Daily Xen Builds

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

August 26, 2005 using hg source as of:

changeset: 6451:2b95125015a59eeb086b3748f9415ac440133b4d
tag: tip
user: kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
date: Fri Aug 26 08:06:49 2005
summary: Remove the unused ia64 patch directory.


x86_32 (no PAE support)

    * SLES 9 SP2 on IBM xSeries 235 (512 RAM)
    * Builds and boots without problems
    * Able to create domU
    * Unable to complete LTP run on DomU


ISSUES:

    * DomU crashes when running LTP
    * Observed on SLES 9 SP2 and FC3 machine
    * Able to reliably recreate the crash
    * Bugzilla #190 - Kernel BUG at "drivers/xen/blkfront/blkfront.c":95
          o Seeing this bug on x86_64, too
    * Bugzilla #192 – Networking broken on guest domain in SLES 9 SP2 boxes
          o Not happening on FC4 box

Last good changeset for x86_32, non-PAE:

    changeset: 6329:3889ca17ff5867d5efa19eaf25463d59dd6c8c7d
    tag: tip
    user: kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk <mailto:kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk>
    date: Tue Aug 23 07:30:35 2005
    summary: phys_to_machine_mapping array is not an array of longs.


x86_32 (PAE)

    * SLES 9 SP2, FC4, and RHEL 4 IBM xSeries 305, 335 and IBM ThinkCentre
    * Builds and boots without problems
    * Able to create domUs
    * Ran LTP on both dom0 and domU successfully on xSeries 335 RHEL 4 box


ISSUES:

    * Same issues described on the x86_32 (no PAE support) section
          o Bugzilla #190 - Kernel BUG at
            "drivers/xen/blkfront/blkfront.c":95
          o Bugzilla #192 – Networking broken on guest domain in SLES 9
            SP2 boxes


    Last good changeset for x86_32 (PAE):

    changeset: 6395:8d31f9a9c4232b8f9d0200d0a3d312170c197f63
    tag: tip
    user: kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
    date: Thu Aug 25 08:27:10 2005
    summary: Fix SMP booting: x86/64 startup initialisation fixes and so
    on.



x86_64 (SLES 9 SP2 and FC4 on IBM HS20 Blades)

    * Built and booted properly
    * Guests OSs can be created, but I am seeing them crash (below)
    * Networking on DomU on SLES 9 SP2 boxes is broken


ISSUES:

    * Bugzilla #190 - Kernel BUG at "drivers/xen/blkfront/blkfront.c":95
          o DomU will crash after some activity
          o I can recreate reliably the crash on the FC4 box
    * Bugzilla #192 – Networking broken on guest domain in SLES 9 SP2 boxes
          o Not happening on FC4 box
          o 2 SLES 9 SP2 boxes affected
          o Kernels built with and without NETGRANT TX/RX option, same
            results

Last good changeset for x86_64:

    changeset: 6401:98a6eb458c783cbbb8f19e5713a4ad8a1ea830c6
    tag: tip
    user: kaf24@firebug.cl.cam.ac.uk
    date: Thu Aug 25 11:25:26 2005
    summary: Memory management fixes. Page tables are created, buddy
    allocator now



-- Regards,

David F Barrera
Linux Technology Center
Systems and Technology Group, IBM

"The wisest men follow their own direction. " Euripides