RE: [Xen-users] xen 3.0 testing ACPI problems / no PCI functionality

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> First of all .. as I said ACPI was the reason why my mashine 
> was constantly rebooting as - if ACPI enabled - xen does did 
> not detect the amount of RAM properly and thus is always 
> claiming it wasnt enough.
> Sencondly, the xen kernel config is not that much different 
> to mine .. 
> my kernel is just more lightweight tho.
> ...
> ACPI isnt the main problem, could you please also refer to 
> the second problem, which is of much more importance to me?

Can you not just put 'acpi=off' on the *xen* command line (not the linux
one)?

Please try this with the -xen kernel.

Ian

> best regards,
> Patrick
> 
> Ian Pratt wrote:
> 
> > 
> >  
> >
> >>I just encountered that the xen 3.0 testing (from the mercurial
> >>repository) will not work if I have ACPI compiled into the kernel.
> >>Although the kernel will build properly, I cant boot it, as xen is 
> >>constantly moaning about the amount of memory reservated 
> for dom0 and 
> >>thus is rebooting again and again (the appropiate settings 
> are given 
> >>and correct).
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Any reason not to be using our -xen kernel config? It has 
> ACPI and sems 
> >to work fine for the almost everyone.
> >
> >Ian
> > 
> >  
> >
> >>I confirmed this by NOT compiling ACPI into my kernel at 
> all .. then 
> >>xen boots up fine... BUT then I do not have PCI 
> functionality at all 
> >>(which means lspci is empty and all my PCI devices do not 
> work, even 
> >>not if I try to load the appropiate driver manually). Again the 
> >>settings (config) are compiled in and correctly set (which simply 
> >>means I wasnt a jerk and forgot compiling PCI support in tho).
> >>I am using sis5513 as mainboard chipset and another 
> confirmation on my 
> >>side, as far as the problerm above's concerned, is that I tried 
> >>exactly the same kernel config (without the xen config symbols of 
> >>course) and compiled a vanilla 2.6.12.6 kernel manually .. 
> it boots up 
> >>fine and PCI support is also given, while doing the same with a 
> >>xen-patched kernel will not work at all and results in pci 
> >>non-functionality.
> >>
> >>Any further confirmation about the two problems I mentioned above 
> >>would be appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >>best regards,
> >>Patrick
> >>
> >>
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