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


  • To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Tom Rotenberg <tom.rotenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:18:53 +0300
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Well, it worked!
Thanks!

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Tom Rotenberg<tom.rotenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oops!!
> That's what i forgot!!! i'll try it now.
>
> Thanks :)
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Keir Fraser<keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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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