Hello Mike,

I apologize for the late reply, I found this email in my spambox :(. 

After reporting this issue I had to move back to OpenBSD 6.1-stable where it 
works because I needed GNU/Linux VM for my development.   I will try again the 
CURRENT next week and report back again.

Thanks!


> On Sep 5, 2017, at 14:04, Mike Larkin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 05:53:15PM +0700, Kamil Shakirov wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I too  have a problem with the recent VMM from OpenBSD-current.  Few
>> snapshots (weeks) ago I created a Linux VM installing Devuan amd64 using
>> Qemu.  Then configured this image to use serial port for booting and
>> login.  Then got it to run with vmctl(8) successfuly.  Then configured sshd
>> and forgot about serial console login.  Everything worked smoothly and I
>> used emacs/tramp/ssh to do development on this VM which was a very good
>> experience.
>> 
>> After the latest snapshot upgrade I cannot boot this VM image anymore with
>> vmctl(8). When booting I get this error (from Linux boot log) and then this
> 
> So you are saying this broke between the Sep 1 and Sep 2 snapshots?
> 
> If not, please help me narrow this down. Nothing significant has been 
> committed
> to vmm that would cause missing serial ports recently.
> 
> For what it's worth, I'm on -current and just booted my alpine VM without
> any problems.
> 
> [    0.000000] Linux version 4.9.33 (buildozer@build-3-6-x86_64) (gcc version 
> 6.3.0 (Alpine 6.3.0) ) #1-Alpine SMP Thu Jun 22 23:03:13 GMT 2017
> [    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz 
> root=UUID=5d1bc5ad-1ab3-44ad-926f-0cabf3aa527b 
> modules=ext4,virtio_blk,virtio_pci_legacy console=ttyS0,115200 noapic 
> initrd=initramfs-vanilla
> ...
> ...
> 
> -ml
> 
> 
> 
>> VM freezes consuming 100% of one CPU's core.  I still can successfully run
>> the very same image under Qemu.
>> 
>> Here is what I get when booting my  Linux VM:
>> 
>> $ doas vmctl start "lisp" -c -m 1024M -i 1 -n local -d $HOME/.vms/lisp.raw
>> 
>> doas ([email protected]) password:
>> Connected to /dev/ttyp2 (speed 115200)
>> Changing serial settings was 0/0 now 3/0
>> SeaBIOS (version 1.10.2p4-OpenBSD-vmm)
>> BUILD: gcc: (GCC) 4.2.1 20070719  binutils: 2.17
>> enabling shadow ram
>> Unable to unlock ram - bridge not found
>> RamSize: 0x40000000 [cmos]
>> malloc preinit
>> malloc init
>> RamSizeOver4G: 0x0000000000000000 [cmos]
>> init ivt
>> init bda
>> init bios32
>> init keyboard
>> init pic
>> math cp init
>> pci setup
>> === PCI bus & bridge init ===
>> PCI: pci_bios_init_bus_rec bus = 0x0
>> === PCI device probing ===
>> PCI probe
>> Found 5 PCI devices (max PCI bus is 00)
>> === PCI new allocation pass #1 ===
>> PCI: check devices
>> === PCI new allocation pass #2 ===
>> PCI: IO: 1000 - 4fff
>> PCI: 32: 0000000040000000 - 00000000fec00000
>> PCI: map device bdf=00:01.0  bar 0, addr 00001000, size 00001000 [io]
>> PCI: map device bdf=00:02.0  bar 0, addr 00002000, size 00001000 [io]
>> PCI: map device bdf=00:03.0  bar 0, addr 00003000, size 00001000 [io]
>> PCI: map device bdf=00:04.0  bar 0, addr 00004000, size 00001000 [io]
>> PCI: init bdf=00:00.0 id=0b5d:0666
>> PCI: init bdf=00:01.0 id=1af4:1005
>> PCI: init bdf=00:02.0 id=1af4:1001
>> PCI: init bdf=00:03.0 id=1af4:1000
>> PCI: init bdf=00:04.0 id=0b5d:0777
>> PCI: No VGA devices found
>> No apic - only the main cpu is present.
