Compiling Xen - Revision history

Wikislax: /* Installing acpica */

2026-03-30T09:35:23Z

‎Installing acpica

Wikislax: /* A few quirks */

2025-02-08T20:56:31Z

‎A few quirks

Wikislax at 20:45, 8 February 2025

2025-02-08T20:45:03Z

Wikislax: /* Installing yajl */

2025-02-08T20:03:22Z

‎Installing yajl

Wikislax at 13:13, 4 February 2025

2025-02-04T13:13:21Z

Wikislax: /* Compiling yajl */

2025-02-04T12:56:15Z

‎Compiling yajl

Wikislax: /* Compiling acpica */

2025-02-04T12:52:26Z

‎Compiling acpica

Wikislax: /* Updating go */

2025-02-04T12:50:35Z

‎Updating go

Wikislax: /* Updating go */

2025-02-04T12:48:06Z

‎Updating go

Wikislax: /* Updating go */

2025-02-04T12:46:52Z

‎Updating go

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	Xen requires acpica. [https://www.acpica.org/downloads Download] then install as below :		Xen requires acpica. [https://www.acpica.org/downloads Download] then install as below :
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		+	Note : the choice of license pertains to software redistribution. 1 - Intel, 2 - GPLV2 or BSD.

	# tar -C /usr/local -xvf acpica-unix-yyyymmdd.tar.gz		# tar -C /usr/local -xvf acpica-unix-yyyymmdd.tar.gz

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 == A few quirks ==
-The '''dev86-0.16.21-x86_64-1.txz''' package included with Slackware 14.2 does not afford compiling '''xen-4.9.0''' properly, and must be replaced by '''[{{SERVER}}/wikislax/download/dev86-0.16.17-x86_64-2.txz dev86-0.16.17-x86_64-2.txz]''', that can be found on the Slackware 13.37, 14.0, or 14.1 distribution disks, in directory '''slackware64/d'''. Trying to compile dev86 [http://v3.sk/~lkundrak/dev86/ from source] is not an alternative : dev86 source versions 0.16.18 to 0.16.21 have the same issue compiling xen-4.9.0, and older 0.16.17 does not compile on Slackware 14.2.
+The '''dev86-0.16.21-x86_64-1.txz''' package included with Slackware 14.2 does not afford compiling '''xen-4.9.0''' properly, and must be replaced by '''[{{SERVER}}/wikislax/download/dev86-0.16.17-x86_64-2.txz dev86-0.16.17-x86_64-2.txz]''', that can be found on the Slackware 13.37, 14.0, or 14.1 distribution disks, in directory '''slackware64/d'''. Trying to compile dev86 [http://v3.sk/~lkundrak/dev86/ from source] is not an alternative : dev86 source versions 0.16.18 to 0.16.21 have the same issue compiling xen-4.9.0, and older 0.16.17 does not compile on Slackware 14.2. No such issue compiling xen-4.18.4 on slackware 15.0.
   # removepkg /var/log/packages/dev86-0.16.21-x86_64-1.txz
   # installpkg dev86-0.16.17-x86_64-2.txz
-Also, the '''grub-2.00''' included with Slackware 14.2 does not afford booting xen. However, getting the latest version '''grub-2.02''' from source does work.
+Also, the '''grub-2.00''' included with Slackware 14.2 does not afford booting xen. However, getting the latest version '''grub-2.02''' from source does work. Slackware 15.0 includes grub-2.06 which is no problem.
 == Hardware requirements ==

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   # mv libyajl* ../lib64
   # ldconfig
 == Compiling Xen ==

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 == Installing yajl ==
-Xen 4.19.1 requires yajl. Yajl is part of Slackware 15.0 but must be replaced by a newer version. [http://lloyd.github.io/yajl/ Download] then install as below. <u>Note</u> : there is no option to specify the target library directory so the files need to be moved manually.
+Xen 4.19.1 requires yajl. [http://lloyd.github.io/yajl/ Download] then install as below. <u>Note</u> : there is no option to specify the target library directory so the files need to be moved manually.
   # tar -C /usr/local -xvf lloyd-yajl-17b1790.tar.gz

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 == Installing yajl ==
-Xen requires yajl. [http://lloyd.github.io/yajl/ Download] then install as below. <u>Note</u> : there is no option to specify the target library directory so the files need to be moved manually.
+Xen 4.19.1 requires yajl. Yajl is part of Slackware 15.0 but must be replaced by a newer version. [http://lloyd.github.io/yajl/ Download] then install as below. <u>Note</u> : there is no option to specify the target library directory so the files need to be moved manually.
-  # tar -C /usr/local -xvf lloyd-yajl-x.y.z.66cb08c.tar.gz
+ # cd  /var/log/packages
   # cd /usr/local
-  # chown -R root:root lloyd-yajl-66cb08c
+  # chown -R root:root lloyd-yajl-17b1790
-  # cd lloyd-yajl-66cb08c
+  # cd lloyd-yajl-17b1790
   # ./configure
   # make
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   # mv libyajl* ../lib64
   # ldconfig
 == Updating go ==
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 Xen 4.19.1 requires the go language. Go is included as part of gcc but does not work "as is" and must be replaced by the version from the go web site. [https://go.dev/dl/ Download] then install as below.
-  # ls /var/log/packages | grep gcc-go
+  # cd  /var/log/packages
   gcc-go-11.2.0-x86_64-2
   # removepkg gcc-go-11.2.0-x86_64-2

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   # make install
-== Compiling yajl ==
+== Installing yajl ==
 Xen requires yajl. [http://lloyd.github.io/yajl/ Download] then install as below. <u>Note</u> : there is no option to specify the target library directory so the files need to be moved manually.

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 To make a long story short, at the time of this writing (and since June 2012) working with nVidia graphic boards on Xen and X11 requires the "nouveau" driver. Other drivers like nv or the nVidia proprietary driver do not support Xen and switch off the screen when launched or do not display properly. "Nouveau" requires a fairly recent version of X11. Slackware 13.37 or newer is required. "Nouveau" is available in kernel 3.4.2 upstream and was previously included as a staging driver. Xen dom0 support was included in kernel 3.0. To benefit from both Xen and "Nouveau", the best is to use kernel 3.4.2 upstream.
-== Compiling acpica ==
+== Installing acpica ==
 Xen requires acpica. [https://www.acpica.org/downloads Download] then install as below :
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   # make
   # make install
 == Compiling yajl ==

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   # tar -C /usr/local -xvf go1.23.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-Then add the '''/usr/local/go/bin''' to '''$PATH''' in /etc/profile.
+Then add the '''/usr/local/go/bin''' to '''$PATH''' in /etc/profile. Make sure it works :
 == Compiling Xen ==