Hi, I am new to Xen and I am trying to start a fully virtualized machine on an AMD64 base system running FC6. I have an FC2 image for booting the guests. I get the following problem when the VM starts booting. The status of the VM as seen from xm list is ''running'' forever. (XEN) (GUEST: 44) HVM Loader (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Detected Xen v3.0.3-rc3-1.2798.f (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Writing SMBIOS tables ... (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Loading ROMBIOS ... (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Loading Cirrus VGABIOS ... (XEN) (GUEST: 44) SVM go ... (XEN) (GUEST: 44) rombios.c,v 1.138 2005/05/07 15:55:26 vruppert Exp $ (XEN) (GUEST: 44) VGABios $Id: vgabios.c,v 1.61 2005/05/24 16:50:50 vruppert Exp $ (XEN) (GUEST: 44) HVMAssist BIOS, 1 cpu, $Revision: 1.138 $ $Date: 2005/05/07 15:55:26 $ (XEN) (GUEST: 44) (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0-0: PCHS=12292/16/32 translation=none LCHS=1024/16/32 (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0 master: QEMU HARDDISK ATA-7 Hard-Disk (3073 MBytes) (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0 slave: Unknown device (XEN) (GUEST: 44) (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Booting from Hard Disk... (XEN) (GUEST: 44) int13_harddisk: function 41, unmapped device for ELDL=81 (XEN) (GUEST: 44) int13_harddisk: function 08, unmapped device for ELDL=81 (XEN) (GUEST: 44) *** int 15h function AX=00C0, BX=0000 not yet supported! My config file looks like this: name = "grc59" builder = "hvm" memory = "1024" disk = [ ''file:/root/guestos/fc2_86_64/hd.img,ioemu:hda,w'', ] vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:1b:ce:29, bridge=xenbr0'', ] uuid = "76e3de0e-8e6f-656c-4e06-62752c2b6641" device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm" kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" nographic=1 apic=1 acpi=1 pae=1 boot=''c'' vcpus=1 serial = "pty" # enable serial console on_reboot = ''restart'' on_crash = ''restart'' Can anybody please let me know what is that I am doing wrong? Thanks, Abhishek. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I got the similar problem with FC6 and Xen 3.0.3.Finally i had to change the disto which worked quite well for me. So try your best to work out, if it doesnt then i would suggest you to move on with OpenSuSE10.2 which is really stable in getting windows or linux based guest OS on top of Xen All the Best Anant Abhishek Gaurav wrote:> > Hi, > > I am new to Xen and I am trying to start a fully virtualized machine on > an AMD64 base system running FC6. I have an FC2 image for booting the > guests. I get the following problem when the VM starts booting. The > status of the VM as seen from xm list is ''running'' forever. > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) HVM Loader > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Detected Xen v3.0.3-rc3-1.2798.f > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Writing SMBIOS tables ... > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Loading ROMBIOS ... > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Loading Cirrus VGABIOS ... > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) SVM go ... > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) rombios.c,v 1.138 2005/05/07 15:55:26 vruppert Exp $ > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) VGABios $Id: vgabios.c,v 1.61 2005/05/24 16:50:50 > vruppert Exp $ (XEN) (GUEST: 44) HVMAssist BIOS, 1 cpu, $Revision: 1.138 > $ $Date: 2005/05/07 15:55:26 $ > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0-0: PCHS=12292/16/32 translation=none > LCHS=1024/16/32 > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0 master: QEMU HARDDISK ATA-7 Hard-Disk (3073 MBytes) > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0 slave: Unknown device > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Booting from Hard Disk... > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) int13_harddisk: function 41, unmapped device for ELDL=81 > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) int13_harddisk: function 08, unmapped device for ELDL=81 > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) *** int 15h function AX=00C0, BX=0000 not yet supported! > > My config file looks like this: > name = "grc59" > builder = "hvm" > memory = "1024" > disk = [ ''file:/root/guestos/fc2_86_64/hd.img,ioemu:hda,w'', ] > vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:1b:ce:29, bridge=xenbr0'', ] > uuid = "76e3de0e-8e6f-656c-4e06-62752c2b6641" > device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm" > kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" > nographic=1 > apic=1 > acpi=1 > pae=1 > boot=''c'' > > vcpus=1 > serial = "pty" # enable serial console > on_reboot = ''restart'' > on_crash = ''restart'' > > Can anybody please let me know what is that I am doing wrong? > > Thanks, > Abhishek. > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > >-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Fully-virtualized-guest-boot-problem-tf3210602.html#a8923765 Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Petersson, Mats