>> init timer
>> Scan for VGA option rom
>> init virtio-blk
>> found virtio-blk at 00:02.0
>> pci dev 00:02.0 using legacy (0.9.5) virtio mode
>> virtio-blk 00:02.0 blksize=512 sectors=10485760
>> Registering bootable: Virtio disk PCI:00:02.0 (type:2 prio:9999 data:f1420)
>> init serial
>> Found 1 serial ports
>> Scan for option roms
>> Registering bootable: Legacy option rom (type:129 prio:9999 data:bf000003)
>> Searching bootorder for: HALT
>> Mapping hd drive 0x000f1420 to 0
>> drive 0x000f1420: PCHS=0/0/0 translation=lba LCHS=652/255/63 s=10485760
>> Running option rom at bf00:0003
>> 
>> 
>> Google, Inc.
>> Serial Graphics Adapter 08/21/17
>> SGABIOS 20100422 (_<vmm@OpenBSD>) Mon Aug 21 21:37:44 UTC 2017
>> Term: 152x44
>> 4 0
>> malloc finalize
>> Space available for UMB: c0000-ef000, f0000-f1420
>> Returned 253952 bytes of ZoneHigh
>> e820 map has 6 items:
>>  0: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 = 1 RAM
>>  1: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 = 2 RESERVED
>>  2: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 = 2 RESERVED
>>  3: 0000000000100000 - 000000003fffe000 = 1 RAM
>>  4: 000000003fffe000 - 0000000040000000 = 2 RESERVED
>>  5: 00000000fffc0000 - 0000000100000000 = 2 RESERVED
>> locking shadow ram
>> Unable to lock ram - bridge not found
>> Jump to int19
>> enter handle_19:
>>  NULL
>> Boooottiinngg  ffrroomm  HHaarrdd  DDiisskk......
>> 
>> Booting from 0000:7c00
>> error: serial port `com0' isn't found.
>> error: terminal `serial' isn't found.
>> error: terminal `serial' isn't found.
>> Loading Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 ...
>> Loading initial ramdisk ...
>> 
>> 
>> ... and then it hangs consuming 100% of one CPU's core.   And I can't stop
>> it properly too:
>> 
>> $ doas vmctl stop 1
>> doas ([email protected]) password:
>> vmctl: sent request to terminate vm 1
>> 
>> $ vmctl status
>>   ID   PID VCPUS  MAXMEM  CURMEM     TTY        OWNER NAME
>>    1 23230     1    1.0G   71.4M   ttyp2         root lisp - stopping
>> 
>> It never completes so I have to kill the VM process:
>> 
>> $ doas kill 23230
>> 
>> $ vmctl status
>>   ID   PID VCPUS  MAXMEM  CURMEM     TTY        OWNER NAME
>> 
>> 
>> dmesg:
>> OpenBSD 6.2-beta (GENERIC.MP) #66: Sat Sep  2 17:59:34 MDT 2017
>>    [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
>> real mem = 8518889472 (8124MB)
>> avail mem = 8253693952 (7871MB)
>> mpath0 at root
>> scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
>> mainbus0 at root
>> bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xe67d0 (33 entries)
>> bios0: vendor Hewlett-Packard version "F.12" date 10/26/2011
>> bios0: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
>> acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
>> acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
>> acpi0: tables DSDT FACP ASF! HPET APIC MCFG SLIC SSDT BOOT ASPT SSDT SSDT
>> SSDT SSDT SSDT
>> acpi0: wakeup devices P0P1(S3) LID_(S3) GLAN(S4) EHC1(S3) EHC2(S3) HDEF(S0)
>> PXSX(S4) RP01(S4) PXSX(S4) RP02(S3) PXSX(S4) RP03(S3) PXSX(S4) RP04(S3)
>> PXSX(S4) RP05(S3) [...]
>> acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
>> acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
>> acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
>> cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
>> cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2494.71 MHz
>> cpu0:
>> FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,SENSOR,ARAT
>> cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
>> cpu0: TSC frequency 2494713600 Hz
>> cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
>> mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 10 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
>> cpu0: apic clock running at 99MHz
>> cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.1.1.2, IBE
>> cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
>> cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2494.34 MHz
>> cpu1:
>> FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,SENSOR,ARAT
>> cpu1: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
>> cpu1: smt 1, core 0, package 0
>> cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor)
>> cpu2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2494.34 MHz
>> cpu2:
>> FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,SENSOR,ARAT
>> cpu2: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
>> cpu2: smt 0, core 1, package 0
>> cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 3 (application processor)
>> cpu3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2494.34 MHz
>> cpu3:
>> FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,NXE,RDTSCP,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,SENSOR,ARAT
>> cpu3: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
>> cpu3: smt 1, core 1, package 0
>> ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 0 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
>> acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255
>> acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
>> acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P1)
>> acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 7 (RP01)
>> acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 13 (RP02)
>> acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 19 (RP03)
>> acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP04)
>> acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05)
>> acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06)
>> acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP07)
>> acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP08)
>> acpiprt10 at acpi0: bus 1 (PEG0)
>> acpiprt11 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG1)
>> acpiprt12 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG2)
>> acpiprt13 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG3)
>> acpiec0 at acpi0
>> acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3(200@109 mwait.1@0x30), C2(500@80 mwait.1@0x10),
>> C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
>> acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3(200@109 mwait.1@0x30), C2(500@80 mwait.1@0x10),
>> C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
>> acpicpu2 at acpi0: C3(200@109 mwait.1@0x30), C2(500@80 mwait.1@0x10),
>> C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
>> acpicpu3 at acpi0: C3(200@109 mwait.1@0x30), C2(500@80 mwait.1@0x10),
>> C1(1000@1 mwait.1), PSS
>> acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 99 degC
>> acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_
>> "INT3F0D" at acpi0 not configured
>> "SYN1E47" at acpi0 not configured
>> acpibtn1 at acpi0: PWRB
>> acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "5100" serial Li4402A type LION oem "
>> Hewlett-Packard "
>> acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
>> "HPQ0004" at acpi0 not configured
>> "PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
>> "INT340E" at acpi0 not configured
>> acpidock0 at acpi0: DOCK not docked (0)
>> acpivideo0 at acpi0: GFX0
>> acpivout0 at acpivideo0: DD02
>> cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2494 MHz: speeds: 2501, 2500, 2000, 1800, 1600,
>> 1400, 1200, 1000, 800 MHz
>> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
>> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core 2G Host" rev 0x09
>> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel Core 2G PCIE" rev 0x09: msi
>> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
>> 1:0:0: mem address conflict 0xfffe0000/0x20000
>> radeondrm0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Radeon HD 6400M" rev 0x00
>> drm1 at radeondrm0
>> radeondrm0: msi
>> inteldrm0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel HD Graphics 3000" rev 0x09
