On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:34:18 -0700 (PDT)
Boris Derzhavets <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Simple question: is the kernel that comes with the SL 6 amd64
> release Xen PV domU-ready,
> 
> Yes, as any other >= 2.6.26. Xen DomU support merged mainline Linux a
> while ago.
> 
> Boris.


Thank you Boris. I knew it had been merged but I wasn't sure if it was
enabled by default in SL 6

 
> --- On Mon, 4/25/11, Gerard Lally <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> From: Gerard Lally <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: SL 6 as Xen PV domU
> To: "Scientific Linux Users List" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, April 25, 2011, 3:16 AM
> 
> Hi
> 
> first of all many thanks to those responsible for this fine release.
> 
> Simple question: is the kernel that comes with the SL 6 amd64
> release Xen PV domU-ready, or do I need to get a PV domU kernel
> somewhere else?
> 
> As a Slackware user I'm not familiar with rpm-based distros at all,
> but I hope to learn more about them with SL 6. I've had success
> building Slackware domUs on NetBSD but I'm having some trouble doing
> the same with SL 6. I suspect it's a kernel issue but I'm not
> familiar enough with the way kernels work in SL yet to know better,
> so a simple Yes or No to whether PV domU support is included in SL 6
> kernels would help greatly. Thank you.

-- 
Gerard Lally