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Re: [Xen-users] Xen 4.0 Custom kernels



On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:31:32PM -0300, Net Warrior wrote:
>    Well.. I'm having the same error
>    Setting up new root fs
>    setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory
>    no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults
>    setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory
>    setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory
>    Switching to new root and running init.
>    unmounting old /dev
>    unmounting old /proc
>    unmounting old /sys
>    switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
>    Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>    Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.31.13 #16
>    Call Trace:
>    [<c105beb6>] panic+0x46/0x100
>    [<c105e856>] do_exit+0x626/0x6d0
>    [<c105e931>] do_group_exit+0x31/0x90
>    [<c105e99f>] sys_exit_group+0xf/0x20
>    [<c102a069>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
>    ----
>    CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND=m
>    CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND=m

Ok, so it's a module.

>    config file
>    disk = [ 'phy:VG-NW/root,xvda1,w','phy:VG-NW/swap,xvda2,w' ]
>    root = "/dev/xvda1 ro"
>    fstab for DomU
>    /dev/xvda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
>    tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
>    none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
>    #devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
>    sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
>    proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
>    /dev/xvda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
> 

Those look OK.

>    Do not know what's missing, I'll keep trying.
>    Thanks for your time and support.
>

You need to have an initrd image for the guest kernel.
The initrd needs to include xen-blkfront.ko driver module,
and the initrd init script needs to load it.

Then your guest is able access the root filesystem.

