Re: [Fedora-xen] 4.2.0-rc2 available to test

2012-08-17 Thread W. Michael Petullo
 I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at
 http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
 This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.
 
 Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't have xen dom0 EFI patches 
 included,
 mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged to 
 upstream Linux.
 
 So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky atm..
 (you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux sles11sp2 or 
 opensuse patches).

I have tried the 4.2.0-rc packages on three machines: one with an AMD Athlon X2,
one with an AMD FX 4170 [1], and a MacBook with a Core 2 Duo.

The first machine works fine.

The FX 4170 and MacBook are unable to load Dom0. I see Xen print its
boot messages, but the machines spontaneously reboot before Dom0 prints
any output.

[1] Same machine referenced at 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841330

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Re: [Fedora-xen] 4.2.0-rc2 available to test

2012-08-17 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:44:56AM -0500, W. Michael Petullo wrote:
  I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at
  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
  This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.
  
  Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't have xen dom0 EFI patches 
  included,
  mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged to 
  upstream Linux.
  
  So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky atm..
  (you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux sles11sp2 
  or opensuse patches).
 
 I have tried the 4.2.0-rc packages on three machines: one with an AMD Athlon 
 X2,
 one with an AMD FX 4170 [1], and a MacBook with a Core 2 Duo.
 
 The first machine works fine.
 
 The FX 4170 and MacBook are unable to load Dom0. I see Xen print its
 boot messages, but the machines spontaneously reboot before Dom0 prints
 any output.
 
 [1] Same machine referenced at 
 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841330
 

So did you use the stock Fedora kernel as dom0 kernel? 

Did you capture the boot/crash logs from the two machines? 

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Re: [Fedora-xen] 4.2.0-rc2 available to test

2012-08-17 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:24:16PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
 On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 06:48:04PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
  On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:44:56AM -0500, W. Michael Petullo wrote:
I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.

Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't have xen dom0 EFI 
patches included,
mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged 
to upstream Linux.

So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky 
atm..
(you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux 
sles11sp2 or opensuse patches).
   
   I have tried the 4.2.0-rc packages on three machines: one with an AMD 
   Athlon X2,
   one with an AMD FX 4170 [1], and a MacBook with a Core 2 Duo.
   
   The first machine works fine.
   
   The FX 4170 and MacBook are unable to load Dom0. I see Xen print its
   boot messages, but the machines spontaneously reboot before Dom0 prints
   any output.
 
 Is the dom0 different? The 3.5 has an issue where on certain machines it 
 crashes
 (3.5.3 should have the proper fix).

Pfff.. Found the issue. If you boot with 'xsave=off' on the hypervisor line it 
boots.

It looks to be a Fedora kernel issue thought - when I booted a mainline kernel
I did not hit this.
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Re: [Fedora-xen] 4.2.0-rc2 available to test

2012-08-17 Thread W. Michael Petullo
 I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at
 http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
 This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.

 Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't have xen dom0 EFI 
 patches included,
 mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged to 
 upstream Linux.
 
 So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky 
 atm..
 (you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux sles11sp2 
 or opensuse patches).

 I have tried the 4.2.0-rc packages on three machines: one with an AMD 
 Athlon X2,
 one with an AMD FX 4170 [1], and a MacBook with a Core 2 Duo.
 
 The first machine works fine.
 
 The FX 4170 and MacBook are unable to load Dom0. I see Xen print its
 boot messages, but the machines spontaneously reboot before Dom0 prints
 any output.

 Is the dom0 different? The 3.5 has an issue where on certain machines it 
 crashes
 (3.5.3 should have the proper fix).
 
 Pfff.. Found the issue. If you boot with 'xsave=off' on the hypervisor line 
 it boots.
 
 It looks to be a Fedora kernel issue thought - when I booted a mainline kernel
 I did not hit this.

Yes. all three machines boot if I use xsave=off.

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Re: [Fedora-xen] 4.2.0-rc2 available to test

2012-08-13 Thread M A Young

I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.

Michael Young
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