From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Zachary Amsden Subject: Re: 2.6.22 x86_64 : kernel initial decompression hangs on vmware Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:28:16 -0700 Message-ID: <46BBA310.6060706@vmware.com> References: <46A7E606.4030001@oxeva.fr> <46B4A7E4.4030907@vmware.com> <46BB7FCC.4040509@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46BB7FCC.4040509-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Avi Kivity Cc: kvm-devel , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Andi Kleen , Virtualization Mailing List , Jim Mattson , Gabriel Barazer List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org Avi Kivity wrote: > > We haven't seen any issue with the 2.6.22 boot decompressor. Which of > the four (fs, gs, ldt, or tr) were proving problematic and why? It was tr that was affecting Workstation, since we boot through normal BIOS path, and only a 16-bit task was loaded at this point. Just to make the state comprehensive, I opted to reload everything. Zach ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764973AbXHIXoU (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2007 19:44:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755826AbXHIXoN (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2007 19:44:13 -0400 Received: from smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com ([65.113.40.141]:53706 "EHLO smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755595AbXHIXoM (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2007 19:44:12 -0400 Message-ID: <46BBA310.6060706@vmware.com> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:28:16 -0700 From: Zachary Amsden User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Avi Kivity CC: Gabriel Barazer , Andi Kleen , Jim Mattson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Virtualization Mailing List , kvm-devel Subject: Re: 2.6.22 x86_64 : kernel initial decompression hangs on vmware References: <46A7E606.4030001@oxeva.fr> <46B4A7E4.4030907@vmware.com> <46BB7FCC.4040509@qumranet.com> In-Reply-To: <46BB7FCC.4040509@qumranet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Avi Kivity wrote: > > We haven't seen any issue with the 2.6.22 boot decompressor. Which of > the four (fs, gs, ldt, or tr) were proving problematic and why? It was tr that was affecting Workstation, since we boot through normal BIOS path, and only a 16-bit task was loaded at this point. Just to make the state comprehensive, I opted to reload everything. Zach