Build Lustre & Xen Kernel

1. Install requirement packages

$ sudo aptitude install bzip2 debhelper dpatch libsnmp-dev module-assistant quilt

###  Install libxml  ###
$ sudo wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-2_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i libxml2_2.6.27.dfsg-2_i386.deb

###  Install pyxml  ###
$ sudo wget PyXML-0.8.4.tar.gz
$ sudo python setup.py build
$ sudo python setup.py install

2. Patch Xen-enabled kernel

$ cd /usr/src/cd linux-2.6.18.8-xen/
$ ln -s /usr/src/lustre-1.6.5.1/lustre/kernel_patches/series/2.6.18-vanilla.series series
$ ln -s /usr/src/lustre-1.6.5.1/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/ .
$ quild -av push
$ make -j 4 ; make -j 4 modules
$ make install ; make modules_install
$ mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18.8 2.6.18.8
$ update-grub

3. Build Lustre modules and tools

$ ./configure --with-linux=/usr/src/xen-3.1.3/linux-2.6.18.8-xen/
$ make -j 4 ; make install
$ depmod -a
$ vim /etc/modules 
ldiskfs
lnet networks=tcp
$ reboot

4. Test Lustre

###  Check Luster modules  ###
$ lsmod | grep lnet
$ lsmod | grep ldoskfs