Bug#866952: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#866952: xen-system-amd64: Xen 4.8 Install on Stretch Crashes on Boot

2017-09-13 Thread Berillions 
Hi Bill,

Do you still have your crash at boot ?
Because i had the same problem than you with my Desktop (Ryzen Rx1700 + AMD
Rx560) and the solution that i found is to add this option in the Xen Grub
command line :
iommu=dom0-passthrough.

With it, my Dom0 boot correctly.

Cheers,
Maxime

Bug#866952: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#866952: xen-system-amd64: Xen 4.8 Install on Stretch Crashes on Boot

2017-07-04 Thread Bill MacAllister 

Thanks very much for you quick response.

On Monday, July 3, 2017 7:34:30 AM PDT, Bastian Blank wrote:

Control: severity -1 important

On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 03:37:40PM -0700, Bill MacAllister wrote:

Package: xen-system-amd64
Version: 4.8.1-1+deb9u1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system


This is incorrect, it only breaks itself.


This made me smile. I would argue that the system is not up long enough 
for us to know what is working and what is broken. You are certainly 
right Xen definitely is broken.



[   17.037855] installing Xen timer for CPU 8
[   17.086802] random: fast init done
[   17.128477] smpboot: Package 1 of CPU 8 exceeds BIOS package data 1.


Please try upgrading your firmware first.  It seems to provide incorrect
data.


I should have thought of this, thanks for the pointer. I have downloaded 
the latest from Dell and applied it. Unfortunately it did not move the

problem.

What do you think I should try next?

Bill


Bastian

Bug#866952: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#866952: xen-system-amd64: Xen 4.8 Install on Stretch Crashes on Boot

2017-07-03 Thread Bastian Blank 
Control: severity -1 important

On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 03:37:40PM -0700, Bill MacAllister wrote:
> Package: xen-system-amd64
> Version: 4.8.1-1+deb9u1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system

This is incorrect, it only breaks itself.

> [   17.037855] installing Xen timer for CPU 8
> [   17.086802] random: fast init done
> [   17.128477] smpboot: Package 1 of CPU 8 exceeds BIOS package data 1.

Please try upgrading your firmware first.  It seems to provide incorrect
data.

Bastian

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