From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (amd64 and i386) under Xen as PV on HVM guests don't load the PV drivers. Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:41:58 -0400 Message-ID: <20120327144158.GA665@phenom.dumpdata.com> References: <20120326205905.GA24942@phenom.dumpdata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120326205905.GA24942@phenom.dumpdata.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: stefan.bader@canonical.com, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Cc: Ian Campbell , mike.mcclurg@citrix.com, Stefano Stabellini List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 04:59:05PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > So I tried to load the Ubuntu 11.04 - both x86 and amd64 with this Grrrr.. Ignore this email please. I hadn't realized that 12.xx is the new one - and playing with that right now. > little guest config: > > kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" > builder='hvm' > memory=1024 > maxvcpus = 2 > serial='pty' > vcpus = 2 > disk = [ 'file:/home/konrad/Downloads/ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso,hdc:cdrom,r','phy:/dev/vg_guest/ubuntu1110,hda,w'] > boot="dn" > vif = [ 'type=ioemu,model=e1000,mac=00:0f:4b:00:00:66, bridge=switch' ] > vnc=1 > vnclisten="0.0.0.0" > usb=1 > xen_platform_pci=1 > usbdevice='tablet' > > And found out that the i386 does not have PAE built in, so the whole Xen > subsystem is turned off (oops) - that actually looks like a bug b/c I think > the PV drivers in HVM mode ought to work in non-PAE mode.. It means that > the guest is running completly as HVM. > > But then I thought - surely the x86_64 should work. So botted it up, saw > xen-platform-pci do the unplugging off the QEMU drivers, and .. then no > network nor any disk - it looks like both xen-netfront and xen-blkfront > don't get loaded? Looking in /lib/modules/*/ shows that they exist - so they > are compiled in. > > Is that a known bug or should I open a BZ for that? Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel