Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-23 Thread Peter Lieven
Am 18.05.2010 um 15:51 schrieb Alexander Graf: Peter Lieven wrote: Alexander Graf wrote: Peter Lieven wrote: we are running on intel xeons here: That might be the reason. Does it break when passing -no-kvm? processor: 0 vendor_id: GenuineIntel cpu family: 6 model

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Alexander Graf
On 18.05.2010, at 11:14, Peter Lieven wrote: Hi, we try to migrate some Suse Linux Enterprise 10 64-bit guests from abandoned Virtual Iron by Iron Port to qemu-kvm 0.12.4. Unfortunately the guests are not very stable by now. With ACPI they end up in a kernel panic at boot time and

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Lieven
Alexander Graf wrote: On 18.05.2010, at 11:14, Peter Lieven wrote: Hi, we try to migrate some Suse Linux Enterprise 10 64-bit guests from abandoned Virtual Iron by Iron Port to qemu-kvm 0.12.4. Unfortunately the guests are not very stable by now. With ACPI they end up in a kernel panic at

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Alexander Graf
On 18.05.2010, at 11:57, Peter Lieven wrote: Alexander Graf wrote: On 18.05.2010, at 11:14, Peter Lieven wrote: Hi, we try to migrate some Suse Linux Enterprise 10 64-bit guests from abandoned Virtual Iron by Iron Port to qemu-kvm 0.12.4. Unfortunately the guests are not very

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Lieven
hi alex, what 64-bit -cpu types do you suggest? when i boot the kernel with nohpet it simply hangs shortly after powersaved... br, peter Alexander Graf wrote: On 18.05.2010, at 11:57, Peter Lieven wrote: Alexander Graf wrote: On 18.05.2010, at 11:14, Peter Lieven wrote:

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Lieven
Sorry, ommitted your questions. This particular system is still runnung on /kernel: /2.6.31-14-server, /bin: /qemu-kvm-0.12.2, /mod: /kvm-kmod-2.6.32.7 If there where any fixes improvements I can try on: /kernel: /2.6.33.3, /bin: /qemu-kvm-0.12.4, /mod: /2.6.33.3 BR, Peter Alexander Graf

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Alexander Graf
Hi Peter, On 18.05.2010, at 12:18, Peter Lieven wrote: Sorry, ommitted your questions. This particular system is still runnung on Please don't top post. /kernel: /2.6.31-14-server, /bin: /qemu-kvm-0.12.2, /mod: /kvm-kmod-2.6.32.7 This looks reasonable. Alex -- To unsubscribe from

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Alexander Graf
On 18.05.2010, at 12:12, Peter Lieven wrote: hi alex, what 64-bit -cpu types do you suggest? For starters I'd say try -cpu host. Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe kvm in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Lieven
hi alex, unfortunately -cpu host, -cpu qemu64, -cpu core2duo, -cpu kvm64 (which should be default) doesn't help all other cpus available are 32-bit afaik. as i said if i boot with with kernel parameter nohpet, but acpi on the guest just hangs at 100% cpu. would a backtrace help? br, peter

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Alexander Graf
On 18.05.2010, at 13:01, Peter Lieven wrote: hi alex, unfortunately -cpu host, -cpu qemu64, -cpu core2duo, -cpu kvm64 (which should be default) doesn't help all other cpus available are 32-bit afaik. as i said if i boot with with kernel parameter nohpet, but acpi on the guest just

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Lieven
Alexander Graf wrote: On 18.05.2010, at 13:01, Peter Lieven wrote: hi alex, unfortunately -cpu host, -cpu qemu64, -cpu core2duo, -cpu kvm64 (which should be default) doesn't help all other cpus available are 32-bit afaik. as i said if i boot with with kernel parameter nohpet, but acpi on

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Lieven
hi alex, here is a backtrace of the sles 10 sp1 vm running on qemu-kvm 0.12.4. hanging at boot. a colleguage is meanwhile upgraded a cloned system to sp3 to see if it is also not working. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. [Switching to Thread 0x7f0b753c76f0 (LWP 25532)]

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Alexander Graf
Peter, Peter Lieven wrote: hi alex, here is a backtrace of the sles 10 sp1 vm running on qemu-kvm 0.12.4. hanging at boot. Please do not top post! Seriously. One more time and I'll stop responding. I tried to reproduce this locally on an openSUSE 11.1 system using latest

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Lieven
Alexander Graf wrote: Peter, Peter Lieven wrote: hi alex, here is a backtrace of the sles 10 sp1 vm running on qemu-kvm 0.12.4. hanging at boot. Please do not top post! Seriously. One more time and I'll stop responding. I tried to reproduce this locally on an openSUSE 11.1 system

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Alexander Graf
Peter Lieven wrote: we are running on intel xeons here: That might be the reason. Does it break when passing -no-kvm? processor: 0 vendor_id: GenuineIntel cpu family: 6 model: 26 model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5530 @ 2.40GHz stepping: 5 cpu MHz

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Lieven
Alexander Graf wrote: Peter Lieven wrote: we are running on intel xeons here: That might be the reason. Does it break when passing -no-kvm? processor: 0 vendor_id: GenuineIntel cpu family: 6 model: 26 model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5530 @

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Andi Kleen
Peter Lieven p...@dlh.net writes: Starting mail service (Postfix) NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP on CPU 0 You could simply turn off the NMI watchdog (nmi_watchdog=0 at the kernel command line) Perhaps the PMU emulation is not complete and nmi watchdog needs PMU. It's not really needed

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Alexander Graf
Peter Lieven wrote: Alexander Graf wrote: Peter Lieven wrote: we are running on intel xeons here: That might be the reason. Does it break when passing -no-kvm? processor: 0 vendor_id: GenuineIntel cpu family: 6 model: 26 model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R)

Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Lieven
Alexander Graf wrote: Peter Lieven wrote: Alexander Graf wrote: Peter Lieven wrote: we are running on intel xeons here: That might be the reason. Does it break when passing -no-kvm? processor: 0 vendor_id: GenuineIntel cpu family: 6 model