>> drm0 at inteldrm0
>> inteldrm0: msi
>> inteldrm0: 1366x768, 32bpp
>> wsdisplay0 at inteldrm0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation)
>> wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation)
>> "Intel 6 Series MEI" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 not configured
>> ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 6 Series USB" rev 0x05: apic 0 int 16
>> usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
>> uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev
>> 2.00/1.00 addr 1
>> azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 6 Series HD Audio" rev 0x05: msi
>> azalia0: codecs: IDT 92HD81B1X, Intel/0x2805, using IDT 92HD81B1X
>> audio0 at azalia0
>> ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 6 Series PCIE" rev 0xb5: msi
>> pci2 at ppb1 bus 7
>> re0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x06: RTL8168E/8111E-VL
>> (0x2c80), msi, address 08:2e:5f:83:5c:ee
>> rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S/8211 PHY, rev. 5
>> ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 6 Series PCIE" rev 0xb5: msi
>> pci3 at ppb2 bus 13
>> iwn0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Intel WiFi Link 1030" rev 0x34: msi, MIMO
>> 1T2R, BGN, address 4c:80:93:59:98:c2
>> ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 6 Series PCIE" rev 0xb5: msi
>> pci4 at ppb3 bus 19
>> 19:0:0: mem address conflict 0xffff0000/0x10000
>> rtsx0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek RTS5209 Card Reader" rev 0x01: msi
>> sdmmc0 at rtsx0: 4-bit
>> "Realtek RTS5209 Card Reader" rev 0x01 at pci4 dev 0 function 1 not
>> configured
>> ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 6 Series USB" rev 0x05: apic 0 int 20
>> usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
>> uhub1 at usb1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev
>> 2.00/1.00 addr 1
>> pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel HM65 LPC" rev 0x05
>> ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 6 Series AHCI" rev 0x05: msi, AHCI
>> 1.3
>> ahci0: port 0: 3.0Gb/s
>> ahci0: port 5: 1.5Gb/s
>> scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets
>> sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, SAMSUNG HN-M750M, 2AR1> SCSI3 0/direct
>> fixed naa.50024e92068ace57
>> sd0: 715404MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1465149168 sectors
>> cd0 at scsibus1 targ 5 lun 0: <hp, CDDVDW SN-208BB, HH01> ATAPI 5/cdrom
>> removable
>> ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 6 Series SMBus" rev 0x05: apic 0
>> int 19
>> iic0 at ichiic0
>> spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600 SO-DIMM
>> spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x52: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600 SO-DIMM
>> isa0 at pcib0
>> isadma0 at isa0
>> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12
>> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
>> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
>> pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
>> wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
>> pms0: Synaptics touchpad, firmware 7.5, 0x1e0b1 0x240000
>> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
>> spkr0 at pcppi0
>> vmm0 at mainbus0: VMX/EPT
>> uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel Rate Matching Hub"
>> rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
>> uvideo0 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "HP TrueVision HD HP
>> TrueVision HD" rev 2.00/9.27 addr 3
>> video0 at uvideo0
>> uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel Rate Matching Hub"
>> rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
>> uhub4 at uhub3 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Texas Instruments
>> product 0x8044" rev 2.10/1.00 addr 3
>> uhidev0 at uhub4 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "LITE-ON Technology USB
>> NetVista Full Width Keyboard." rev 1.10/1.09 addr 4
>> uhidev0: iclass 3/1
>> ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes
>> wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1
>> wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0
>> uhidev1 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech USB Receiver"
>> rev 2.00/22.00 addr 5
>> uhidev1: iclass 3/1
>> ums0 at uhidev1: 16 buttons, Z and W dir
>> wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0
>> uhidev2 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 1 "Logitech USB Receiver"
>> rev 2.00/22.00 addr 5
>> uhidev2: iclass 3/0, 17 report ids
>> uhid0 at uhidev2 reportid 3: input=4, output=0, feature=0
