| Current status of ARM compatability [message #47083] |
Wed, 04 July 2012 13:47  |
ROBBIE SIMPSON
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Registered: July 2012
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Hi all,
I'm currently attempting to get OpenVZ up and running on an ARM device (the Raspberry Pi), but am encountering a number of difficulties.
I started by downloading and attempting to compile the current version of the kernel (vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab057.1) but encountered a number of errors (missing arguments, duplicated declarations etc) which lead me to think the ARM specific sections are not currently maintained. While investigating this I also found a post stating that live migration (which we are particularly interested in) is only supported on x86/x86-64.
So therefore I would ask:
a) Does the current version of the kernel actually support ARM? / Were any previous kernel versions known to support ARM ?
b) What level of effort (roughly) would be needed to enable live migration support on ARM?
Cheers,
Robbie Simpson
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| Re: Current status of ARM compatability [message #47084 is a reply to message #47083] |
Wed, 04 July 2012 14:07  |
Benjamin Henrion
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Registered: February 2011
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On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 3:47 PM, ROBBIE SIMPSON
<0700899S@student.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently attempting to get OpenVZ up and running on an ARM device (the Raspberry Pi), but am encountering a number of difficulties.
>
> I started by downloading and attempting to compile the current version of the kernel (vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab057.1) but encountered a number of errors (missing arguments, duplicated declarations etc) which lead me to think the ARM specific sections are not currently maintained. While investigating this I also found a post stating that live migration (which we are particularly interested in) is only supported on x86/x86-64.
>
> So therefore I would ask:
>
> a) Does the current version of the kernel actually support ARM? / Were any previous kernel versions known to support ARM ?
>
> b) What level of effort (roughly) would be needed to enable live migration support on ARM?
It is working on ARM for some older kernel versions:
http://openvz.livejournal.com/24651.html?thread=79947
I would ask what is the oldest kernel version pretty close to 2.6.32
that would compile for the Rpi?
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