Li, Xin B
2006-Apr-11 22:32 UTC
RE: [Xen-devel] Xm-test fails to pass sanity checks in hvm mode
>> I''m not in the context, but still have some comments here :-). >> Basically we *can* boot a SMP kernel in a UP VMX domain. To boot up a >> SMP kernel, we need vcpus > 1, acpi = 1 and apic = 1 in the >config file, >> or you are just running a UP VMX domain. >> Some old version Linux SMP kernel can *not* boot in a SMP VMX domain, >> but the root cause is PAE support code, which is mixed with >SMP code in >> Linux kernel :-(, newer version Linux, like 2.6.12+, should work. >> Actually we have a fix to this PAE issue, but more tests needed. > > >Are you using the qemu-dm that''s in the xen-unstable tree? > >I can''t get the SMP kernel to boot. I got a 2.6.16 SMP kernel, >made sure >the options were set in the config, and I get the following error >repeatedly: > >"Unknown interrupt or fault at EIP 00000060 c0100295 0000294" >Your SMP kernel is PAE enabled, so add pae = 1 to your config file. Or, compile a none PAE SMP kernel. -Xin>Either way, if you''d like to do more testing using xm-test - then it >will need to be patched to have the correct config options. > >Thanks, > >Dan > > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Daniel Stekloff
2006-Apr-11 22:36 UTC
RE: [Xen-devel] Xm-test fails to pass sanity checks in hvm mode
On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 06:32 +0800, Li, Xin B wrote:> >> I''m not in the context, but still have some comments here :-). > >> Basically we *can* boot a SMP kernel in a UP VMX domain. To boot up a > >> SMP kernel, we need vcpus > 1, acpi = 1 and apic = 1 in the > >config file, > >> or you are just running a UP VMX domain. > >> Some old version Linux SMP kernel can *not* boot in a SMP VMX domain, > >> but the root cause is PAE support code, which is mixed with > >SMP code in > >> Linux kernel :-(, newer version Linux, like 2.6.12+, should work. > >> Actually we have a fix to this PAE issue, but more tests needed. > > > > > >Are you using the qemu-dm that''s in the xen-unstable tree? > > > >I can''t get the SMP kernel to boot. I got a 2.6.16 SMP kernel, > >made sure > >the options were set in the config, and I get the following error > >repeatedly: > > > >"Unknown interrupt or fault at EIP 00000060 c0100295 0000294" > > > > Your SMP kernel is PAE enabled, so add pae = 1 to your config file. > Or, compile a none PAE SMP kernel.I do have pae=1. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel