>>> Danilo Godec  07/14/11 12:34 PM >>>
>No errors are logged in /var/log/xen/* and live migration works for 
>Centos DomU's, which suggests that the problem is in the DomU 
>(kernel)... Unfortunately I have no idea how to 'catch' what's going on 
>there.

Using the xenctx utility (in Dom0) you should be able to see where
the guests are spinning (which is what I assume they are doing).

>Then there's HVM and PV drivers  I created an OpenSuSE 11.4 HVM DomU, 
>which worked OK. But after installing xen-kmp-default, the DomU doesn't 
>boot anymore. It loads the initrd, it also mounts the root filesystem, 
>but then it 'hangs' at 'Loading drivers, configuring devices'. After a 
>while, there is a shower of I/O errors:
>
  >end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector XXXXXXXXX
>
>
>Other then installing the 'xen-kmp' packages, should I do something else?

That seems indeed necessary in this case (albeit I would have thought
this gets taken care of automatically): You may need to make sure that
the Xen blkfront driver loads before the ATA one that was servicing your
disk before installing the KMP.

Jan

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