2007-Feb-12 13:10 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Fully virtualized guest boot problem
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant > Sent: 12 February 2007 13:02 > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Fully virtualized guest boot problem > > > I got the similar problem with FC6 and Xen 3.0.3.Finally i > had to change the > disto which worked quite well for me. So try your best to > work out, if it > doesnt then i would suggest you to move on with OpenSuSE10.2 > which is really > stable in getting windows or linux based guest OS on top of XenHowever, I doubt that the distribution is really the problem here, it''s most likely the fact that FC and OpenSuSE are using slightly different versions of Xen, and thus works differently. I''m pretty sure the actual base-distribution is (pretty much) irrelevant - there are some obscure cases, but in general it''s not an issue. I don''t see anything wrong in the configuration or the log messages. Are you running Intel or AMD processor? -- Mats> > All the Best > Anant > > Abhishek Gaurav wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am new to Xen and I am trying to start a fully > virtualized machine on > > an AMD64 base system running FC6. I have an FC2 image for > booting the > > guests. I get the following problem when the VM starts booting. The > > status of the VM as seen from xm list is ''running'' forever. > > > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) HVM Loader > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Detected Xen v3.0.3-rc3-1.2798.f > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Writing SMBIOS tables ... > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Loading ROMBIOS ... > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Loading Cirrus VGABIOS ... > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) SVM go ... > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) rombios.c,v 1.138 2005/05/07 15:55:26 > vruppert Exp $ > > > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) VGABios $Id: vgabios.c,v 1.61 2005/05/24 16:50:50 > > vruppert Exp $ (XEN) (GUEST: 44) HVMAssist BIOS, 1 cpu, > $Revision: 1.138 > > $ $Date: 2005/05/07 15:55:26 $ > > > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0-0: PCHS=12292/16/32 translation=none > > LCHS=1024/16/32 > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0 master: QEMU HARDDISK ATA-7 > Hard-Disk (3073 MBytes) > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0 slave: Unknown device > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Booting from Hard Disk... > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) int13_harddisk: function 41, unmapped > device for ELDL=81 > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) int13_harddisk: function 08, unmapped > device for ELDL=81 > > (XEN) (GUEST: 44) *** int 15h function AX=00C0, BX=0000 not > yet supported! > > > > My config file looks like this: > > name = "grc59" > > builder = "hvm" > > memory = "1024" > > disk = [ ''file:/root/guestos/fc2_86_64/hd.img,ioemu:hda,w'', ] > > vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:1b:ce:29, bridge=xenbr0'', ] > > uuid = "76e3de0e-8e6f-656c-4e06-62752c2b6641" > > device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm" > > kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" > > nographic=1 > > apic=1 > > acpi=1 > > pae=1 > > boot=''c'' > > > > vcpus=1 > > serial = "pty" # enable serial console > > on_reboot = ''restart'' > > on_crash = ''restart'' > > > > Can anybody please let me know what is that I am doing wrong? > > > > Thanks, > > Abhishek. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Fully-virtualized-guest-boot-problem-tf3 > 210602.html#a8923765 > Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>I don''t see anything wrong in the configuration or the log messages.Yeah same here...I dont think anything is wrong with the config. So thats the reason i suggested him other distro so that if he couldnt get hold of the problem, he could move onto more stable version of Xen with stable distro if changing distro is not a problem. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Fully-virtualized-guest-boot-problem-tf3210602.html#a8925153 Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Petersson, Mats
