HOWTO: xen tools within FreeBSD domU

[Ion-Mihai Tetcu]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:47:25 +0000 (UTC)
Janne Snabb <snabb at epipe.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011, Nick Sayer wrote:
> 
> > If no one else is working on it, I might take a cut at a
> > xen-domU-tools port that does what that page lists.
> 
> I say give it a shot. It would be useful. Send me a message if you
> wish me to check/review the port before you send-pr it.
> 
> In addition to patching the xenstore device name, I suppose that
> the shared library version numbering should be changed to match
> what it says in the Porters Handbook[1]:
> 
> > Try to keep shared library version numbers in the libfoo.so.0
> > format. Our runtime linker only cares for the major (first) number.
> 
> This probably requires patching tools/xenstore/Makefile.
> 
> [1]:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/special.html#PORTING-SHLIBS

Ping/CC me if you have any questions on the ports side.


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