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Davide D''Amico

2008-Mar-11 15:49 UTC

[Xen-users] ubuntu64, xen-unstable (hg cloned today) and freebsd 7.0 i386

Hi,
I am using the configuration as in the subject and I''m unable to start
a FreeBSD 7 i386 iso image.
I have to use FreeBSD because of its jail construct (yes, I could use  
OpenVZ, but this is another story).

Here the details.
Server:
   DELL Poweredge 2900 2 Quad Core Intel Xeon
root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flag | head -1
flags		: fpu de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr mca cmov pat pse36  
clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm constant_tsc  
pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm

Distribution:
   Ubuntu-server amd64 updated (I installed also gawk, bcc, libc-i386- 
dev and build-essential).

Software:
   Xen 3.2 unstable (cloned from repository this morning)

Installation:
   make world
   make install

domU template:
root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# more dom0.televas.it
kernel          = ''/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader''
device_model    = ''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
builder         = ''hvm''

# VM/domain name
name            = ''fbsd''

# Memory and CPU settings
vcpus           = ''2''
memory          = ''1024''
serial          = ''pty''

# Disk settings
disk            = [
''file:/home/dave/disk.img,hda,w'',''file:/home/dave/
7.0-RELEAS
E-i386-disc1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'' ]
boot            = ''d''

# Graphics settings
sdl             = ''0''
vnc             = ''1''
vncviewer       = ''1''
nographics      = ''1''

# Other settings
apic            = ''1''
acpi            = ''1''
localtime       = ''1''

# Start/stop settings
on_poweroff     = ''destroy''
on_reboot       = ''destroy''
on_crash        = ''destroy''

Xen config file is the default, with vnc listening on all interfaces.

FreeBSD 7 RELEASE halts on "Relocating the loader and the BTX"

I tried everything I can, including:
- Debian Lenny and Xen 3.2.0 from repository;
- Ubuntu 64 and Xen 3.1.0 from repository;
- Fedora 8 amd64 and Xen 3.2.0 from xen website
And I had always the same behaviour.


Any news/ideas?

Thanks in advance,
dave

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Zakk

2008-Mar-11 15:54 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] ubuntu64, xen-unstable (hg cloned today) and freebsd 7.0 i386

You need to compile xen with ''vmxassist=n''


On Mar 11, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Davide D''Amico wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using the configuration as in the subject and I''m unable to
start
> a FreeBSD 7 i386 iso image.
> I have to use FreeBSD because of its jail construct (yes, I could  
> use OpenVZ, but this is another story).
>
> Here the details.
> Server:
>  DELL Poweredge 2900 2 Quad Core Intel Xeon
> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flag | head -1
> flags		: fpu de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr mca cmov pat pse36  
> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm  
> constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
>
> Distribution:
>  Ubuntu-server amd64 updated (I installed also gawk, bcc, libc-i386- 
> dev and build-essential).
>
> Software:
>  Xen 3.2 unstable (cloned from repository this morning)
>
> Installation:
>  make world
>  make install
>
> domU template:
> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# more dom0.televas.it
> kernel          = ''/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader''
> device_model    = ''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
> builder         = ''hvm''
>
> # VM/domain name
> name            = ''fbsd''
>
> # Memory and CPU settings
> vcpus           = ''2''
> memory          = ''1024''
> serial          = ''pty''
>
> # Disk settings
> disk            = [
''file:/home/dave/disk.img,hda,w'',''file:/home/
> dave/7.0-RELEAS
> E-i386-disc1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'' ]
> boot            = ''d''
>
> # Graphics settings
> sdl             = ''0''
> vnc             = ''1''
> vncviewer       = ''1''
> nographics      = ''1''
>
> # Other settings
> apic            = ''1''
> acpi            = ''1''
> localtime       = ''1''
>
> # Start/stop settings
> on_poweroff     = ''destroy''
> on_reboot       = ''destroy''
> on_crash        = ''destroy''
>
> Xen config file is the default, with vnc listening on all interfaces.
>
> FreeBSD 7 RELEASE halts on "Relocating the loader and the BTX"
>
> I tried everything I can, including:
> - Debian Lenny and Xen 3.2.0 from repository;
> - Ubuntu 64 and Xen 3.1.0 from repository;
> - Fedora 8 amd64 and Xen 3.2.0 from xen website
> And I had always the same behaviour.
>
>
> Any news/ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> dave
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-users mailing list
> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users

