From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David F Barrera Subject: Daily Xen Builds Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:18:51 -0500 Message-ID: <1122387531.3634.8.camel@thinkpad.austin.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Defect summary: I have been reporting since July 11 that DomU crashes on a couple of my machines upon creation, on setups where DomU is based on a SLES 9 installation. I am still experiencing this problem. Defect #96 in the Xensource bugzilla system has been created to document this problem. I sent this note out on July 13: > David F Barrera wrote: > > We are seeing a problem in xen-unstable where DomU crashes immediately > > after booting on some x86 boxes. In my case, it is happening on a couple > > of machines that have SCSI drives and where DomU is a SLES 9 > > installation. Here's some data on my setup: > > > > Dom0 DomU Dom U Crash? SCSI > > > > Machine A SLES 9 SLES 9 Yes Yes > > Machine B SLES 9 RHEL 4 No Yes > > Machine C RHEL 4 SLES 9 Yes Yes > > Machine D FC3 SLES 9 and Debian No No > > > > The only thing I see in common in the machines that fail is the SCSI > > drives. Machines B and C are identical; the others are different > > models. > * July 26, 2005 using latest HG source pull: * changeset: 5844:d63b100b327ab8354bc9a71c38dbca436c64c0a5 tag: tip user: kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk date: Tue Jul 26 05:09:06 2005 summary: Fix restart/poweroff properly. From aq. * x86 * SLES 9 SP2, FC3 and RHEL 4 on IBM xSeries 305, 235, and ThinkCentre * Builds and boots Dom0 without problems * **NEED SOME HELP IN RESOLVING PROBLEM DESCRIBED BELOW** * OUTSTANDING ISSUE: (NO CHANGE FROM LAST REPORT - UNRESOLVED PROBLEM) * DomU crashes Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP modules linked in: CPU: 0 EIP: 0061:[<00244ec0>] Not tainted VLI * No other output * Seeing this on test boxes where DomU is a SLES 9 installation * On a test box where Dom0 is SLES 9 and DomU is RHEL 4, however, no problems are observed * Bugzilla #96- 'BLOCKER' * x86_64 * EMT64* * Builds and boots without problems on SLES 9 SP2 and FC4 * Able to build functional DomUs, networking and all -- Regards, David F Barrera Linux Technology Center Systems and Technology Group, IBM "The wisest men follow their own direction. " Euripides