Re: [Xen-devel] Latest xen-3.4-testing hangs on boot with iommu=1, on a Lenovo T500

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I would 'make clean' in the xen/ subdirectory just to be sure at this
point. But no, it doesn't really sound like a software issue. Have you tried
iommu_inclusive_mapping Xen boot parameter?

 -- Keir

On 16/07/2009 11:03, "Tom Rotenberg" <tom.rotenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> No...
> and i remember that there was a problem of warm boots, so i did a cold
> boot. It's really strange, i have no clew about what can cause it...
> I did 'make install' on a clean repository. There is no chance it had
> any "left-overs", right?
> 
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Keir Fraser<keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Did you upgrade the BIOS since your last successful test? There have been
>> problems which can persist across warm reboots. So did you power cycle
>> between tests?
>> 
>>  -- Keir
>> 
>> On 16/07/2009 10:54, "Tom Rotenberg" <tom.rotenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Just bisected the tree, and i found out, that it's not because of Xen,
>>> since even 19607 (which worked for me last time) didn't work. I tried
>>> to play a little bit with some of the BIOS settings, but it didn't
>>> help.
>>> It looks like it's some kind of an hardware problem, which causes the
>>> whole machine to freeze, when trying to work with the IOMMU. Any
>>> suggestions on what to do next? to whom should i send this
>>> information?
>>> 
>>> Tom
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Tom Rotenberg<tom.rotenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>> It didn't help.
>>>> I will bisect the tree to find the problem.
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Keir Fraser<keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I'd say changesets 19625 and 19632 are most likely suspects. You could try
>>>>> reverting those patches, or updating your tree to just before those
>>>>> changesets, and see if that helps.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  -- Keir
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 15/07/2009 18:03, "Tom Rotenberg" <tom.rotenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> The last version, i have tried and tested (and it worked), was:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> changeset 19607: 1ac7832a2fcd
>>>>>> author: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> date: Mon May 18 13:54:48 2009 +0100
>>>>>> files: README
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Keir Fraser<keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 15/07/2009 17:01, "Tom Rotenberg" <tom.rotenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I have cloned the latest xen 3,4 testing tree, changeset 19696:
>>>>>>>>         22ef8e900a6d (i386: fix handling of Xen entries in final L2
>>>>>>>> page
>>>>>>>> table), and i have installed it on a Lenovo T500 machine, with VT-d
>>>>>>>> enabled.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> When did it last work with the 3.4 tree?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  -- Keir
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 



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