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The Xen hypervisor, a powerful open source industry standard for
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virtualization, offers a powerful, efficient, and secure feature set for
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virtualization of x86, x86_64, IA64, ARM, and other CPU architectures. It
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supports a wide range of guest operating systems including Windows, Linux,
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Solaris, and various versions of the BSD operating systems.
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This script has a few optional dependencies:
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mbootpack - creates LILO compatible kernel images
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libssh - mostly used by libvirt, enable with USE_LIBSSH=yes
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(previously known as USE_LIBSSH2)
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ocaml-findlib - autodetected, builds oxenstored binary
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spice - enable with USE_SPICE=yes
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Linking with the stock libraries:
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gtk - enable with USE_GTK=yes
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audio - enable with USE_AUDIO=yes
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(or a comma-delimited list: oss alsa sdl pa)
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Reading material:
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README.SLACKWARE - explains Xen daemons and system startup
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README.dom0 - explains setting up privileged Xen domain (host)
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README.domU - talks about unprivileged Xen domain (guest)
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README.openvswitch-extended - additional Open vSwitch use case
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README.xsa - building Xen with latest security fixes
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Toggle additional features:
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BUILD_STUBDOM=yes - enables lightweight service/driver domains
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INSTALL_OPENVSWITCH_EXTENDED=yes - systemwide install
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WITH_OVMF=no - disables guest domain EFI/UEFI support
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