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...initramfs-tools/hooks/intel_microcode which will be called during initamfs generation. It seems to call iucode_tool, from the iucode-tool package. That's a binary tool which seems to include its own cpio writer implementation, I've no idea if that is like a 'newc' or not. However: ijc at dagon:tmp$ find iucode-tool/ | cpio -o > normal.cpio 828 blocks ijc at dagon:tmp$ find iucode-tool/ | cpio -o -H newc > newc.cpio 840 blocks ijc at dagon:tmp$ file *.cpio newc.cpio: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC) normal.cpio: cpio archive So the fact that yours reports the same a...

This should have gone here and not to #706233. Patch will obviously need rebasing by now... ----- Forwarded message from Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk> ----- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:56:49 +0100 From: Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk> To: 706233 at bugs.debian.org Cc: control at bugs.debian.org Subject: move core dumps to /var/lib/xen/dump X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.9 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,DIGITS_LETTERS, FO...

Processing commands for control at bugs.debian.org: > close 587090 4.1.0~rc6-1 Bug #587090 [xen-utils-4.0] xen-utils-4.0: Exception starting xend ('NoneType' object has no attribute 'rfind') There is no source info for the package 'xen-utils-4.0' at version '4.1.0~rc6-1' with architecture '' Unable to make a source version for version

> > according to the documentation the option ucode=scan should tell XEN to > > look for a microcode update in an uncompressed initrd. > > > > While I don?t use the Debian kernel the tools to generate the initrd are > > part of Debian. The command ?cpio -i < /boot/initrd.img-4.0.2-Dom0? > > creates the directory structure

...this to the Debian packages init script as well. > > Once I have a bug number for this I will add it to debian/changelog and > push the result to feature/bugNNNN as usual. > > Thanks, > Ian. > > commit 26cce2a65c77f731e23a1395f1fe4a5da47287a4 > Author: Ian Campbell <ijc at debian.org> > Date: Fri Nov 21 11:27:45 2014 +0000 > > Start a qemu process in dom0 to service the toolstacks loopback disk attaches. > > This is used to e.g. run pygrub on a VM with a qcow2 disk image. > > Also, remove correct pidfile when stoppi...

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 08:26:42AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: >Here's an idea. First extract the real initrd from the back half of the >initrd: > ijc at dagon:tmp$ cat /boot/initrd.img | ( cpio -t >&2 ; cat ) > initrd.real > kernel > kernel/x86 > kernel/x86/microcode > kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin > 16 blocks > ijc at dagon:tmp$ file initrd.real > initrd.rea...

Processing commands for control at bugs.debian.org: > close 396556 Bug #396556 [src:xen] Please build gdbserver-xen in the xen-utils package Marked Bug as done > forcemerge 446114 396556 Bug #446114 {Done: Ian Campbell <ijc at debian.org>} [src:xen] xen-utils-3.1-1: build gdbserver Bug #396556 {Done: Ian Campbell <ijc at debian.org>} [src:xen] Please build gdbserver-xen in the xen-utils package The source xen and version 3.0-unstable+hg11561-1 do not appear to match any binary packages The source xen and vers...

Processing commands for control at bugs.debian.org: > forcemerge 587090 588888 Bug #587090 {Done: Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk>} [xen-utils-4.0] xen-utils-4.0: Exception starting xend ('NoneType' object has no attribute 'rfind') Unable to merge bugs because: package of #588888 is 'xen-utils-common' not 'xen-utils-4.0' Failed to forcibly merge 587090: Did not alter merged...

Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk> writes: > On Sun, 2014-06-15 at 11:03 +0200, lee wrote: >> Hi, >> >> how could I get better debugging output from the dom0 kernel? > > Either configure a serial console [0] or add "noreboot" to your > *hypervisor* command line, so you...

...uch a qemu on boot. The following patch adds this to the Debian packages init script as well. Once I have a bug number for this I will add it to debian/changelog and push the result to feature/bugNNNN as usual. Thanks, Ian. commit 26cce2a65c77f731e23a1395f1fe4a5da47287a4 Author: Ian Campbell <ijc at debian.org> Date: Fri Nov 21 11:27:45 2014 +0000 Start a qemu process in dom0 to service the toolstacks loopback disk attaches. This is used to e.g. run pygrub on a VM with a qcow2 disk image. Also, remove correct pidfile when stopping xenconsoled. diff --git a/debia...

