RE: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.3 confusion

[Art Fore <art.fore@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 20:05 +0200, Petersson, Mats wrote:
>  
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Art Fore
> > Sent: 24 October 2006 18:55
> > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.3 confusion
> > 
> > On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 17:00 +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote:
> > > On 24 Oct 2006 at 21:28, Art Fore wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I am thoughly confused  with the various Xen 3.0.3 
> > versions for Suse.
> > > > Firt there is not for suse 10.1, so I gues I woulllt the 
> > source tarball
> > > > and compile. ( I tried the RPM for 10.0 (I am running 
> > SuSE 10.1) but it
> > > > caused a kernel panic)
> > > > 
> > > > I have 5 packages listed unter Yast software management 
> > (not including
> > > > documentation,pdf, etc).
> > > > 
> > > > Kernel-xen ver  2.6.16.21.25
> > > > Xen             3.02_09763-0.8
> > > > xen-libs        3.02_09763-0.8
> > > > xen-tools       3.02_09763-0.8
> > > > xen-tools-ioemu 3.02_09763-0.8
> > > > 
> > > > I understad allof these have tomach. If I do the compile 
> > of the tarball
> > > > with make distro, does this al create all of the files?
> > > > 
> > > > If this does not create all of the files, how do I find 
> > the other files?
> > > 
> > > rpm -qi <package name> will show the source RPM. There you 
> > have the sources. 
> > > Update the sources, thenrebuild the RPMs.
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > > Ulrich
> > > 
> > 
> > The more I look into this, the more confused I get.
> > 
> > >From http://www.xensource.com/files/xen_install_windows.pdf
> > There is a paragraph:
> > Type /usr/sbin/xm info | grep caps at the command prompt. You will see
> > "hvm-3.0-x86_32" if Xen can detect the VT or AMD-V 
> > technology. If you do
> > not see this, then your system does not have the appropriate processor
> > technology, or it has been disabled in the BIOS. You must rectify this
> > before proceeding.
> > 
> > When I type the command, I get:
> > linux-p204:~ # /usr/sbin/xm info | grep caps
> > hw_caps                :
> > 178bfbff:ebd3fbff:00000000:00000010:00002001:00000000:0000001f
> > xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_64
> > 
> > I have 3 hvm listings instead of 1. Could someone kindly explain:
> > Is this normal of Athlon 64 X2 (Running Suse 10.1 Xen kernel)?
> > If it is normal, why 3 hvms?
> > If it isn't, what is happening?
> 
> It's normal. 
> You can run:
> xen-3.0-x86_64  - Paravirtual 3.0-compatible 64-bit kernel.
> hvm-3.0-x86_32  - fully virtualized 32-bit kernel.
> hvm-3.0-x86_64  - fully virtualized 64-bit kernel. 
> 
> And it's actually only two hvms and one "xen" (but until I started
> splitting it up on separate lines, I didn't see the difference either!).
> 
> 
> The above .pdf reference I presume was written by someone that didn't do
> 64-bit builds of Xen at the time of writing. [Although essentially, what
> the above text refers to is THERE, right, it's just not alone, which the
> text doesn't say it should be (nor does it say that is shouldn't be
> alone)]. 
> 
> 
> > 
> > I created 2 full virtualization machines with Yast, but they are both
> > stopped. The WinXP never completed installation,it hung the computer
> > about 2/3 of the device installation phase, and the Suse 10 
> > was going so
> > slow that it was going to take 13 hours to install.
> 
> What version (according to xm info) are you using? Can you post the full
> "xm info" output, please?
> 
> --
> Mats
> 
> > 
> > Art
> > 
> > 
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> 

Well that is a relief that it is normal. Thanks for the info.

Here is the output of xm info

# xm info
host                   : linux-p204
release                : 2.6.16.21-0.25-xen
version                : #1 SMP Tue Sep 19 07:26:15 UTC 2006
machine                : x86_64
nr_cpus                : 2
nr_nodes               : 1
sockets_per_node       : 1
cores_per_socket       : 2
threads_per_core       : 1
cpu_mhz                : 2000
hw_caps                :
178bfbff:ebd3fbff:00000000:00000010:00002001:00000000:0000001f
total_memory           : 2047
free_memory            : 124
max_free_memory        : 1811
max_para_memory        : 1807
max_hvm_memory         : 1794
xen_major              : 3
xen_minor              : 0
xen_extra              : .2_09763-0.8
xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_64
platform_params        : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset          : 09763
cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.1.0 (SUSE Linux)
cc_compile_by          : abuild
cc_compile_domain      : suse.de
cc_compile_date        : Fri Oct  6 16:00:18 UTC 2006



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