Subject: Re: NetBSD on Xen3 amd64
To: Sebastian Wasilewski <sebastian@wasilewski.name>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 01/14/2008 16:42:00
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 02:53:44PM +0000, Sebastian Wasilewski wrote:
> Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > It also states "for Xen3 amd64 you'll need NetBSD-current from December 2007 or
> > newer". NetBSd 4.0 doesn't fit (even if it was released in December 2007,
> > it was branched before). You have a current kernel in
> > ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/200801100002Z/amd64/binary/kernel/
> 
> Thank you for the reply. It works.
> 
> How stable and secure is this distribution?

It should be secure, but it's current so it may not be always stable.

> Can I install packages from
> NetBSD 4.0 safely ?

There were big changes in threading libraries. To be safe I would rebuild
from sources.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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