Pkg xen devel - Mar 2007 - Bug#414471: xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae: small bug in package description

Package: xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae
Version: 3.0.3-0-2
Severity: minor


The package description reads:

  This version of the hypervisor is built with PAE enabled, in order to
  support systems with more than 4GB of memory.  If you have less than 
  that you should probably choose the non -pae version.

That's not entirely true. I tried installing the non-pae version on my 
ProLiant server. The server supports up to 24 Gb RAM but only 1 Gb is 
actually installed. The non-pae version does not run and complains that 
the OS cannot be setup as dom0.

I think the package description should be amended so it clearly states 
that the -pae version is needed if the system *supports* more than 4Gb RAM.

Kind regards,

-- 
Sander Marechal


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 01:51:43AM +0100, Sander Marechal wrote:
>> Package: xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae
>> Version: 3.0.3-0-2
>> Severity: minor
>>
>>
>> The package description reads:
>>
>>   This version of the hypervisor is built with PAE enabled, in order to
>>   support systems with more than 4GB of memory.  If you have less than 
>>   that you should probably choose the non -pae version.
>>
>> That's not entirely true. I tried installing the non-pae version on
my
>> ProLiant server. The server supports up to 24 Gb RAM but only 1 Gb is 
>> actually installed. The non-pae version does not run and complains that
>> the OS cannot be setup as dom0.
>>
>> I think the package description should be amended so it clearly states 
>> that the -pae version is needed if the system *supports* more than 4Gb
RAM.
>>
> Strange.  My system supports only 3 GB RAM, but the CPU has PAE enabled:
> 
> $ cpuid |grep -i pae
> PAE - Page Address Extensions
> 
> Could it be that the behavior is more a function of the chipset than of
> the CPU itself?
Perhaps. I don't really understand pae so that's for smarter people to
figure out. But can your system run the non-pae version as well? Mine
could not while the package description led me to believe that was the
version I should use.

-- 
Sander Marechal

On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 01:51:43AM +0100, Sander Marechal
wrote:
> Package: xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae
> Version: 3.0.3-0-2
> Severity: minor
> 
> 
> The package description reads:
> 
>   This version of the hypervisor is built with PAE enabled, in order to
>   support systems with more than 4GB of memory.  If you have less than 
>   that you should probably choose the non -pae version.
> 
> That's not entirely true. I tried installing the non-pae version on my 
> ProLiant server. The server supports up to 24 Gb RAM but only 1 Gb is 
> actually installed. The non-pae version does not run and complains that 
> the OS cannot be setup as dom0.
> 
> I think the package description should be amended so it clearly states 
> that the -pae version is needed if the system *supports* more than 4Gb RAM.
> 
Strange.  My system supports only 3 GB RAM, but the CPU has PAE enabled:

$ cpuid |grep -i pae
PAE - Page Address Extensions

Could it be that the behavior is more a function of the chipset than of
the CPU itself?

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com
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Ralph Passgang wrote:
> please test the pae-enabled version of the hypervisor. I am quite sure it
will
> work for you.
I did that right after trying the non-pae version and that worked. I was
just explaning how I came to my original decision to try the non-pae
version first.

-- 
Sander Marechal