Subject: Re: XEN0 kernel with options MULTIPROCESSOR
To: Florent Parent <florent.parent@gmail.com>
From: Johnny Lam <jlam@pkgsrc.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 03/30/2006 13:45:20
Florent Parent wrote:
>
> Is it possible to have a domain0 kernel with multiprocessor enabled
> (Xen2)? I basically started with XEN0 kernel config and added the
> following lines:
>
> options MULTIPROCESSOR
> options COM_MPLOCK # com MP locking; REQUIRED on MP i386
> options MPBIOS # configure CPUs and APICs using MPBIOS
>
> Kernel compilation generates the following error. It looks like
> something else is missing in the kernel configuration. Any pointers
> appreciated.
No, there is no multiprocessor domain support in Xen 2.0.x. However, if
you have multiple CPUs, you can assign domains to each of the CPUs by
appropriately setting the "cpu" variable in your domain config file.
Cheers,
-- Johnny Lam <jlam@pkgsrc.org>