Daily Xen Builds

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

August 19, 2005 using hg source as of:

changeset:   6315:531ad4bde8f249c318588f41bdbb72d0b0e0ea9c
tag:         tip
parent:      6314:473af43ac65b1a872b058469d01acc6cfa21505d
parent:      6313:d8fd24b4308078f6d20aa8a306e540c5833ca5a2
user:        cl349@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
date:        Mon Aug 22 05:21:18 2005
summary:     merge?

x86_32 (no PAE support)   

    * SLES 9 SP2 on IBM xSeries 235 (512M RAM)
    * Builds and boots without problems
    * Able to create domU
    * Ran LTP on both dom0 and domU
    * No problems observed

    Last good changeset for x86_32, non-PAE:

    changeset:   6315:531ad4bde8f249c318588f41bdbb72d0b0e0ea9c
    tag:         tip
    parent:      6314:473af43ac65b1a872b058469d01acc6cfa21505d
    parent:      6313:d8fd24b4308078f6d20aa8a306e540c5833ca5a2
    user:        cl349@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
    date:        Mon Aug 22 05:21:18 2005
    summary:     merge?

x86_32 (PAE)

    * SLES 9 SP2, FC3, and RHEL 4 IBM xSeries 305, and IBM ThinkCentre
    * Dom0 boots without problems; however,
    * We are able to create DomUs ONLY when using *swiotlb=force* as a
      kernel parameter for dom0
    * Ran LTP on both Dom0 and DomU


    ISSUES:

        * DomU boot crashes Dom0, Bugzilla #168
              o Workaround: use swiotlb=force as a kernel parameter when
                booting dom0
              o DomU boots up normally if using swiotlb=forceX server
                will not come up on Dom0 on a FC3 box when Xen built
                with PAE 'on', Bugzilla #137
        * Networking issue on FC3 when Xen built with PAE, Bugzilla #173
              o DomU unable to get dhcp address
              o tcpdump shows lots of networking activity being 'heard'
              o ping from external box shows corrupt packets
              o DomU has no trouble getting IP address when Xen built
                non-PAE, however


    Last good changeset for x86_32,  PAE:

    changeset:   6315:531ad4bde8f249c318588f41bdbb72d0b0e0ea9c
    tag:         tip
    parent:      6314:473af43ac65b1a872b058469d01acc6cfa21505d
    parent:      6313:d8fd24b4308078f6d20aa8a306e540c5833ca5a2
    user:        cl349@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
    date:        Mon Aug 22 05:21:18 2005
    summary:     merge?

x86_64

    SLES 9 SP2 and FC4 on IBM HS20 Blades
    ISSUES:

        * Bugzilla #169 - x86_64 - Unable to handle kernel paging
          request at ffff8000003e0000 RIP:
          <ffffffff8015d16c>{unmap_vmas+1084} 
        * Bugzilla #176  - x86_64 - *UNABLE TO BOOT DOMU*
              o VFS: Cannot open root device "sdb2" or unknown-block(0,0)
              o Please append a correct "root=" boot option
              o Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs
                on unknown-block(0,0)

    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. " Euripides