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On 03/11/06 20:04:23, Robin Cornelius wrote: > stinga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > G'day all, > > > > We have an old server that it dieing. > > We have a dependency on a module for a pci card the we are > struggling > > with the vendor over, see previous emails... > > > > Out next possible solution is to build a virtual machine and take > the > > old machine and dump it into a virtual host. > > Does xen support transparent PCI pass through?, I doubt if it Does. > This > is an issue even with VMWare. I know serial, parallel and USB can be > done but PCI sounds unlikely. I believe it does support this, by some trickery :-). The card in question is a x25 adaptor. I have found the term I need to search for which is p2v (private to virtual I guess) I am copying off the data at the moment to try and set it up and see what happens. > > > > > (my other thought was to take a kernel that is close and hack the > > version number in the kernel to match the version in the module) > > > > This sounds far more promising. If you start with a generic > kernel.org > kernel of the same version number you could probably crow bar the > module > in there. You may need to play with SMP and preempt options etc.. to > at > least have the correct functions present but that should work. > > You could probably install debian sarge then change the kernel to > your > version and have a something that works. > I don't have much faith in this but I might give it a go. -- 'ooroo stinga...(:)-) --------------------------------------------------- Email: stinga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx o You need only two tools. o ///// A hammer and duct tape. If it /@ `\ /) ~ doesn't move and it should, > (O) X< ~ Fish!! use the hammer. If it moves and `\___/' \) ~ shouldn't, use the tape. \\\ --------------------------------------------------- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html