On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:08:55AM -0600, Matt Sealey wrote:
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 04:07:25PM +0000, Rob OpenSuSE wrote:
2009/1/11 Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.de>:
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 01:45:27AM -0500, Putrycz, Erik wrote: Do you mean there's a kernel in the kernel-base rpm, that is intented for virtualised environments?
Yes, it can be used that way.
But note, it doesn't have the vmware drivers as they violate the GPL and can not be redistributed, and virtualbox drivers, well, let's just say some of us looked at that code, and ran away screaming :)
But for KVM or Xen, this package should work. If not, please let us know.
Hi Greg,
Ignoring for a second the kernel modules required to support host access, what I was thinking was a kernel that implemented, for example.. Intel PIIX3/4 ATA, AHCI, Fusion MPT (for VMware), Intel AC97 audio and ES1371 audio, you know.. the hardware that you can pick in boxes from VMware or VirtualBox or whatever other emulation environment. The hardware it mimics on it's fake PCI bus etc. :)
Doesn't our kernel package today offer this? Yes, it would be nice to somehow only roll a kernel package that contained a limited number of drivers in it, exactly what you specify. Different people have been asking for this for a while, and with the increase usage of openSUSE/SLED on netbooks, we are starting to work on something like this. So be patient, it's on the roadmap, but first we need to get SLED11 out the door. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org