[Fedora-xen] FC10 domu FC8 x86_64 with/without HVM support (possible bug)

[Mark McLoughlin]

Hi Phillip,

On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 18:10 +1100, Phillip Bertolus wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> Just finished confirming that a PV FC10 domu won't run on FC8 without VT
> support.
> 
> Background:
> 
> Create FC8 domu x86_64. Yum upgrade to FC10 x86_64.
> FC8 domu runs on both hosts.
> FC10 domu runs only on host with VT support.
> FC10 runs on both with the old FC8 kernel.
> 
> Both hosts indicate they are running pvm images:
> xc_dom_compat_check: supported guest type: xen-3.0-x86_64 <= matches
> 
> however (and this may have nothing to do with anything):
> elf_xen_parse_note: HV_START_LOW = 0xffff800000000000
> 
> Any help most appreciated.
> 
> We have lots of 64 bit servers without hardware virtualization support.

Does this info help?

  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F10Common#Installing_Fedora_10_DomU_on_Fedora_8_Dom0_Fails

Cheers,
Mark.