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Zakk

2008-Mar-11 15:58 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] ubuntu64, xen-unstable (hg cloned today) and freebsd 7.0 i386

Also, after you get that working, disable apic, the FreeBSD-7 install  
iso +xen wouldn''t boot with APIC when I tried this a few days ago  
(kernel panics)


On Mar 11, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Davide D''Amico wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using the configuration as in the subject and I''m unable to
start
> a FreeBSD 7 i386 iso image.
> I have to use FreeBSD because of its jail construct (yes, I could  
> use OpenVZ, but this is another story).
>
> Here the details.
> Server:
>  DELL Poweredge 2900 2 Quad Core Intel Xeon
> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flag | head -1
> flags		: fpu de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr mca cmov pat pse36  
> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm  
> constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
>
> Distribution:
>  Ubuntu-server amd64 updated (I installed also gawk, bcc, libc-i386- 
> dev and build-essential).
>
> Software:
>  Xen 3.2 unstable (cloned from repository this morning)
>
> Installation:
>  make world
>  make install
>
> domU template:
> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# more dom0.televas.it
> kernel          = ''/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader''
> device_model    = ''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
> builder         = ''hvm''
>
> # VM/domain name
> name            = ''fbsd''
>
> # Memory and CPU settings
> vcpus           = ''2''
> memory          = ''1024''
> serial          = ''pty''
>
> # Disk settings
> disk            = [
''file:/home/dave/disk.img,hda,w'',''file:/home/
> dave/7.0-RELEAS
> E-i386-disc1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'' ]
> boot            = ''d''
>
> # Graphics settings
> sdl             = ''0''
> vnc             = ''1''
> vncviewer       = ''1''
> nographics      = ''1''
>
> # Other settings
> apic            = ''1''
> acpi            = ''1''
> localtime       = ''1''
>
> # Start/stop settings
> on_poweroff     = ''destroy''
> on_reboot       = ''destroy''
> on_crash        = ''destroy''
>
> Xen config file is the default, with vnc listening on all interfaces.
>
> FreeBSD 7 RELEASE halts on "Relocating the loader and the BTX"
>
> I tried everything I can, including:
> - Debian Lenny and Xen 3.2.0 from repository;
> - Ubuntu 64 and Xen 3.1.0 from repository;
> - Fedora 8 amd64 and Xen 3.2.0 from xen website
> And I had always the same behaviour.
>
>
> Any news/ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> dave
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-users mailing list
> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users

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Todd Deshane

2008-Mar-11 16:02 UTC

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On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Davide D''Amico
<davide.damico@televas.it>
wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using the configuration as in the subject and I''m unable to
start
> a FreeBSD 7 i386 iso image.
> I have to use FreeBSD because of its jail construct (yes, I could use
> OpenVZ, but this is another story).
>
> Here the details.
> Server:
>   DELL Poweredge 2900 2 Quad Core Intel Xeon
> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flag | head -1
> flags           : fpu de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr mca cmov pat
> pse36
> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm constant_tsc
> pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
>
> Distribution:
>   Ubuntu-server amd64 updated (I installed also gawk, bcc, libc-i386-
> dev and build-essential).
>
> Software:
>   Xen 3.2 unstable (cloned from repository this morning)
>
> Installation:
>   make world
>   make install
>
> domU template:
> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# more dom0.televas.it
> kernel          = ''/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader''
> device_model    = ''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
> builder         = ''hvm''
>
> # VM/domain name
> name            = ''fbsd''
>
> # Memory and CPU settings
> vcpus           = ''2''
> memory          = ''1024''
> serial          = ''pty''
>
> # Disk settings
> disk            = [
''file:/home/dave/disk.img,hda,w'',''file:/home/dave/
> 7.0-RELEAS
> E-i386-disc1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'' ]
> boot            = ''d''
>
> # Graphics settings
> sdl             = ''0''
> vnc             = ''1''
> vncviewer       = ''1''
> nographics      = ''1''
>
> # Other settings
> apic            = ''1''
> acpi            = ''1''
> localtime       = ''1''
>
> # Start/stop settings
> on_poweroff     = ''destroy''
> on_reboot       = ''destroy''
> on_crash        = ''destroy''
>
> Xen config file is the default, with vnc listening on all interfaces.
>
> FreeBSD 7 RELEASE halts on "Relocating the loader and the BTX"
>
> I tried everything I can, including:
> - Debian Lenny and Xen 3.2.0 from repository;
> - Ubuntu 64 and Xen 3.1.0 from repository;
> - Fedora 8 amd64 and Xen 3.2.0 from xen website
> And I had always the same behaviour.
>
>
> Any news/ideas?
>

