On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 10:35:15PM +0200, Yann Soubeyrand wrote: > Source: libvirt > Version 1.2.9-9 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Dear maintainer, > > Libvirt packages for armhf and arm64 architectures are built without > Xen support. However, Xen is now available for these architectures. > Here is a patch to enable its support for these architectures. > > I cross built the modified packages for armhf and arm64 using > cowbuilder with qemu-debootstrap and it seems to work properly on my > Cubietruck using Jessie and U-Boot from Stretch (to enable HYP mode)
Great! . > Unfortunately, I don't have an arm64 device and so couldn't test the > modified packages for this architecture. Should we suggest a U-Boot version that has this support for armhf then? >From what I read we don't need anything else to enable HYP mode, is that correct? Cheers, -- Guido > > Feel free to ask me if you need more informations. > > Regards > > Yann > diff -Nru libvirt-1.2.9/debian/changelog libvirt-1.2.9/debian/changelog > --- libvirt-1.2.9/debian/changelog 2015-02-06 15:43:48.000000000 +0100 > +++ libvirt-1.2.9/debian/changelog 2015-08-14 16:07:14.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ > +libvirt (1.2.9-9.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium > + > + * Non-maintainer upload. > + * Enable Xen support for armhf and arm64 architectures > + > + -- Yann Soubeyrand <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:06:29 +0200 > + > libvirt (1.2.9-9) unstable; urgency=medium > > * [4c14b83] qemu: Don't try to parse -help for new QEMU. > diff -Nru libvirt-1.2.9/debian/control libvirt-1.2.9/debian/control > --- libvirt-1.2.9/debian/control 2015-02-05 21:22:11.000000000 +0100 > +++ libvirt-1.2.9/debian/control 2015-08-14 16:12:21.000000000 +0200 > @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ > libgnutls28-dev, > libavahi-client-dev, > libsasl2-dev, > - libxen-dev (>= 4.3) [i386 amd64], > + libxen-dev (>= 4.3) [i386 amd64 armhf arm64], > lvm2 [linux-any], > open-iscsi [linux-any], > libparted0-dev (>= 2.2), > @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ > Package: libvirt-dev > Architecture: any > Section: libdevel > -Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libvirt0 (= ${binary:Version}), libxen-dev [i386 > amd64] > +Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libvirt0 (= ${binary:Version}), libxen-dev [i386 > amd64 armhf arm64] > Replaces: libvirt-bin (<< 1.2.0~) > Recommends: pkg-config > Description: development files for the libvirt library > diff -Nru libvirt-1.2.9/debian/rules libvirt-1.2.9/debian/rules > --- libvirt-1.2.9/debian/rules 2015-02-05 21:22:11.000000000 +0100 > +++ libvirt-1.2.9/debian/rules 2015-08-14 16:13:40.000000000 +0200 > @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ > WITH_LIBXL = --with-libxl > WITH_VBOX = --with-vbox > MAKE_CHECK = 1 > + else ifneq (,$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), armhf arm64)) > + WITH_XEN = --with-xen > + WITH_LIBXL = --with-libxl > else > WITH_XEN = --without-xen > WITH_LIBXL = --without-libxl
