[Fedora-xen] BZIP2 and LZMA support patch for Xen PV domU bootloader
Pasi Kärkkäinen
pasik at iki.fi
Mon Aug 24 13:14:42 UTC 2009
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 05:41:03AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> Do you mean, that you experiencing same issue on 32-bit and patch is supposed
> to handle only just startup phase ?
>
Yes, I'm seeing the same problem. My patch (for lzma support) doesn't help
with this kernel bug.
-- Pasi
> Boris.
>
>
> --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik at iki.fi> wrote:
>
> From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik at iki.fi>
> Subject: Re: [Fedora-xen] BZIP2 and LZMA support patch for Xen PV domU bootloader
> To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Mark McLoughlin" <markmc at redhat.com>, fedora-xen at redhat.com
> Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 8:26 AM
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 04:22:30AM -0700, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > Fresh install Xen 3.4.1 via xen-3.4.1-1.src.rpm with LZMA support patch + libvirt 0.7.0-6 (preview) tested OK with F11 PV DomU install. Kernel (supporting Dom0 ) - 2.6.30.2 xenified aka Suse
> >
> > Attempt to install F12 PV DomU ( Core2Duo E8400, 8 GB RAM ,SATA ) :-
> >
> > [root at ServerXenSRC ~]# virt-install --debug -n f12pv -r 1024 --vcpus=1 \
> > -f /dev/sda12 --vnc -p -l "ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os"
> >
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:36 DEBUG Launched with command line:
> > /usr/sbin/virt-install --debug -n f12pv -r 1024 --vcpus=1 -f /dev/sda12 --vnc -p -l ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:36 DEBUG Requesting libvirt URI default
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:36 DEBUG Received libvirt URI xen:///
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:36 DEBUG Requesting virt method 'xen', hv type 'default'.
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:36 DEBUG Received virt method 'xen'
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:36 DEBUG Hypervisor name is 'xen'
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:36 DEBUG DistroInstaller location is a network source.
> >
> >
> > Starting install...
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:36 DEBUG Attempting to detect distro:
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:37 DEBUG Fetching URI: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os/.treeinfo
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:39 DEBUG Saved file to /var/lib/xen/virtinst-.treeinfo.WVH7xk
> > Retrieving file .treeinfo... | 1.2 kB 00:00
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:39 DEBUG Fetching URI: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:37:11 DEBUG Saved file to /var/lib/xen/virtinst-vmlinuz.gFkrVE kB/s | 3.5 MB 00:30
> > Retrieving file vmlinuz... | 3.5 MB 00:30
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:37:11 DEBUG Fetching URI: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:40:23 DEBUG Saved file to /var/lib/xen/virtinst-initrd.img.IFk0Bn/s | 22 MB 03:10
> > Retrieving file initrd.img... | 22 MB 03:10
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:40:23 DEBUG Auto detected OS type as: linux
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:40:23 DEBUG Auto detected OS variant as: fedora12
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:40:23 DEBUG Creating guest from:
> > <domain type='xen'>
> > <name>f12pv</name>
> > <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
> > <memory>1048576</memory>
> > <uuid>3279f520-308c-127c-c7e6-be66fb36fa7b</uuid>
> > <os>
> > <type arch='x86_64'>linux</type>
> > <kernel>/var/lib/xen/virtinst-vmlinuz.gFkrVE</kernel>
> > <initrd>/var/lib/xen/virtinst-initrd.img.IFk0Bn</initrd>
> > <cmdline>method=ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/x86_64/os
> > </os>
> > <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> > <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
> > <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
> > <vcpu>1</vcpu>
> > <devices>
> > <disk type='block' device='disk'>
> > <source dev='/dev/sda12'/>
> > <target dev='xvda' bus='xen'/>
> > </disk>
> > <interface type='bridge'>
> > <source bridge='eth0'/>
> > <mac address='00:16:36:23:d9:66'/>
> > </interface>
> > <input type='mouse' bus='xen'/>
> > <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' keymap='en-us'/>
> > </devices>
> > </domain>
> >
> > Creating domain... | 0 B 00:01
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:40:24 DEBUG Created guest, looking to see if it is running
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:40:24 DEBUG Launching console callback
> > Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:40:24 DEBUG Saving XML boot config:
> > <domain type='xen'>
> > <name>f12pv</name>
> > <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
> > <memory>1048576</memory>
> > <uuid>3279f520-308c-127c-c7e6-be66fb36fa7b</uuid>
> > <bootloader>/usr/bin/pygrub</bootloader>
> > <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> > <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
> > <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
> > <vcpu>1</vcpu>
> > <devices>
> > <disk type='block' device='disk'>
> > <source dev='/dev/sda12'/>
> > <target dev='xvda' bus='xen'/>
> > </disk>
> > <interface type='bridge'>
> > <source bridge='eth0'/>
> > <mac address='00:16:36:23:d9:66'/>
> > </interface>
> > <input type='mouse' bus='xen'/>
> > <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' keymap='en-us'/>
> > </devices>
> > </domain>
> >
> > Virt-viewer hangs with message "Waiting for guest domain to be created"
> >
>
> Check "xm log" - for me the guest crashes immediately.
>
> This is a known bug in F12/rawhide kernel.
>
> -- Pasi
>
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