Re: Cannot load latest 2.6.32.10 kernel on AMD quad-core

[Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>]

Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> I skipped first instruction ( before kernel build ):
>
> # aptitude install build-essential libncurses5-dev dpkg-dev debhelper 
> fakeroot
>
> Boris.
>
> --- On *Fri, 4/23/10, Boris Derzhavets /<bderzhavets@yahoo.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
>     Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Cannot load latest 2.6.32.10 kernel on
>     AMD quad-core
>     To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, "Gerry Reno" <greno@verizon.net>
>     Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 2:27 PM
>
>     I've just was able to reproduce  Thiago's  instruction on Lucid RC
>     for Xen 4.0 & 2.6.32.10 pvops kernel ( C2D E8400 , ASUS P5Q-E, 8
>     GB RAM) . ACPI Processor
>     has been disabled, what is particular MB issue
>
>     Quote :-
>
>     1.Clone JF's Git Repo:
>
>      cd /usr/src
>      git clone
>     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen.git
>     linux-2.6-xen
>      cd linux-2.6-xen
>      git checkout -b xen/stable origin/xen/stable
>
>
>     2. Configure, compile and install:
>      
>      make menuconfig # Enabled the dom0 support and the Xen backend as
>     usual on U   9.10, F12
>
>      make -j2
>      chmod g-s /usr/src -R    
>      make deb-pkg
>      dpkg -i ../linux-image*2.6.32.10*.deb
>      depmod 2.6.32.10
>      update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.32.10
>      update-grub
>      echo "xen-evtchn" >> /etc/modules
>
>     3- Download and install the latest Xen:
>
>      Preparing your environment:
>
>      apt-get build-dep xen-3.3
>      aptitude install uuid-dev iasl texinfo
>
>      Download and compile:
>
>      cd /usr/src
>      Uncompress xen-4.0.0.tar.gz
>      cd xen-4.0.0
>      make xen
>      make tools
>      make install-xen
>      make install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG=
>
>      update-rc.d xend defaults 20 21
>      update-rc.d xendomains defaults 21 20
>
>
>     4. Add to /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
>     # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. 
>     Simply type the
>     # menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not
>     to change
>     # the 'exec tail' line above.
>     menuentry "Xen 4.0 / Ubuntu 10.4 RC kernel 2.6.32.10 pvops" {
>     insmod ext2
>     set root=(hd1,4)
>     multiboot (hd1,4)/xen.gz dummy=dummy
>     module (hd1,4)/vmlinuz-2.6.32.10 dummy=dummy root=/dev/sdb5 ro
>     console=tty0
>     module (hd1,4)/initrd.img-2.6.32.10
>
>     Quote ends.
>
>
>     --- On *Fri, 4/23/10, Gerry Reno /<greno@verizon.net>/* wrote:
>
>
>         From: Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>
>         Subject: [Xen-devel] Cannot load latest 2.6.32.10 kernel on
>         AMD quad-core
>         To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
>         Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 1:50 PM
>
>         I previously had the pv_ops dom0 2.6.31.6 kernel built and
>         running on my hardware (amd phenom ii x4 quad-core) just fine
>         under karmic.  But that kernel had issues with
>         rxchecksumming.  So I upgraded the server to lucid and am now
>         trying to compile a new pv_ops dom0 kernel for it.
>
>         Now, yesterday I carefully built the latest
>         2.6.32.10(xen/stable) pv_ops dom0 kernel twice.  Once from the
>         config in the email Lucid pv_ops dom0 howto and once from the
>         lucid server config modified by adding all the XEN
>         configurations.  I get the same result both ways.  After
>         building the kernel, I try to start the pv_ops dom0 kernel as
>         domU just to make sure it runs and it crashes right at the
>         start of boot complaining like this:
>
>         __vmallic_node+0xa2/0xb0
>         ? alloc_large_system_hash+0x15/0x21
>         ? inet_init+0x0/0x209
>         __vmalloc+0x22/0x30
>         alloc_large_system_hash+0x15/0x21a
>         ? inet_init+0x0/0x209
>         ? inet_init+0x0/0x209
>         tcp_init+0xa3//0x37e
>         inet_init+0x14b/0x209
>         do_one_initcall+0x3c/0x10a
>         kernel_init+0x159/0x1af
>         child_rip+0xa/0x20
>         Code: d0 49 8b 04 24 48 85 c0 75 ec eb c5 55 48 89 e5 48 8....
>         9 5d e8 4c 89 65 f0 4c 89 6d f8 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 e5 48 8....
>         RIP [<ffffffff810f4f5f>] __free_pages+0x1f/0x90
>         ---[ end trace e93713a9d40cd06d ]---
>         Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>         Pid: 1, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D  W    2.6.32.10 #4
>         panic+0x78/0x136
>         ? mm_release+0x60/0x130
>         do_exit+0x6ca/0x7f0
>         oops_end+0xaf/0xf0
>         die+0x5b/0x90
>         do_general_protection+0x152/0x160
>         general_protection+0x25/0x30
>         ? __free_pages+0x1f/0x90
>         __vunmap+0x7a/0x110
>         vfree+0x2a/0x30
>         __vmalloc_area_node+0x15c/0x190
>         ? alloc_large_system_hash+0x15a/0x21a
>         __vmalloc_node+0xa2/0xb0
>         ? alloc_large_system_hash+0x15a/0x21a
>         ? inet_init+0x0/0x209
>         ? inet_init+0x0/0x209
>         tcp_init+0xa3//0x37e
>         inet_init+0x14b/0x209
>         do_one_initcall+0x3c/0x10a
>         kernel_init+0x159/0x1af
>         child_rip+0xa/0x20
>         ? kernel_init+0x10/0x1af
>         ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
>
>         I fired up the old 2.6.31.6 kernel with lucid and it boots
>         just fine as domU.
>
>         Can anyone shed some light on what may be the problem here and
>         how I can build a working 2.6.32.10 pv_ops dom0 kernel for
>         this hardware? 
>
>         -Gerry
>
>
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Boris,
  Those are the exact steps that I used to build the kernel.  At the end 
of step 2, I try to boot the new kernel as domU just to make sure it 
works and this is where I get the stacktrace.  I did not have this 
problem building and running 2.6.31.6 as either domU or dom0.  And I 
think this may be related to this MB using AMD Phenom II Quad-Core.

-Gerry