[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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