On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:47:18PM +0200, Jim Bergensen wrote:
Chris,
Many thanks for your answers.
Is it possible to go for the redhat xen kernel and compile libvirt from source? Or should I compile the xen kernel and xen itself from source aswell to get libvirt working?
I would say: rebuild libvirt locally from the source rpms provided on libvirt.org FTP, using for example 0.6.3. Then start developping your code against those, until you get to update RHEL-5 to Update 4 in the next months, then use native kernel and libvirt build, then you will have KVM support.
I'd rather go for the redhat stock kernels, to save time in the future, but stability and compatibility is important.
Hence my proposal.
Also, does the libvirt API changes alot?
Only additions, ABI and API compatibility is preserved, but forward only, don't use 0.6.4 or 0.7.0 only features as they won't be in RHEL-5 update 4. Daniel -- Daniel Veillard | libxml Gnome XML XSLT toolkit http://xmlsoft.org/ daniel@veillard.com | Rpmfind RPM search engine http://rpmfind.net/ http://veillard.com/ | virtualization library http://libvirt.org/