Hi, I try to use XEN, but have some problems with getting it started on my machine. (My settings are listed at the bottom). My first problem is that if I boot into Xen the kernel hangs while booting, such that I have to do a hard reset. It doesn't hang always at the same place, but most often around the time when suse wants to start the suse firewall. However XEN boots when I turn DMA of. (ide=nodma). This is very annoying since I need DMA, so what can I do? I read somewhere that this could be caused by the generic IDE driver and one should compile only the specific IDE (PIIx...) driver into the kernel. I tried this but run into the following problem. I use the standard configuration file from Suse for Xen as placed in /boot/config-2.6.11.4-21.8-xen and changed some options (mainly only the IDE driver modules.) (make ARCH=xen menuconfig; make ARCH=xen all) However after compiling for a long time I see the following output. [...] AR arch/i386/lib/lib.a GEN .version CHK include/linux/compile.h UPD include/linux/compile.h CC init/version.o LD init/built-in.o LD .tmp_vmlinux1 arch/xen/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x85b): In function `ctrl_if_suspend': arch/xen/kernel/ctrl_if.c:466: undefined reference to `teardown_irq' drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x45cf7): In function `balloon_process': drivers/xen/balloon/balloon.c:275: undefined reference to `kmap_flush_unused' make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 What is causing the problem? How do I get arround this? Any specific options I must set (or must not set) in menuconfig to get the kernel compiled? Further, if I want to use the latest xen sources (like xen 2.0.7 or even unstable, how do I combine this with the provided (already patched) SUSE kernel sources? My settings: Compaq Armada M700 Laptop Suse 9.3 with Xen (latest Update as of today). gcc version 3.3.5 20050117 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux) Xen 2.0.5c (source) of kernel:/usr/src/linux-2.6.11.4-21.8 (running) Kernel: vmlinuz-2.6.11.4-21.8-xen Help is very much appreciated, since I am totally stuck after several nights of trying out. (Please also reply to my email address since I am not subscribed) Best Regards, /Ra -- Lust, ein paar Euro nebenbei zu verdienen? Ohne Kosten, ohne Risiko! Satte Provisionen für GMX Partner: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/partner -- 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++