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

[Gerry Reno <greno@verizon.net>]

On 04/26/2010 05:52 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 05:26:54PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>    
>> On 04/26/2010 04:04 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>>      
>>> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:12:13AM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>        
>>>> On 04/25/2010 10:10 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>>          
>>>>> On 04/25/2010 06:15 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>>>            
>>>>>> Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>>>>              
>>>>>>> Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>> Per Wiki:-
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2) If your computer running Xen doesn't have a real physical
>>>>>>>> serial port you can add a PCI add-on serial card with a DB9
>>>>>>>> serial connector. This is a good option for many computers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> seems to be the cheapest solution. No matter for AMD or Intel.
>>>>>>>> Thanks Pasi once again.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Boris.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>> I'll check if there are any open slots and see if I can find an
>>>>>>> addon serial card.
>>>>>>>                
>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, I could not find even one local electronics/computer store that
>>>>>> carried a serial port card.  Had to order it online which will take
>>>>>> some time.  Maybe I can capture a video of the boot sequence.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Gerry
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              
>>>>> I tried to capture some video of the pv_ops dom0 2.6.32.10 boot
>>>>> sequence problem on Gigabyte AMD hardware and I posted it on youtube.
>>>>> Here's the link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcuwH7S-qZA
>>>>> It was a little fuzzy before the upload but got real fuzzy afterwards.
>>>>> But I think you can make out the critical parts.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Gerry
>>>>>            
>>>> I uploaded another take and it came out a little better:
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7fW7yjrIEM
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> You seem to be missing most of the dom0 linux kernel boot messages..
>>>
>>> Please paste your grub.conf.
>>>
>>> -- Pasi
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Pasi, my grub.conf is attached.
>>
>>      
> Ok, fix it to be like this:
>
> module /vmlinuz-2.6.32.10 root=/dev/mapper/vg--grp--01--23--02--2-LogVol00 dummy=dummy ro earlyprintk=xen console=hvc0 console=ttyS0 console=ttyUSB0,115200n8 text
>
> aka remove "quiet" and add "earlyprintk=xen console=hvc0"
>
> -- Pasi
>
>    

Pasi, this gave some more output.  Sorry the video is fuzzy but this 
happens by youtube postprocessing.  Here is new link:  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jePyapeHpSI

-Gerry