>> uhid1 at uhidev2 reportid 16: input=6, output=6, feature=0
>> uhid2 at uhidev2 reportid 17: input=19, output=19, feature=0
>> ugen0 at uhub3 port 5 "Intel product 0x0189" rev 2.00/69.19 addr 6
>> vscsi0 at root
>> scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets
>> softraid0 at root
>> scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets
>> sd1 at scsibus3 targ 1 lun 0: <OPENBSD, SR CRYPTO, 006> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
>> sd1: 715402MB, 512 bytes/sector, 1465143473 sectors
>> root on sd1a (f5529ec1f6923f9d.a) swap on sd1b dump on sd1b
>> drm:pid0:evergreen_init *ERROR* Expecting atombios for evergreen GPU
>> drm:pid0:radeondrm_attachhook *ERROR* Fatal error during GPU init
>> radeon_hwmon_fini stub
>> [TTM] Memory type 2 has not been initialized
>> drm1 detached
>> radeondrm0 detached
>> "ATI Radeon HD 6400M" rev 0x00 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 not configured
>> 
>> usbdevs:
>> Controller /dev/usb0:
>> addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000),
>> Intel(0x8086), rev 1.00
>> port 1 addr 2: high speed, self powered, config 1, Rate Matching
>> Hub(0x0024), Intel(0x8087), rev 0.00
>>  port 1 powered
>>  port 2 addr 3: high speed, power 500 mA, config 1, HP TrueVision
>> HD(0x02ac), HP TrueVision HD(0x5986), rev 9.27, iSerialNumber 0x0003
>>  port 3 powered
>>  port 4 powered
>>  port 5 powered
>>  port 6 powered
>> port 2 powered
>> Controller /dev/usb1:
>> addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000),
>> Intel(0x8086), rev 1.00
>> port 1 addr 2: high speed, self powered, config 1, Rate Matching
>> Hub(0x0024), Intel(0x8087), rev 0.00
>>  port 1 powered
>>  port 2 addr 3: high speed, self powered, config 1, product
>> 0x8044(0x8044), Texas Instruments(0x0451), rev 1.00, iSerialNumber
>> 5C020051230E
>>   port 1 addr 4: low speed, power 70 mA, config 1, USB NetVista Full Width
>> Keyboard.(0x3025), LITE-ON Technology(0x04b3), rev 1.09
>>   port 2 addr 5: full speed, power 98 mA, config 1, USB Receiver(0xc52f),
>> Logitech(0x046d), rev 22.00
>>   port 3 powered
>>   port 4 powered
>>  port 3 powered
>>  port 4 powered
>>  port 5 addr 6: full speed, self powered, config 1, product
>> 0x0189(0x0189), Intel(0x8086), rev 69.19
>>  port 6 powered
>> port 2 powered
>> 
>> 
>> With best regards.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Mike Larkin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 03:03:22PM -0400, Dave Voutila wrote:
>>>> Decided to test using the "virt" Alpine build and it creates the error
>>>> I alluded to but couldn't remember. Login as root succeeds, but when
>>>> it tries to properly exec busybox's ash process it errors out with:
>>>> 
>>>> -ash: can't access tty; job control turned off
>>>> 
>>>> Still results in writing the prompt, but ash appears to exit and
>>>> return you to the login prompt.
>>>> 
>>>> Looking into the source for busybox, it seems to be triggered here:
>>>> https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/shell/ash.c?h=1_27_stable#n3857
>>>> 
>>>> The call is to tcgetpgrp(3) trying to get the process group for the
>>>> TTY file descriptor.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm a wee bit in over my head at this point, but figured I'd share the
>>>> latest. I'm honestly not sure if this is an issue with Alpine, but I
>>>> think if I can get it to work with a serial console in QEMU then it's
>>>> possibly a deficiency in VMD/SeaBIOS.
>>>> 
>>>> -Dave Voutila
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> shrug. nobody else has reported any issues at all with alpine. as a matter
>>> of fact it was the first linux distribution we got working and is part
>>> of my set of VMs I test with regularly.
>>> 
>>> -ml
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Dave Voutila <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi misc@,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm using the latest AMD64 snapshot from 2017-09-02 and can no longer
>>>>> log into an Alpine Linux VM. (This was working with a previous
>>>>> snapshot from a few days ago.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Currently I'm using the "vanilla" image from
>>>>> https://www.alpinelinux.org/downloads/
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've removed any presence of /etc/vm.conf so the only options are
>>>>> those I give at start. Here's the command:
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ doas vmctl start alpine -Lc -d iso/alpine-vanilla-3.6.2-x86_64.iso
>>> -m 1G
>>>>> 
>>>>> When it gets to the EXTLINUX boot loader, I'm explicitly passing in
>>>>> console=/dev/ttyS0,115200 (I've tried other baud rates as well to no
>>>>> avail).