-- Pasi

>    Best Regards
>    2010/5/17 Net Warrior <[1]netwarrior863@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
>      Hi There.
>      Thank you very much for your assistance, I'll try to compile it as
>      module and give it a try , for sure I know is compiled embeded.
>      Will report as soon as I get some results.
>      Best Regards
>      2010/5/17 Pasi Kärkkäinen <[2]pasik@xxxxxx>
> 
>        On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:29:59AM -0300, Net Warrior wrote:
>        >    Hi There.
>        >    Sorry for the delay, here is the config file for DomU , Only the
>        options I
>        >    modified, the rest is as it is, by default.
>        >    # Kernel image file.
>        >    kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.13"
>        >
>        >    # Optional ramdisk.
>        >    ramdisk = "/boot/initrd-2.6.31.13.img"
>        >
>        >    memory = 64
>        >
>        >    # A name for your domain. All domains must have different names.
>        >    name = "Netwarrior"
>        >
>        >    vif = [ '' ]
>        >    disk = [ 'phy:VG-NW/root,sda1,w','phy:VG-NW/swap,sda2,w' ]
>        >    # Set root device.
>        >    root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
>        >
> 
>        Wrong. You should be using xvda1 and xvda2 instead of sda1 and sda2.
>        pvops kernels only support xvd* disk names in the guest.
>        >    # Sets runlevel 4.
>        >    extra = "4"
>        >    How do I know which hardware Xen ( Dom0 ) is providing to the
>        DomU ?
>        >
> 
>        Also check the 2.6.31.13 kernel .config if xen-blkfront is built-in or
>        compiled as a module.
>        If it's compiled as a module then you need to have an initrd that
>        actually loads it!
> 
>        -- Pasi
>        >    Thank you very much.
>        >    Regards
>        >    2010/5/14 Pasi Kärkkäinen <[1][3]pasik@xxxxxx>
>        >
>        >      On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 07:47:33AM -0300, Net Warrior wrote:
>        >      >    Hi There.
>        >      >    The hardware is the same, so I asume that the initramfs
>        used for
>        >      Dom0
>        >      >    could be used for DomU as well
>        >      >
>        >
>        >      No, the hardware is not the same!
>        >
>        >      domU only has "virtual" hardware provided by Xen, which is
>        totally
>        >      different
>        >      from the physical hardware dom0 has access to!
>        >
>        >      , and yes I specified the root partition in
>        >      >    the DomU config file as well something like root /dev/sda1
>        ro ,
>        >      should I
>        >      >    use xdev as well in there?
>        >      >    Thanks for your time and support.
>        >      >
>        >
>        >      Please paste your /etc/xen/<guest> cfgfile.
>        >
>        >      -- Pasi
>        >
>        >      >    Best Regards
>        >      >    2010/5/14 Pasi Kärkkäinen <[1][2][4]pasik@xxxxxx>
>        >      >
>        >      >      On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 07:40:51PM -0300, Net Warrior
>        wrote:
>        >      >      > Hi there guys
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      > As a test, I started using the same kernel and
>        initramfs like
>        >      in Dom0
>        >      >      > which i know it works, but when starting up DomU I've
>        get.
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      > switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
>        >      >      > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>        >      >      > Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.31.13 #14
>        >      >      >
>        >      >
>        >      >      So the dom0 initrd image is not suitable for domU, ie.
>        it doesn't
>        >      load
>        >      >      xen block frontend driver.. most probably. So the domU
>        kernel is
>        >      >      not able to access the virtual disks provided to it.
>        >      >      > I've got the same error while setting up Dom0 and was
>        a problem
>        >      with
>        >      >      > the scsi modules which I included in the kernel and
>        not in the
>        >      >      > initramfs, my bad !!
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      > My config file looks this.
>        >      >      >
>        >      >
>        >
>        
> #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>        >      >      > # Kernel image file.
>        >      >      > kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.13"
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      > # Optional ramdisk.
>        >      >      > ramdisk = "/boot/initrd-2.6.31.13.img"
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      > disk = [
>        'phy:VG-NW/root,sda1,w','phy:VG-NW/swap,sda2,w' ]
>        >      >      >
>        >      >
>        >      >      You should use xvda1 and xvda2 here, not sda1 and sda2.
>        >      >      the sd* naming is deprecated for xen PV guests.
>        >      >      > Also copied the /lib/modules/kernel_version to the
>        *guest*
>        >      partition.
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      > What am I missing?
>        >      >      >
>        >      >
>        >      >      You need to create an initrd image that is suitable for
>        the domU.
>        >      >
>        >      >      Also did you specify root= parameter for the domU
>        kernel?
>        >      >      -- Pasi
>        >      >
>        >      >      > Thanks for your time and support
>        >      >      > Regards
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      >
>        >      >      > 2010/5/13, Pasi Kärkkäinen <[2][3][5]pasik@xxxxxx>:
>        >      >      > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 02:38:40PM -0300, Net
>        Warrior wrote:
>        >      >      > >> Hi Pasi.
>        >      >      > >>
>        >      >      > >> Did not know I could use the Vanila Kernel for DomU
>        usage, I
>        >      >      thought
>        >      >      > >> it has to be patched somehow as well.. so good
>        news, I'll
>        >      try to
>        >      >      > >> compile a custom one using the latest stable from
>        >      [3][4][6]kernel.org and
>        >      >      leave
>        >      >      > >> the Dom0 which is working as it is.
>        >      >      > >>
>        >      >      > >
>        >      >      > > I recommend using the latest stable 2.6.32.x kernel
>        for the
>        >      domU.
>        >      >      > >
>        >      >      > > If you're building a 32bit domU kernel remember it
>        needs to
>        >      be PAE
>        >      >      (64G mem
>        >      >      > > support),
>        >      >      > > otherwise you won't see the pvops Xen domU options
>        at all in
>        >      the
>        >      >      kernel
>        >      >      > > configuration.
>        >      >      > >
>        >      >      > > There are no special requirements for 64bit domU
>        kernel.
>        >      >      > >
>        >      >      > > -- Pasi
>        >      >      > >
>        >      >      > >> Thanks for your time and support
>        >      >      > >> Regards
>        >      >      > >>
>        >      >      > >>
>        >      >      > >>
>        >      >      > >>
>        >      >      > >>
>        >      >      > >> 2010/5/13, Pasi Kärkkäinen <[4][5][7]pasik@xxxxxx>:
>        >      >      > >> > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:38:00PM -0300, Net
>        Warrior
>        >      wrote:
>        >      >      > >> >>    Hi there guys.
>        >      >      > >> >>
>        >      >      > >> >>    I'm using CentOS 5.4, I was able to compile
>        my custom
>        >      Dom0
>        >      >      kernel
>        >      >      > >> >> and
>        >      >      > >> >> boot
>        >      >      > >> >>    it, now I've got some doubts.
>        >      >      > >> >>
>        >      >      > >> >>    I'd like to compile a custom DomU image, the
>        problem
>        >      is that
>        >      >      when I
>        >      >      > >> >> do,
>        >      >      > >> >>    make kernels KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0
>        linux-2.6-xenU"
>        >      it tries
>        >      >      to
>        >      >      > >> >> download
>        >      >      > >> >>    the kernel
>        >      >      > >> >>    from the HG repository which seems to have
>        old 2.6.18
>        >      >      kernels, I
>        >      >      > >> >> want
>        >      >      > >> >> to
>        >      >      > >> >>    use the GIT repository which is alrealdy
>        downloaded
>        >      and is
>        >      >      the
>        >      >      > >> >> source I
>        >      >      > >> >>    used to complile Dom0 using
>        >      >      > >> >>    kernel 2.6.33.13.
>        >      >      > >> >>
>        >      >      > >> >
>        >      >      > >> > specifying KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0
>        linux-2.6-xenU" will
>        >      compile
>        >      >      > >> > linux-2.6.18-xen,
>        >      >      > >> > that's how it should be.
>        >      >      > >> >
>        >      >      > >> > If you don't specify KERNELS= at all, then it'll
>        build
>        >      >      linux-2.6.31.x
>        >      >      > >> > kernel.
>        >      >      > >> > Or alternatively you can specify
>        KERNELS="linux-2.6-pvops"
>        >      to get
>        >      >      the
>        >      >      > >> > same
>        >      >      > >> > result.
>        >      >      > >> >
>        >      >      > >> >>    Question:
>        >      >      > >> >>    Which files do I have to modify or how do I
>        have to
>        >      proceed
>        >      >      to
>        >      >      > >> >> achieve
>        >      >      > >> >>    what I want?
>        >      >      > >> >>
>        >      >      > >> >
>        >      >      > >> > Did you know you can use the *default* (vanilla)
>        >      [5][6][8]kernel.org
>        >      >      Linux
>        >      >      > >> > kernels as
>        >      >      > >> > Xen PV domU?
>        >      >      > >> > No patches needed for that, the upstream kernels
>        will work
>        >      for
>        >      >      domU.
>        >      >      > >> >
>        >      >      > >> >>    Under /usr/src/xen-4.0.0/buildconfigs I can
>        see some
>        >      files
>        >      >      which
>        >      >      > >> >> define
>        >      >      > >> >>    some stuff depending on what I chose but not
>        sure if
>        >      it's
>        >      >      safe to
>        >      >      > >> >> mees
>        >      >      > >> >>    with this.
>        >      >      > >> >>
>        >      >      > >> >>    Thanks for your time and support.
>        >      >      > >> >
>        >      >      > >> > Hopefully that helps.
>        >      >      > >> >
>        >      >      > >> > -- Pasi
>        >      >      > >> >
>        >      >      > >> >
>        >      >      > >
>        >      >
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>        >      >    3. [9][11]http://kernel.org/
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>        >      >    5. [11][13]http://kernel.org/
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>        >   11. [24]http://kernel.org/
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