From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: stevegt@TerraLuna.Org Subject: Re: 09 Feb 1.2 hangs on partition check Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:29:06 -0800 Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040211202906.GF3272@pathfinder> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Keir Fraser Cc: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 11:03:26AM +0000, Keir Fraser wrote: > > > I built xen and xenolinux from this morning's 1.2 pull and attempted to > > > boot it on the same hardware where I've been running the 02 Feb 1.2 > > > build. It hangs in partition check. Compiler for both builds is gcc > > > 3.0.4. BIOS settings etc. are the same -- this node reboots back into > > > the 02 Feb build just fine. > > > > Any chance you could try with a different version of GCC? This sounds > > possibly like an unexpected optimisation by the compiler (I saw a > > problem with very similar symptoms a coupel of weeks ago that affected > > mainly early GCC 3.x compilers). > > > > Perhaps I should keep a suite of GCC installations lying around for > > local testing of this kind of bug. :-) Has anyone started work on a regression test infrastructure? I'm thinking either something local, or something distributed similar to the cpan-testers pool... > Okay, I've tried building Xen/Xenolinux with GCC 3.0.4. Although I > didn't see your bug, I saw enough other weirdness (e.g., the > start-of-day TSC skew calculations are broken) that I am convinced GCC > 3.0.x is a bad choice! > > Please move to a more recent GCC (e.g. GCC 3.2.2 seems to work, and > I've seen 3.3.x working in the past). Will do. Steve -- Stephen G. Traugott (KG6HDQ) UNIX/Linux Infrastructure Architect, TerraLuna LLC stevegt@TerraLuna.Org http://www.stevegt.com -- http://Infrastructures.Org ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click