Re: [Xen-users] Having stability problems with Linux-2.6.34.7-0.5-xen

[Mark Pryor <tlviewer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Todd,

tap:aio 

is available for file backend on 11.3

--- On Thu, 12/30/10, Todd Blum <todd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Todd Blum <todd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Having stability problems with Linux-2.6.34.7-0.5-xen
> To: "Mark Pryor" <tlviewer@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 10:47 AM
> Hello,
> 
>      Ok, I have upgraded to Xen
> 4.0.1_02-94.2 and changed the WinXP 
> guest's pagefile to minumum and maximum 200MB.
> 
> Here is the output of 'xm info':
> _________________________________________________________________________
> host               
>    : toddb05
> release             
>   : 2.6.34.7-0.5-xen
> version             
>   : #1 SMP 2010-10-25 08:40:12 +0200
> machine             
>   : x86_64
> nr_cpus             
>   : 2
> nr_nodes           
>    : 1
> cores_per_socket       : 2
> threads_per_core       : 1
> cpu_mhz             
>   : 1864
> hw_caps             
>   : 
> bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000940:0000e3bd:00000000:00000001:00000000
> virt_caps              :
> hvm
> total_memory           :
> 4029
> free_memory            : 5
> free_cpus              :
> 0
> max_free_memory        : 2943
> max_para_memory        : 2939
> max_hvm_memory         :
> 2924
> node_to_cpu            :
> node0:0-1
> node_to_memory         :
> node0:5
> node_to_dma32_mem      : node0:5
> max_node_id            : 0
> xen_major              :
> 4
> xen_minor              :
> 0
> xen_extra              :
> .1_02-94.2
> xen_caps           
>    : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p
> hvm-3.0-x86_32 
> hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
> xen_scheduler          : credit
> xen_pagesize           :
> 4096
> platform_params        :
> virt_start=0xffff800000000000
> xen_changeset          : 21326
> xen_commandline        : vgamode=0x314
> vgamode=0x314
> cc_compiler            : gcc
> version 4.5.0 20100604 [gcc-4_5-branch 
> revision 160292] (SU
> cc_compile_by          : abuild
> cc_compile_domain      :
> cc_compile_date        : Wed Dec 15
> 22:14:45 UTC 2010
> xend_config_format     : 4
> ____________________________________________________________________________
> 
> and here is the contents of /etc/xen/vm/todd-vm-xp2-2 :
> _____________________________________________________________________________
> name="todd-vm-xp2-2"
> description="None"
> uuid="b67cbf57-96d0-64b3-33be-c307524ce276"
> memory=512
> maxmem=512
> vcpus=2
> on_poweroff="destroy"
> on_reboot="restart"
> on_crash="destroy"
> localtime=1
> keymap="en-us"
> 
> builder="hvm"
> device_model="/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
> kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> boot="c"
> disk=[
> 'file:/var/lib/xen/images/todd-xp-vm02/disk0.raw,hda,w', ]
or
'tap:aio:/var/lib/xen...,hda,w'


> vif=[ 'mac=00:16:3e:24:f6:0d,bridge=br0,model=rtl8139', ]
> 
> 
> stdvga=0
> vnc=1
> vncunused=1
> extid=0
> usb=1
> acpi=1
> pae=1
> 
> usbdevice='tablet'
> 
> serial="pty"
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
> Todd
> 
> --
> Todd Blum
> http://www.toddblum.org
> 
> 
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2010, Mark Pryor wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 12/30/10, Todd Blum <todd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Todd Blum <todd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [Xen-users] Having stability problems
> with Linux-2.6.34.7-0.5-xen
> >> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 10:09 AM
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >>     I am using Xen 4.0.0_21091_06-0.1 on
> >> OpenSuse 11.3 64 bit, with a Windows XP Pro SP3 32
> bit
> >> guest, and my workstation keeping locking up, even
> the
> >> NumLock and CapsLock keys being unresponsive when
> it does.
> >> Where should I begin troubleshooting?
> >> 
> >
> > This is a laptop and you have GUI for both dom0 and
> Winxp when it happens?
> >
> > Check how much swap is used by Winxp and keep it to a
> minimum and fixed size.
> >
> > Post `xm info` and the domU config file.
> >
> > OpenSuSE has a repo with Xen 4.0.1, called the
> Virtualization repo
> > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/openSUSE11.3/openSUSE_11.3/
> >
> > -- 
> > Mark
> >




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