2007-Feb-12 14:35 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] RE: Fully virtualized guest boot problem
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant > Sent: 12 February 2007 14:24 > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: [Xen-users] RE: Fully virtualized guest boot problem > > > >I don''t see anything wrong in the configuration or the log messages. > > Yeah same here...I dont think anything is wrong with the > config. So thats > the reason i suggested him other distro so that if he couldnt > get hold of > the problem, he could move onto more stable version of Xen with stable > distro if changing distro is not a problem.Yes, but another option would be to use the stable xen releases from XenSource. Most distro''s use a "snapshot+bugfixes" approach to their builds - they can''t always sync their releases with the XenSource stable releases, and thus will have to "live with" back-porting and patching some particular version of Xen [just grabbing a new "latest" isn''t a good idea when stabilizing for release, cherry-picking the "best" of the latest patches is a much better way - otherwise you may get some new "badness" when fixing a particular problem]. -- Mats> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Fully-virtualized-guest-boot-problem-tf3 > 210602.html#a8925153 > Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Abhishek Gaurav
2007-Feb-12 14:46 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Fully virtualized guest boot problem
Petersson, Mats wrote:> > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com >> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant >> Sent: 12 February 2007 13:02 >> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Fully virtualized guest boot problem >> >> >> I got the similar problem with FC6 and Xen 3.0.3.Finally i >> had to change the >> disto which worked quite well for me. So try your best to >> work out, if it >> doesnt then i would suggest you to move on with OpenSuSE10.2 >> which is really >> stable in getting windows or linux based guest OS on top of Xen >> > > However, I doubt that the distribution is really the problem here, it''s > most likely the fact that FC and OpenSuSE are using slightly different > versions of Xen, and thus works differently. > > I''m pretty sure the actual base-distribution is (pretty much) irrelevant > - there are some obscure cases, but in general it''s not an issue. > > I don''t see anything wrong in the configuration or the log messages. Are > you running Intel or AMD processor? > >Hi Mats, I am running on an AMD64 processor. Could that be the reason for this problem ? I haven''t tried it on an Intel machine. So, similar to Anant, do you also suggest to try OpenSuse instead FC6 ? Thanks, Abhishek.> -- > Mats > >> All the Best >> Anant >> >> Abhishek Gaurav wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am new to Xen and I am trying to start a fully >>> >> virtualized machine on >> >>> an AMD64 base system running FC6. I have an FC2 image for >>> >> booting the >> >>> guests. I get the following problem when the VM starts booting. The >>> status of the VM as seen from xm list is ''running'' forever. >>> >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) HVM Loader >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Detected Xen v3.0.3-rc3-1.2798.f >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Writing SMBIOS tables ... >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Loading ROMBIOS ... >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Loading Cirrus VGABIOS ... >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) SVM go ... >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) rombios.c,v 1.138 2005/05/07 15:55:26 >>> >> vruppert Exp $ >> >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) VGABios $Id: vgabios.c,v 1.61 2005/05/24 16:50:50 >>> vruppert Exp $ (XEN) (GUEST: 44) HVMAssist BIOS, 1 cpu, >>> >> $Revision: 1.138 >> >>> $ $Date: 2005/05/07 15:55:26 $ >>> >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0-0: PCHS=12292/16/32 translation=none >>> LCHS=1024/16/32 >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0 master: QEMU HARDDISK ATA-7 >>> >> Hard-Disk (3073 MBytes) >> >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0 slave: Unknown device >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Booting from Hard Disk... >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) int13_harddisk: function 41, unmapped >>> >> device for ELDL=81 >> >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) int13_harddisk: function 08, unmapped >>> >> device for ELDL=81 >> >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) *** int 15h function AX=00C0, BX=0000 not >>> >> yet supported! >> >>> My config file looks like this: >>> name = "grc59" >>> builder = "hvm" >>> memory = "1024" >>> disk = [ ''file:/root/guestos/fc2_86_64/hd.img,ioemu:hda,w'', ] >>> vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:1b:ce:29, bridge=xenbr0'', ] >>> uuid = "76e3de0e-8e6f-656c-4e06-62752c2b6641" >>> device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm" >>> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" >>> nographic=1 >>> apic=1 >>> acpi=1 >>> pae=1 >>> boot=''c'' >>> >>> vcpus=1 >>> serial = "pty" # enable serial console >>> on_reboot = ''restart'' >>> on_crash = ''restart'' >>> >>> Can anybody please let me know what is that I am doing wrong? