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Re: [Xen-devel] Pv_ops Dom0 crash on IBM eServer x3400


  • To: Alex Moskalenko <mav@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 00:25:27 +0300
  • Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:25:57 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xen.org>

On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 11:00:00PM +0400, Alex Moskalenko wrote:
> 07.06.2012 21:24, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk ??????????:
> >On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 01:29:33PM +0400, Alex Moskalenko wrote:
> >>Hi people,
> >>
> >>I ran into a trouble when trying to run Xen 4.1.x with pv_ops kernel
> >>on IBM eServer x3400. Without noacpi command line option dom0 kernel
> >Well yes! We don't do 'noacpi' Why do you supply 'noacpi'?
> If I don't supply 'noacpi' option, dom0 kernel crashes with messages
> mentioned in my previous letter. 'noacpi' allows kernel to boot with
> some IRQ issues (only RAID ant network adapters work properly, any
> other onboard PCI device does not work at all).
> 
> >>crashes on ACPI initialization. Kermels 2.6.32 (with konrad xen
> >>patches), 3.1, 3.3, Xen 4.1.2 behave the same way. Without
> >>hypervisor all kernels run without any problems.
> >>
> >>There are several patches (available on 
> >>http://git.altlinux.org/people/silicium/packages/?p=kernel-image.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/kernel-image-xen-dom0,
> >>commits f1f91babc9cc9402ccee8938b888240f5bae1574,
> >>72db7b5e069002765ced64f030c1117d72352331,
> >>adc4c567a08d4d2377060179639cbfdc3d9d8e0e and
> >>9beeac5589ce5c415e4513016c78e96374b8a895) that allow kernel 2.6.32
> >>to boot on this hardware. This patches written by kernel package
> >>maintainer of ALT Linux distribution. Discussion of this issue is
> >>available on Sysadmins ALTLinux mailing list
> >>(http://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/sysadmins/2011-April/034471.html
> >>and follows) in Russian.
> >>
> >>I attached Xen 4.1.0 with kernel 2.6.32 crash messages. If you need
> >>this messages for more recent versions of Xen and kernel, or more
> >>information about hardware, please let me know.
> >Please provide the crash using the v3.4 kernel.
> I will provide it as soon as possible.
> 

When posting the log with Linux 3.4.x please don't compress the log with bzip2, 
it makes it difficult to read/comment about it on the mailinglist.

It isn't that big really..

> >>Ideally, I would like to run current versions of Xen and Linux
> >>kernels on this hardware. Can you help me please?
> >Well sure. But pls explain to me why:
> >  - you are using 'noacpi'
> >  - why are not using the v3.4 kernel?
> - Only with 'noacpi' kernel does not crush. Without it kernel
> crashes with logs I previously attached.
>

I didn't even notice it earlier because it was bzip2'd :)

-- Pasi


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