From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: Re: xen 4.1.1 with current linus tree as dom0 [ 0.000000] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) [ 0.000000] IP: [] xen_set_pte+0x24/0xe0 Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:53:58 -0400 Message-ID: <20110803155358.GA21704@dumpdata.com> References: <1006432958.20110803131824@eikelenboom.it> <20110803134129.GF26828@dumpdata.com> <20110803135151.GB29501@dumpdata.com> <306513218.20110803170524@eikelenboom.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <306513218.20110803170524@eikelenboom.it> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Sander Eikelenboom Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge , xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 05:05:24PM +0200, Sander Eikelenboom wrote: > Hi Konrad, > > Thx, after applying those patches it boots as dom0 and xen-pciback seems to work as well from my first tests. Could you reply to that email thread with 'Tested-by: ' if it is not too much trouble? > The compile problems reported in my earlier mail are still present (related to tracing and i think jeremy's patches). > > Something that catched my eye when doing a make menuconfig: > <*> Xen virtual block device support > <*> Block-device backend driver > > I think the backend description should also start with "Xen" as all xen specific drivers do ? I've gotten this patch queued up (if you think of a better name or if you think the description could use some re-wording - please do provide some ideas): commit 4beb84ffeacbf8df21b41ca8c05d099e19c579a3 Author: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Date: Wed Aug 3 11:12:17 2011 -0400 xen/blkback: Make description more obvious. With the frontend having Xen but the backend not, it just looks odd: <*> Xen virtual block device support <*> Block-device backend driver Fix it to have the 'Xen' in front of it. Reported-by: Sander Eikelenboom Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig index 717d6e4..a89ebf1 100644 --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ config XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND in another domain which drives the actual block device. config XEN_BLKDEV_BACKEND - tristate "Block-device backend driver" + tristate "Xen block-device backend driver" depends on XEN_BACKEND help The block-device backend driver allows the kernel to export its