Hi Konstantin, > > I use Xen with Gentoo for both Dom0 and DomU. > > The back-end driver support is well hidden in the menus, > > Device Drivers ---> Xen driver support ---> Backend driver support > > is required to show them. > > I have attached a working .config 3.2.12 for your convenience. > > My company also maintains a (still unfinished and now slightly out of > date unfortunately, but it is on my list of things to update) document > related to using Xen with Gentoo here: > > http://www.mad-hacking.net/documentation/linux/deployment/xen/index.xml >
OMG! You're working there? Hats off to you guys, and max respect! I would never be able to deploy my Gentoo infrastructure had I not read this : http://www.mad-hacking.net/documentation/linux/deployment/buildserver/index.xml > We also maintain ebuilds for the 4.0.2 branch of Xen in our overlay, > which can be installed with layman (hacking-gentoo). > > Maybe this will be of some help, I hope so - if you have any problems > with Xen feel free to ask me. > > If you have any issues with the docs/ebuilds please email me off list. > Not an issue, just an honest question: Does having Gentoo as Dom0 significantly improve performance? Rgds,
