Daily Xen Builds

[David F Barrera <dfbp@us.ibm.com>]

September 8, 2005 using hg source as of:

Last good changeset for x86 platforms:

changeset:   6682:12ff9c954aceb9c84c9e730886d3cd538a6ec56a
tag:         tip
user:        iap10@freefall.cl.cam.ac.uk
date:        Wed Sep  7 20:07:15 2005
summary:     Give each domain some memory below 4GB. This solves the
"PGD's must be below 4GB" for the initial page tables. I'm not sure
we'll stick with this approach, but this is good enough for the time
being.

x86_32 (no PAE support)

        * SLES 9 SP2 on IBM xSeries 235 and 305 (1GB RAM)
        * Builds and boots without problems
        * Able to create fully functional guest domains
        * Successfully ran LTP and LMBench on Dom0s and DomUs
        
ISSUES: None

x86_32 (PAE)

        * SLES 9 SP2, FC3, FC4, and RHEL 4 IBM xSeries 305, 335s and IBM
        ThinkCentre
        * Builds and boots without problems
        * Able to create fully functional guest domains
        * Successfully ran LTP and LMBench on Dom0s and DomUs
     

ISSUES: None
        
x86_64 (SLES 9 SP2 and FC4 on IBM HS20 Blades)

        * Builds and boots without problems
        * Problems creating guest domains on SLES 9 SP2 boxes
        * Successfully ran LTP on host and guest domains on *FC4 box*

        Last good changeset for x86_64:
        
        changeset:   6654:c9fd91d7540d5bc89cb89cb4b18309054fb9d40a
        tag:         tip
        user:        kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
        date:        Wed Sep  7 05:04:54 2005
        summary:     Be more sensitive to losing sync with platform
        timer.
        
ISSUE(S): 
        
        * x86_64 - Error creating domain: (12, 'Cannot allocate memory')
        * SLES 9 SP2 boxes only--not affecting the FC4 machine
        * Bugzilla #221



-- 
Regards,

David F Barrera
Linux Technology Center
Systems and Technology Group, IBM

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