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I need to compile a module for my kernel on a XEN virtual machine.
It's technically possible?
I do not think that it is possible to compile the whole kernel.. right?
Does someone can suggest me some tutorial on this issue?
Thank you!
VMs running any linux distro inside xen are no different than that same distro running on bare metal.
You can compile whatever you want (yes, that includes the linux kernel) on a VM running linux.
Note that you did not specify which kernel you wanted to compile so your question is unwarranted, but since you asked, I had written the original script to port pv-ops in Slack.
I still do not understand how it is possible.
I've no grub or lilo on my (virtual) machine!
How can I boot a custom kernel??
I've NO access to xen server. I'm talking about a XEN vm offered by Amazon.
The kernel has to reside in dom0 if you need to boot from it. If you just want a module, probably you do not really need that. I think you can install the module in your modules directory (/lib/modules/*) and modprobe it. I did that to test the watchdog module, but it was already installed on my Slack VM
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