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Abhishek. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Xen-users mailing list >>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Fully-virtualized-guest-boot-problem-tf3 >> 210602.html#a8923765 >> Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Petersson, Mats
2007-Feb-12 14:57 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Fully virtualized guest boot problem
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of > Abhishek Gaurav > Sent: 12 February 2007 14:46 > To: Petersson, Mats > Cc: anant; xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Fully virtualized guest boot problem > > Petersson, Mats wrote: > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > >> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant > >> Sent: 12 February 2007 13:02 > >> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > >> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Fully virtualized guest boot problem > >> > >> > >> I got the similar problem with FC6 and Xen 3.0.3.Finally i > >> had to change the > >> disto which worked quite well for me. So try your best to > >> work out, if it > >> doesnt then i would suggest you to move on with OpenSuSE10.2 > >> which is really > >> stable in getting windows or linux based guest OS on top of Xen > >> > > > > However, I doubt that the distribution is really the > problem here, it''s > > most likely the fact that FC and OpenSuSE are using > slightly different > > versions of Xen, and thus works differently. > > > > I''m pretty sure the actual base-distribution is (pretty > much) irrelevant > > - there are some obscure cases, but in general it''s not an issue. > > > > I don''t see anything wrong in the configuration or the log > messages. Are > > you running Intel or AMD processor? > > > > > > Hi Mats, > I am running on an AMD64 processor. Could that be the reason for this > problem ?I don''t know - because I don''t really know what''s going on in your guest, and unfortunatley, it can be VERY hard to figure out without modifying the Xen-kernel to output extra messages... And some problems are common between Intel and AMD, others only occur on one or the other.> I haven''t tried it on an Intel machine. > So, similar to Anant, do you also suggest to try OpenSuse > instead FC6 ?As to changing distro, I don''t believe that''s the right way to go about the problem - unless there''s OTHER compelling reasons to change distro. The side-effect of changing from one distro to another is that you get a different version of Xen kernel. Since that''s PROBABLY going to solve your problem, I would suggest that you try the Xen-3.0.4-1 release from xensource.com. That''s a lot newer than FC6 uses - not sure what OpenSuSE 10.2 uses... -- Mats> > Thanks, > Abhishek. > > > -- > > Mats > > > >> All the Best > >> Anant > >> > >> Abhishek Gaurav wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I am new to Xen and I am trying to start a fully > >>> > >> virtualized machine on > >> > >>> an AMD64 base system running FC6. I have an FC2 image for > >>> > >> booting the > >> > >>> guests. I get the following problem when the VM starts > booting. The > >>> status of the VM as seen from xm list is ''running'' forever. > >>> > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) HVM Loader > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Detected Xen v3.0.3-rc3-1.2798.f > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Writing SMBIOS tables ... > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Loading ROMBIOS ... > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Loading Cirrus VGABIOS ... > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) SVM go ... > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) rombios.c,v 1.138 2005/05/07 15:55:26 > >>> > >> vruppert Exp $ > >> > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) VGABios $Id: vgabios.c,v 1.61 > 2005/05/24 16:50:50 > >>> vruppert Exp $ (XEN) (GUEST: 44) HVMAssist BIOS, 1 cpu, > >>> > >> $Revision: 1.138 > >> > >>> $ $Date: 2005/05/07 15:55:26 $ > >>> > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0-0: PCHS=12292/16/32 translation=none > >>> LCHS=1024/16/32 > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0 master: QEMU HARDDISK ATA-7 > >>> > >> Hard-Disk (3073 MBytes) > >> > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) ata0 slave: Unknown device > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) Booting from Hard Disk... > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) int13_harddisk: function 41, unmapped > >>> > >> device for ELDL=81 > >> > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) int13_harddisk: function 08, unmapped > >>> > >> device for ELDL=81 > >> > >>> (XEN) (GUEST: 44) *** int 15h function AX=00C0, BX=0000 not > >>> > >> yet supported! > >> > >>> My config file looks like this: > >>> name = "grc59" > >>> builder = "hvm" > >>> memory = "1024" > >>> disk = [ ''file:/root/guestos/fc2_86_64/hd.img,ioemu:hda,w'', ] > >>> vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:1b:ce:29, bridge=xenbr0'', ] > >>> uuid = "76e3de0e-8e6f-656c-4e06-62752c2b6641" > >>> device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm" > >>> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" > >>> nographic=1 > >>> apic=1 > >>> acpi=1 > >>> pae=1 > >>> boot=''c'' > >>> > >>> vcpus=1 > >>> serial = "pty" # enable serial console > >>> on_reboot = ''restart'' > >>> on_crash = ''restart'' > >>> > >>> Can anybody please let me know what is that I am doing wrong? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Abhishek. > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Xen-users mailing list > >>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > >>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> http://www.nabble.com/Fully-virtualized-guest-boot-problem-tf3 > >> 210602.html#a8923765 > >> Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Xen-users mailing list > >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Andrew McGregor
2007-Feb-12 14:57 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] RE: Fully virtualized guest boot problem
Petersson, Mats wrote:>>> I don''t see anything wrong in the configuration or the log messages. >> Yeah same here...I dont think anything is wrong with the >> config. So thats >> the reason i suggested him other distro so that if he couldnt >> get hold of >> the problem, he could move onto more stable version of Xen with stable >> distro if changing distro is not a problem. > > Yes, but another option would be to use the stable xen releases from > XenSource. Most distro''s use a "snapshot+bugfixes" approach to their > builds - they can''t always sync their releases with the XenSource stable > releases, and thus will have to "live with" back-porting and patching > some particular version of Xen [just grabbing a new "latest" isn''t a > good idea when stabilizing for release, cherry-picking the "best" of the > latest patches is a much better way - otherwise you may get some new > "badness" when fixing a particular problem].Totally agree. Have had a variety of success (mostly none) when testing with Etch and/or unstable xen packages. Moved to build from src and went into production problem free within days. I am still happily using Etch packages for kernel image, modules, libc6-xen and xen-tools. -- Andrew McGregor - TXM.MOBI Ltd. Launching: www.endlessfestival.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Daniel P. Berrange
2007-Feb-12 14:57 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] RE: Fully virtualized guest boot problem
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 03:35:36PM +0100, Petersson, Mats wrote:> > -----Original Message----- > > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant > > Sent: 12 February 2007 14:24 > > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > Subject: [Xen-users] RE: Fully virtualized guest boot problem > > > > > > >I don''t see anything wrong in the configuration or the log messages. > > > > Yeah same here...I dont think anything is wrong with the > > config. So thats > > the reason i suggested him other distro so that if he couldnt > > get hold of > > the problem, he could move onto more stable version of Xen with stable > > distro if changing distro is not a problem. > > Yes, but another option would be to use the stable xen releases from > XenSource. Most distro''s use a "snapshot+bugfixes" approach to their > builds - they can''t always sync their releases with the XenSource stable > releases, and thus will have to "live with" back-porting and patching > some particular version of Xen [just grabbing a new "latest" isn''t a > good idea when stabilizing for release, cherry-picking the "best" of the > latest patches is a much better way - otherwise you may get some new > "badness" when fixing a particular problem].That''s not true for Fedora / RHEL at least - we always