Timeout of network interface with OpenBSD 4.5 VM

[Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net>]

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Hi all!

Until today I was using OpenBSD 4.5 like KVM virtual machine on Ubuntu
Hardy Heron server amd64 with KVM-62. But due to a bug that could affect
to hosts with a high rate of I/O [1], I decided to update to KVM-88
compiled from sources from KVM site.

Although with the other virtual machines that it had in the host I did
not have problems, I have now some problems with the installation of
OpenBSD on KVM-88

Next I paste the output when connecting to the VM by means of serial
console from the host machine. After 'mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support', I
see an 'u' followed sometimes by an 'k', and the operating system is
rebooted repetitively when arriving at this instance.

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root@ubuntu:/etc/modprobe.d# telnet localhost 4001
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
>> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.02
boot>
booting hd0a:/bsd: 6039964+1059784 [52+336688+318896]=0x7657ec
entry point at 0x200120

[ using 656008 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ]
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
   The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1995-2009 OpenBSD. All rights reserved.  http://www.OpenBSD.org

OpenBSD 4.5 (GENERIC) #1749: Sat Feb 28 14:51:18 MST 2009
    deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.9.1 ("AuthenticAMD" 686-class, 512KB L2 cache) 1.71 GHz
cpu0: FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3
real mem  = 536375296 (511MB)
avail mem = 510361600 (486MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 07/08/09, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfb4d0, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xfbd3f (10 entries)
bios0: vendor QEMU version "QEMU" date 01/01/2007
acpi0 at bios0: rev 0
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC
acpi0: wakeup devices
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpicpu0 at acpi0
mpbios0 at bios0: Intel MP Specification 1.4
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: apic clock running at 1000MHz
mpbios0: bus 0 is type ISA
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins
ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 1
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8c00
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82441FX" rev 0x02
pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82371SB ISA" rev 0x00
pciide0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "Intel 82371SB IDE" rev 0x00: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to comp
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <QEMU HARDDISK>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 38912MB, 79691776 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 0, DMA mode 2
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <QEMU, QEMU DVD-ROM, 0.9.> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 0
piixpm0 at pci0 dev 1 function 3 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 4 (irq 10)
iic0 at piixpm0
iic0: addr 0x18 00=d0 01=d0 02=d0 03=d0 04=d0 05=d0 06=d0 07=d0 08=d0 words 00=0000 01=0000 02=0000 03=0000 04=0000 05=0000 0
iic0: addr 0x1a 00=d0 01=d0 02=d0 03=d0 04=d0 05=d0 06=d0 07=d0 08=d0 words 00=0000 01=0000 02=0000 03=0000 04=0000 05=0000 0
iic0: addr 0x4c 00=d0 01=d0 02=d0 03=d0 04=d0 05=d0 06=d0 07=d0 08=d0 words 00=0000 01=0000 02=0000 03=0000 04=0000 05=0000 0
iic0: addr 0x4e 00=d0 01=d0 02=d0 03=d0 04=d0 05=d0 06=d0 07=d0 08=d0 words 00=0000 01=0000 02=0000 03=0000 04=0000 05=0000 0
vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Cirrus Logic CL-GD5446" rev 0x00
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
ne3 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Realtek 8029" rev 0x00: apic 1 int 12 (irq 11), address 00:16:3e:00:00:35
unknown vendor 0x1af4 product 0x1002 (class memory subclass RAM, rev 0x00) at pci0 dev 4 function 0 not configured
unknown vendor 0x1af4 product 0x1003 (class prehistoric unknown subclass 0xff, rev 0x00) at pci0 dev 5 function 0 not configu
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com0: console
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: unable to establish interrupt for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: density unknown
fd1 at fdc0 drive 1: density unknown
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
u>> OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 3.02
boot>
booting hd0a:/bsd: 6039964+1059784 [52+336688+318896]=0x7657ec
entry point at 0x200120
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If I start the VM with the --no-acpi option, OpenBSD boots without
problems, but I obtain timeouts of the network interface and this host
loses the connectivity with the rest of the network maintaining the
option model=ne2k_pci (same configuration used for KVM-62) when start
the VM. Some idea of which can be the problem?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Daniel

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kvm/+bug/359447
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