>>>>> 
>>>>> I do get to the Alpine Linux login prompt, however trying to login as
>>>>> root results in "Login incorrect." One of these attempts I did get an
>>>>> error saying something about not being able to open some device...so
>>>>> this has me believing it's either a VMM issue or maybe SeaBIOS issue.
>>>>> This should be (and previously was working with) a password-less login
>>>>> for root. I'm not familiar enough with how Linux might be trying to
>>>>> spawn whatever thing it needs for the session after login, but my
>>>>> guess is it's failing in the background and giving me a generic error.
>>>>> 
>>>>> [Note: as a sanity check, I can boot the same Alpine Linux ISO using
>>>>> QEMU and the password-less root login does work.]
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've captured VMD's debug output during this using `vmd -dvvvv ` as
>>> follows:
>>>>> ----
>>>>> startup
>>>>> failed to open /etc/vm.conf: No such file or directory
>>>>> vm_opentty: vm alpine tty /dev/ttyp2 uid 0 gid 4 mode 620
>>>>> vm_priv_ifconfig: interface tap0 description vm1-if0-alpine
>>>>> vm_priv_ifconfig: interface tap0 address 100.64.1.2/31
>>>>> alpine: started vm 1 successfully, tty /dev/ttyp2
>>>>> loadfile_bios: loaded BIOS image
>>>>> run_vm: initializing hardware for vm alpine
>>>>> virtio_init: vm "alpine" vio0 lladdr fe:e1:bb:d1:21:cc, local
>>>>> run_vm: starting vcpu threads for vm alpine
>>>>> vcpu_reset: resetting vcpu 0 for vm 1
>>>>> run_vm: waiting on events for VM alpine
>>>>> i8259_write_datareg: master pic, reset IRQ vector to 0x8
>>>>> i8259_write_datareg: slave pic, reset IRQ vector to 0x70
>>>>> vcpu_exit_i8253: channel 0 reset, mode=0, start=65535
>>>>> virtio_blk_io: device reset
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_lcr: set baudrate = 115200
>>>>> i8259_write_datareg: master pic, reset IRQ vector to 0x30
>>>>> i8259_write_datareg: slave pic, reset IRQ vector to 0x38
>>>>> vcpu_exit_i8253: channel 0 reset, mode=7, start=3977
>>>>> vcpu_exit_i8253: channel 2 reset, mode=7, start=65535
>>>>> vcpu_exit_i8253: channel 2 reset, mode=7, start=65535
>>>>> vcpu_exit_i8253: channel 2 reset, mode=7, start=65535
>>>>> vcpu_exit_i8253: channel 2 reset, mode=7, start=65535
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_lcr: set baudrate = 115200
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_data: guest reading com1 when not ready
>>>>> virtio_blk_io: device reset
>>>>> virtio_net_io: device reset
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_data: guest reading com1 when not ready
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_data: guest reading com1 when not ready
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_lcr: set baudrate = 9600
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_data: guest reading com1 when not ready
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_data: guest reading com1 when not ready
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_data: guest reading com1 when not ready
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_lcr: set baudrate = 9600
>>>>> vcpu_process_com_lcr: set baudrate = 115200
>>>>> alpine: vcpu_assert_pic_irq: can't assert INTR
>>>>> control exiting, pid 63145
>>>>> priv exiting, pid 27770
>>>>> vmm exiting, pid 67773
>>>>> parent terminating
>>>>> -----
>>>>> 
>>>>> My dmesg output is attached since it's longer.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated! My current plan is
>>>>> to wait a few days and try another snapshot. In the mean time I may
>>>>> dig into the login process for Alpine and see if I can better
>>>>> understand what it tries to do.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Dave Voutila
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> --ska

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