On Thursday 13 December 2007 05:09:20 Norbert Preining wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> (Please Cc, thanks)
>
> kernel 2.6.24-rc{3,4,5}
> kvm user space v55
> kvm kernel space v55 or the one from the kernelWhich host is this? Intel or AMD? > I am trying to install a winxp (either plain or sp2) into a kvm: > > qemu-img create -f qcow vdisk.img 10G > kvm -hda vdisk.img -cdrom /path/to/winxp.iso -boot d -m 384 -no-acpi > > The initial installation works, then Windows reboots (you know the nice > KITT left-right bar), then the normal installation continues and at some > point, in fact ALWAYS the same point it hangs and does not continue. > It is around 39/37min from being finished (well, that is what Windows > tells me). The last thing written is driver probing or so. We had this problem some time back, but it should be now solved. Are you sure you're starting the install afresh, or did the first stage install finish with an older kvm release and you're now in the 2nd stage install with the new kvm modules? I suggest you start the whole install process again with the latest kvm release. Amit. > > Then it hangs. And it seems that there is *no* activity at all, the kvm > is in Sl+ state, using no CPU time. The Alt-PrScreen-t tells me: > kvm S e8bb3e10 0 6171 5947 > 0007ba21 00000082 00000002 e8bb3e10 e8bb3e08 00000000 c0494eb0 > c0497940 dd0d6550 dd0d6690 c17fb940 00000000 00000202 c013654a 000001ff > 00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 e8bb3e38 00000000 00000000 > c013c609 Call Trace: > [<c013654a>] hrtimer_start+0xf1/0xfd > [<c013c609>] futex_wait+0x1e4/0x291 > [<c0136061>] hrtimer_wakeup+0x0/0x18 > [<c013c5fd>] futex_wait+0x1d8/0x291 > > for one process and > kvm S dd025a7c 0 6170 5947 > 000a35e9 00000082 00000002 dd025a7c dd025a74 00000000 c0494eb0 > c0497940 dd0d6aa0 dd0d6be0 c1803940 00000001 f14e2000 c0000080 00000000 > 00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000 e8ee8be0 e91a1000 dd025aac e8ee8be0 > f8b17021 Call Trace: > [<f8b17021>] kvm_vcpu_block+0x46/0x97 [kvm] > [<c011e322>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x8 > [<f8b190cc>] kvm_emulate_halt+0x25/0x44 [kvm] > [<f8a63b8a>] kvm_handle_exit+0x6b/0x87 [kvm_intel] > [<f8b17ddd>] kvm_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x2ac/0x3bc [kvm] > > for the other. > > I tried several other things, like -no-kvm, -no-kvm-irqchip, -tdf, all > without success. > > Is there anything else I can do to get across this problem? > > Thanks a lot for any suggestions and all the best > > Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