...ure pygrub. The following patch makes the (trivial) change. Once I have a bug number I will add the Closes: and push to a feature/bugNNNN branch. Ian. [0] http://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/x86-xenpv-bootloader.html commit d9b0a811eea731cc8bedfdea73e8699c8fe68812 Author: Ian Campbell <ijc at debian.org> Date: Fri Nov 21 13:15:15 2014 +0000 xen-utils recommends grub-xen-host package. diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 484583f..6a31d15 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +xen (4.4.1-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + [ I...

On Sun, 2014-06-15 at 13:35 +0200, lee wrote: > Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk> writes: > > > On Sun, 2014-06-15 at 11:03 +0200, lee wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> how could I get better debugging output from the dom0 kernel? > > > > Either configure a serial console [0] or add "noreboot" to your >...

...there are some missing things in my Debian installation ? Do you want me to fill an other bug report (concerning the installation problem ?) I have not this problem with Debian Wheezy installation. Thanks for your time and for your help. Benoit 2015-05-30 10:31 GMT+02:00 Ian Campbell <ijc at debian.org>: > On Sat, 2015-05-30 at 05:23 +0200, Beno?t Tonnerre wrote: > > mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Starting Xen daemons: xenfs xenstored > > mai 29 22:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, > doing > > nothing. > > mai 29 23:20...

On Fri, 2014-05-16 at 11:08 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: Thanks for taking a look. FYI Mike has since mentioned on the bug report that 4.1 worked. I've asked for logs of Xen 4.1 + Linux 3.13 and Xen 4.3 + Linux 3.13 for comparison. > >>> On 16.05.14 at 10:58, <ijc at hellion.org.uk> wrote: > > So it seems like dom0 is unable to (correctly) bind to some hardware > > interrupts. I wonder if these messages from Xen's dmesg are relevant. > > (XEN) Not enabling x2APIC: depends on iommu_supports_eim. > > (XEN) I/O virtualisation disa...

# HG changeset patch # User Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> # Date 1354011148 0 # Node ID 3174dc24e3efb0c5b964c244dbfb0218a03a38cf # Parent 541b0e1a36c86db5df04988dd4ade5430776a7f2 xl: xl.conf(5): correct advice re autoballooning vs. dom0_mem. The advice was backwards, you should really disable autoballoon if you use dom0_mem. Also add...

>>> On 16.05.14 at 10:58, <ijc at hellion.org.uk> wrote: > So it seems like dom0 is unable to (correctly) bind to some hardware > interrupts. I wonder if these messages from Xen's dmesg are relevant. > (XEN) Not enabling x2APIC: depends on iommu_supports_eim. > (XEN) I/O virtualisation disabled > (XEN) Enab...

...tar first Unable to merge bugs because: package of #711923 is 'xen-utils-common' not 'apt-listchanges' Failed to forcibly merge 681293: Did not alter merged bugs Debbugs::Control::set_merged('transcript', 'GLOB(0x34e79e8)', 'requester', 'Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk>', 'request_addr', 'control at bugs.debian.org', 'request_msgid', '<1376641009-1840-bts-ijc at hellion.org.uk>', 'request_subject', ...) called at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/Debbugs/Control/Service.pm line 552 eval {...} called a...

...Unable to merge bugs because: package of #711923 is 'xen-utils-common' not 'xen-hypervisor-4.2-amd64' Failed to forcibly merge 711273: Did not alter merged bugs Debbugs::Control::set_merged('transcript', 'GLOB(0x292ba18)', 'requester', 'Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk>', 'request_addr', 'control at bugs.debian.org', 'request_msgid', '<1376643409-1011-bts-ijc at hellion.org.uk>', 'request_subject', ...) called at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/Debbugs/Control/Service.pm line 552 eval {...} called a...

...lly even if xen cannot be started Unable to merge bugs because: severity of #709103 is 'normal' not 'important' Failed to merge 691734: Did not alter merged bugs Debbugs::Control::set_merged('transcript', 'GLOB(0x1efda18)', 'requester', 'Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk>', 'request_addr', 'control at bugs.debian.org', 'request_msgid', '<1376645128-3749-bts-ijc at hellion.org.uk>', 'request_subject', ...) called at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/Debbugs/Control/Service.pm line 538 eval {...} called a...

...Unable to merge bugs because: package of #711273 is 'xen-hypervisor-4.2-amd64' not 'xen-utils-common' Failed to forcibly merge 711923: Did not alter merged bugs Debbugs::Control::set_merged('transcript', 'GLOB(0x1705a18)', 'requester', 'Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk>', 'request_addr', 'control at bugs.debian.org', 'request_msgid', '<1376662699-2668-bts-ijc at hellion.org.uk>', 'request_subject', ...) called at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/Debbugs/Control/Service.pm line 552 eval {...} called a...