Daily Xen Builds

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

August 18, 2005 using hg source as of:
changeset:   6228:1a94949348ff52863b9fbef4eaf102c7e46a345d
tag:         tip
user:        kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
date:        Thu Aug 18 05:41:55 2005
summary:     Fix range_straddles_boundary() check to exclude regions that

x86_32 (no PAE support) 
     1. SLES 9 SP2 on IBM xSeries 305 (512M RAM)and FC3 on IBM ThinkCentre
     2. Builds and boots without problems
     3. Able to create domU
     4. Ran LTP on both dom0 and domU
     5. No problems observed


    Last good changeset for x86_32, non-PAE:

    changeset: 6228:1a94949348ff52863b9fbef4eaf102c7e46a345d
    tag: tip
    user: kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
    date: Thu Aug 18 05:41:55 2005
    summary: Fix range_straddles_boundary() check to exclude regions that


x86_32 (PAE)
     1. SLES 9 SP2, FC3, and RHEL 4 IBM xSeries 305, 235, and
        ThinkCentre
     2. Boots on RHEL 4 and FC3 boxes only.
	* Booted DomU using swiotlb=force
	* Ran LTP on both Dom0 and DomU
     3. ISSUES:
             1. Does NOT boot on SLES 9 SP2 boxes, Bugzilla #122
             2. DomU boot crashes Dom0, Bugzilla #168
                     1. Workaround: use swiotlb=force as a kernel
                        parameter when booting Dom0
                     2. DomU boots up normally if using swiotlb=force
             3. X server will not come up on Dom0 on a FC3 box when Xen
                built with PAE 'on', Bugzilla #137
	     4. Possible networking issue on FC3 when Xen built with PAE
		* DomU unable to get dhcp address
		* tcpdump shows lots of networking activity being 'heard'
		* DomU has no trouble getting IP address when Xen built non-PAE, however
		* **Further investigating at the moment

    Last good changeset for x86_32, PAE: Unknown

x86_64
     1. SLES 9 SP2 and FC4 on IBM HS20 Blades
     2. Xen builds and boots without problems
     3. Able to create domUs, with network connectivity
     4. Ran LTP on Dom0s and DomUs
     5. ISSUES:
             1. Bugzilla #169 - x86_64 - Unable to handle kernel paging
                request at ffff8000003e0000 RIP:
                <ffffffff8015d16c>{unmap_vmas+1084} 
	     2. Seeing this Oops on a SLES 9 SP2 box
	     3. Machine seems unaffected, however

    Last good changeset for x86_64:

    changeset: 6228:1a94949348ff52863b9fbef4eaf102c7e46a345d
    tag: tip
    user: kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
    date: Thu Aug 18 05:41:55 2005
    summary: Fix range_straddles_boundary() check to exclude regions that

-- Regards, David F Barrera Linux Technology Center Systems and 
Technology Group, IBM "The wisest men follow their own direction. " 
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