On Ubuntu hardy I have ran into these two bugs. Not sure if your problem is
related or not. Maybe it will give you some ideas.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/192294
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/199533

Regards,
Todd



>
> Thanks in advance,
> dave
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-users mailing list
> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>

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Davide D''Amico

2008-Mar-11 16:15 UTC

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Il giorno 11/mar/08, alle ore 17:02, Todd Deshane ha scritto:
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Davide D''Amico
<davide.damico@televas.it
> > wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using the configuration as in the subject and I''m unable to
start
> a FreeBSD 7 i386 iso image.
> I have to use FreeBSD because of its jail construct (yes, I could use
> OpenVZ, but this is another story).
>
> Here the details.
> Server:
>   DELL Poweredge 2900 2 Quad Core Intel Xeon
> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flag | head -1
> flags           : fpu de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr mca cmov  
> pat pse36
> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm constant_tsc
> pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
>
> Distribution:
>   Ubuntu-server amd64 updated (I installed also gawk, bcc, libc-i386-
> dev and build-essential).
>
> Software:
>   Xen 3.2 unstable (cloned from repository this morning)
>
> Installation:
>   make world
>   make install
>
> domU template:
> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# more dom0.televas.it
> kernel          = ''/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader''
> device_model    = ''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
> builder         = ''hvm''
>
> # VM/domain name
> name            = ''fbsd''
>
> # Memory and CPU settings
> vcpus           = ''2''
> memory          = ''1024''
> serial          = ''pty''
>
> # Disk settings
> disk            = [
''file:/home/dave/disk.img,hda,w'',''file:/home/dave/
> 7.0-RELEAS
> E-i386-disc1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'' ]
> boot            = ''d''
>
> # Graphics settings
> sdl             = ''0''
> vnc             = ''1''
> vncviewer       = ''1''
> nographics      = ''1''
>
> # Other settings
> apic            = ''1''
> acpi            = ''1''
> localtime       = ''1''
>
> # Start/stop settings
> on_poweroff     = ''destroy''
> on_reboot       = ''destroy''
> on_crash        = ''destroy''
>
> Xen config file is the default, with vnc listening on all interfaces.
>
> FreeBSD 7 RELEASE halts on "Relocating the loader and the BTX"
>
> I tried everything I can, including:
> - Debian Lenny and Xen 3.2.0 from repository;
> - Ubuntu 64 and Xen 3.1.0 from repository;
> - Fedora 8 amd64 and Xen 3.2.0 from xen website
> And I had always the same behaviour.
>
>
> Any news/ideas?
>
>
> On Ubuntu hardy I have ran into these two bugs. Not sure if your  
> problem is related or not. Maybe it will give you some ideas.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/192294
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/199533
>Thanks for your quick answer, but the problem is related to vt-x,  
infact a lot of users are able to run FreeBSD as domU using
AMD processors, but DELL doesn''t sell them :-(


dave

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Zakk

2008-Mar-11 16:32 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] ubuntu64, xen-unstable (hg cloned today) and freebsd 7.0 i386

(Just realized I sent this to the list with the wrong From: so it got  
eaten)

To get the FreeBSD installer to boot under xen 3.2, I had to do two  
things:

1) recompile xen with ''vmxassist=n''
2) disable apic in that domU (or boot the kernel with apic disabled)


-=Zakk

On Mar 11, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Davide D''Amico wrote:
>
> Il giorno 11/mar/08, alle ore 17:02, Todd Deshane ha scritto:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Davide D''Amico
<davide.damico@televas.it
>> > wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am using the configuration as in the subject and I''m unable
to
>> start
>> a FreeBSD 7 i386 iso image.
>> I have to use FreeBSD because of its jail construct (yes, I could use
>> OpenVZ, but this is another story).
>>
>> Here the details.
>> Server:
>>   DELL Poweredge 2900 2 Quad Core Intel Xeon
>> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flag | head -1
>> flags           : fpu de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr mca cmov  
>> pat pse36
>> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm  
>> constant_tsc
>> pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
>>
>> Distribution:
>>   Ubuntu-server amd64 updated (I installed also gawk, bcc, libc-i386-
>> dev and build-essential).
>>
>> Software:
>>   Xen 3.2 unstable (cloned from repository this morning)
>>
>> Installation:
>>   make world
>>   make install
>>
>> domU template:
>> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# more dom0.televas.it
>> kernel          = ''/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader''
>> device_model    = ''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
>> builder         = ''hvm''
>>
>> # VM/domain name
>> name            = ''fbsd''
>>
>> # Memory and CPU settings
>> vcpus           = ''2''
>> memory          = ''1024''
>> serial          = ''pty''
>>
>> # Disk settings
>> disk            = [
''file:/home/dave/disk.img,hda,w'',''file:/home/
>> dave/
>> 7.0-RELEAS
>> E-i386-disc1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'' ]
>> boot            = ''d''
>>
>> # Graphics settings
>> sdl             = ''0''
>> vnc             = ''1''
>> vncviewer       = ''1''
>> nographics      = ''1''
>>
>> # Other settings
>> apic            = ''1''
>> acpi            = ''1''
>> localtime       = ''1''
>>
>> # Start/stop settings
>> on_poweroff     = ''destroy''
>> on_reboot       = ''destroy''
>> on_crash        = ''destroy''
>>
>> Xen config file is the default, with vnc listening on all interfaces.
>>
>> FreeBSD 7 RELEASE halts on "Relocating the loader and the
BTX"
>>
>> I tried everything I can, including:
>> - Debian Lenny and Xen 3.2.0 from repository;
>> - Ubuntu 64 and Xen 3.1.0 from repository;
>> - Fedora 8 amd64 and Xen 3.2.0 from xen website
>> And I had always the same behaviour.
>>
>>
>> Any news/ideas?
>>
>>
>> On Ubuntu hardy I have ran into these two bugs. Not sure if your  
>> problem is related or not. Maybe it will give you some ideas.
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/192294
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/199533
>>
> Thanks for your quick answer, but the problem is related to vt-x,  
> infact a lot of users are able to run FreeBSD as domU using
> AMD processors, but DELL doesn''t sell them :-(
>
>
> dave
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-users mailing list
> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users


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Davide D''Amico

2008-Mar-11 16:39 UTC

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Il giorno 11/mar/08, alle ore 17:32, Zakk ha scritto:
> (Just realized I sent this to the list with the wrong From: so it  
> got eaten)
>
> To get the FreeBSD installer to boot under xen 3.2, I had to do two  
> things:
>
> 1) recompile xen with ''vmxassist=n''
> 2) disable apic in that domU (or boot the kernel with apic disabled)Ok, I''ll give it a try :-)

Thanks,
dave


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Davide D''Amico

2008-Mar-11 16:41 UTC

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Il giorno 11/mar/08, alle ore 17:32, Zakk ha scritto:
> (Just realized I sent this to the list with the wrong From: so it  
> got eaten)
>
> To get the FreeBSD installer to boot under xen 3.2, I had to do two  
> things:
>
> 1) recompile xen with ''vmxassist=n''
> 2) disable apic in that domU (or boot the kernel with apic disabled)I cannot find "vmxassist" in xen-unstable.hg/ tree.
Where could I find documentation about recompile xen with this option  
set?

Thanks,
dave


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Davide D''Amico

2008-Mar-11 16:59 UTC

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Il giorno 11/mar/08, alle ore 16:54, Zakk ha scritto:
> You need to compile xen with ''vmxassist=n''I''m using Xen unstable and I read that vmxassist is disabled by
default.
If I start a domU, I see:
dave@dom-mgmt:~$ sudo xm dmesg | grep VMX
(XEN) HVM: VMX enabled

Is it related to vmxassist?


dave

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Davide D''Amico

2008-Mar-11 17:44 UTC

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Il giorno 11/mar/08, alle ore 17:59, Davide D''Amico ha scritto:
>
> Il giorno 11/mar/08, alle ore 16:54, Zakk ha scritto:
>
>> You need to compile xen with ''vmxassist=n''
> I''m using Xen unstable and I read that vmxassist is disabled by  
> default.
> If I start a domU, I see:
> dave@dom-mgmt:~$ sudo xm dmesg | grep VMX
> (XEN) HVM: VMX enabled
>
> Is it related to vmxassist?
I tried to recompile xen-3.0.2 (tools/firmware) but when I start  
vncviewer I see "HVMAssist Bios"
and it stops in "Relocating..."

What''s the right procedure to compile xen 3.2.0 with vmxassist=n ?

In xen-unstable they removed vmxassist, so which option could I use?

Thanks,
dave


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