Re: [Qemu-devel] Suggested Parameters for SLES 10 64-bit

[Peter Lieven <pl@dlh.net>]

Alexander Graf wrote:
> Peter,
>
> Peter Lieven wrote:
>   
>> hi alex,
>>
>> here is a backtrace of the sles 10 sp1 vm running on qemu-kvm 0.12.4.
>> hanging at boot.
>>     
>
> Please do not top post! Seriously. One more time and I'll stop responding.
>
> I tried to reproduce this locally on an openSUSE 11.1 system using
> latest qemu-kvm.git/stable-0.12 which should basically be 0.12.4:
>
> $ /sbin/modinfo kvm-intel
> ...
> version:        kvm-kmod-78.2.6.30.1-20.4
> ...
>
> agraf@busu:~/git/qemu-kvm> cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor    : 0
> vendor_id    : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family    : 16
> model        : 2
> model name    : AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor
> stepping    : 3
> cpu MHz        : 1100.000
> cache size    : 512 KB
> physical id    : 0
> siblings    : 4
> core id        : 0
> cpu cores    : 4
> apicid        : 0
> initial apicid    : 0
> fpu        : yes
> fpu_exception    : yes
> cpuid level    : 5
> wp        : yes
> flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt
> pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl pni monitor
> cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a
> misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs
> bogomips    : 4409.11
> TLB size    : 1024 4K pages
> clflush size    : 64
> cache_alignment    : 64
> address sizes    : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate
>
>
> The freshly installed sles10 sp1 image works just fine.
>
>
>   
we are running on intel xeons here:

processor    : 0
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family    : 6
model        : 26
model name    : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           L5530  @ 2.40GHz
stepping    : 5
cpu MHz        : 2394.403
cache size    : 8192 KB
physical id    : 1
siblings    : 4
core id        : 0
cpu cores    : 4
apicid        : 16
initial apicid    : 16
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 11
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca 
cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall 
rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology 
tsc_reliable nonstop_tsc pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 
cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi 
flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips    : 4788.80
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment    : 64
address sizes    : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

kvm-kmod is 2.6.32.7
...

which commandline parameters do you supply to qemu-kvm?

which kernel parameters do you use for the sles 10 guest?