try to sync up on official Xen releases - for FC6 / RHEL-5 we''re on Xen 3.0.3 and for F7 we''re on 3.0.4. There are a number of bug fixes we backport to the official releases for important problems, but we try to minimise the patches carried because of the support burden this entails. Syncing with official Xen releases isn''t really a problem - one just picks the most recent release just before the distro feature freeze. The biggest problem by an *order of magnitude* is that official Xen releases are based obsolete upstream kernel trees. So there is huge work involved in forward porting Xen kernel patches to a up2date LKML kernel tree :-( Updating xen-unstable.hg to 2.6.18 was a small step forward, but that will still leave Xen 3.0.5 trailing LKML by at least 2 releases, so doesn''t really help reduce workload for the distributors *all* of whom are shipping forward ports of Xen rather than the outdated official trees. Dan. -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=| _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Christian Horn
2007-Feb-12 20:08 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] RE: Fully virtualized guest boot problem
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 02:57:25PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:> > Syncing with official Xen releases isn''t really a problem - one just picks > the most recent release just before the distro feature freeze. The biggest > problem by an *order of magnitude* is that official Xen releases are based > obsolete upstream kernel trees. So there is huge work involved in forward > porting Xen kernel patches to a up2date LKML kernel tree :-( Updating > xen-unstable.hg to 2.6.18 was a small step forward, but that will still > leave Xen 3.0.5 trailing LKML by at least 2 releases, so doesn''t really > help reduce workload for the distributors *all* of whom are shipping > forward ports of Xen rather than the outdated official trees.So guess you are the first ones hitting problems with porting to the newest kernels, already wondered how you provide xen with the latest kernels (im not around on the fedora-xen-lists). Is this effort publicly available as svn-tree or has one to fetch the latest sources-rpm for fedora? There are probably some people in need of the latest kernel because of drivers etc.. Christian _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Daniel P. Berrange
2007-Feb-12 20:22 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] RE: Fully virtualized guest boot problem
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 09:08:25PM +0100, Christian Horn wrote:> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 02:57:25PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > > > Syncing with official Xen releases isn''t really a problem - one just picks > > the most recent release just before the distro feature freeze. The biggest > > problem by an *order of magnitude* is that official Xen releases are based > > obsolete upstream kernel trees. So there is huge work involved in forward > > porting Xen kernel patches to a up2date LKML kernel tree :-( Updating > > xen-unstable.hg to 2.6.18 was a small step forward, but that will still > > leave Xen 3.0.5 trailing LKML by at least 2 releases, so doesn''t really > > help reduce workload for the distributors *all* of whom are shipping > > forward ports of Xen rather than the outdated official trees. > > So guess you are the first ones hitting problems with porting to the newest > kernels, already wondered how you provide xen with the latest kernels > (im not around on the fedora-xen-lists). > Is this effort publicly available as svn-tree or has one to fetch the latest > sources-rpm for fedora?The latest state of the forward port is publically available as a mercurial tree - see this mail for more info http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2007-02/msg00119.html NB the trees are full Linux kernel trees - not merely the Xen sparse bits. You can also get the more tested releases from download.fedora.redhat.com in src.rpm format. Regards, Dan. -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=| _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Christian Horn
2007-Feb-12 21:00 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] RE: Fully virtualized guest boot problem
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 08:22:02PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:> > The latest state of the forward port is publically available as a mercurial > tree - see this mail for more info > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2007-02/msg00119.htmlGreat :) Guess i have to read the list more carefully/sort it better. Christian _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users