Re: [Xen-devel] problem using compiled kernel -- Sisu

[Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Keir,

I haven't got a machine with xen-unstable nor grub2 at the moment.
Perhaps Pasi has and could test it ?

--
Sander



Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 9:49:42 AM, you wrote:

> Ah yes, that could work. I applied a possible fix for GRUB2 handlign as
> xen-unstable:21883. It works on the assumption that the loader name for
> GRUB2 is of the form "GRUB 1.xx". I print out the loader name as one of the
> first things during boot now, so it'd be good if someone could confirm that
> the loader name does look like that, and that we now correctly handle GRUB2
> command lines. Since I do not have GRUB2 installed.

> If it works okay, I'll backport it for 4.0.1.

>  Thanks,
>  Keir

> On 27/07/2010 22:59, "Sander Eikelenboom" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Don't know if the bootloader name in the multiboot specs contains the grub
>> version number .. so it perhaps could be derived from there ?
>> 
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/multiboot/multiboot.html#Boot-informat
>> ion-format
>> 
>> See flag 9
>> 
>> --
>> Sander
>> 
>> 
>> Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 11:09:29 PM, you wrote:
>> 
>>> On 27/07/2010 21:37, "Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>>>> what info are missing?
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> You're missing the fact that grub2 is broken..
>>>> Please read grub2 related entries from:
>>>> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenCommonProblems
>> 
>>> This is a tricky issue actually. Strictly it is Xen which throws away the
>>> first parameter on each command line. This is because the Multiboot protocol
>>> behaviour, as established by GRUB1, is that the command line passed to us
>>> includes the name of the kernel binary (e.g. xen.gz loglvl=all sync_console)
>>> and so we strip that off. But GRUB2 has arbitrarily changed behaviour to
>>> only pass parameters in the command-line string. Hence lopping the first
>>> item in the string actually lops a parameter. The workaround is to stick
>>> something dummy as the first parameter, such as a period. This behaviour
>>> change between GRUB1 and GRUB2 is a pain in the arse.
>> 
>>>  -- Keir
>> 
>>>>>>> (XEN) Command line: loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all sync_console
>>>>>>> console_to_ring com1=115200,8n1 console=com1
>>>> 
>>>> See, dom0_mem is missing from there..
>>>> The same thing happens with dom0 kernel, you lose the first parameter
>>>> (console=hvc0).
>>>> 
>>>> -- Pasi
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 





-- 
Best regards,
 Sander                            mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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