From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Bader Subject: Re: Ubuntu 11.04 (amd64 and i386) under Xen as PV on HVM guests don't load the PV drivers. Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:11:41 +0200 Message-ID: <4F71D8AD.1050702@canonical.com> References: <20120326205905.GA24942@phenom.dumpdata.com> <20120327144158.GA665@phenom.dumpdata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6069127677060477303==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20120327144158.GA665@phenom.dumpdata.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Cc: Ian Campbell , mike.mcclurg@citrix.com, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, Stefano Stabellini List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --===============6069127677060477303== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig54B3A05B0718DD704351EB27" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig54B3A05B0718DD704351EB27 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 27.03.2012 16:41, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 04:59:05PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: >> So I tried to load the Ubuntu 11.04 - both x86 and amd64 with this >=20 > Grrrr.. Ignore this email please. I hadn't realized that 12.xx is the n= ew > one - and playing with that right now. >=20 Yeah, unfortunately we sorted out the "better have blkfront and netfront built-in" too late. After the release went out and the cd/dvd images are not re-done for non-LTS. :( So installation has to be done with preventing the unplugging. Also at th= at point there still was one of the irq emulation bugs in, so NIC model shou= ld be e1000... -Stefan >> little guest config: >> >> kernel =3D "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" >> builder=3D'hvm' >> memory=3D1024 >> maxvcpus =3D 2 >> serial=3D'pty' >> vcpus =3D 2 >> disk =3D [ 'file:/home/konrad/Downloads/ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso= ,hdc:cdrom,r','phy:/dev/vg_guest/ubuntu1110,hda,w'] >> boot=3D"dn" >> vif =3D [ 'type=3Dioemu,model=3De1000,mac=3D00:0f:4b:00:00:66, bridge=3D= switch' ] >> vnc=3D1 >> vnclisten=3D"0.0.0.0" >> usb=3D1 >> xen_platform_pci=3D1 >> usbdevice=3D'tablet' >> >> And found out that the i386 does not have PAE built in, so the whole X= en >> subsystem is turned off (oops) - that actually looks like a bug b/c I = think >> the PV drivers in HVM mode ought to work in non-PAE mode.. It means th= at >> the guest is running completly as HVM. >> >> But then I thought - surely the x86_64 should work. So botted it up, s= aw >> xen-platform-pci do the unplugging off the QEMU drivers, and .. then n= o >> network nor any disk - it looks like both xen-netfront and xen-blkfron= t >> don't get loaded? Looking in /lib/modules/*/ shows that they exist - s= o they >> are compiled in. >> >> Is that a known bug or should I open a BZ for that? Thanks. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-devel mailing list >> Xen-devel@lists.xen.org >> http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel --------------enig54B3A05B0718DD704351EB27 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJPcditAAoJEOhnXe7L7s6j3i8P/3kJAmzrz2QkC+nsH07/EBDZ pOiB4FUFFWRZAb7oQQ6EGPkaewhR6NIr119+W8SMTsBfqx4zFq1G1r8RpNMDeOc2 jSwjpa266uFj9q3Inl5aQy28o7DJ1Sk6LxLonadj7wP/piLhNw9/AFam1XwcmyZ8 3vOmBqtD9+NpHZMHA6+EkBRYxVaWIDoMiE0WxeRwlZHSXn1MfdK97b+5+SwmFZnF utckS6aZw9BweJXgtvZeYSLCweyrSLzZeAjT2okjRztPP5Xmy9jfTJ5kZ51gHahS RXOHZ0ntUxfe0JiGPaXwgESuNgHAQWVAZmycTr2Krf/5Cyo4ePYlI8cDvo/2BOKv MKoiv/zLhkEZIEpjHaioXR7kMZn5/Hmp7XNVehe08xm5EIDyVj/TtosAf6pYeTh+ wow3f8WU/6jP8BS6UQSi85EuARKyk7wCb3IMWsplNsldTN1xcbl6SMP4Odn469eG gUoMDkfcfarRmA8+Mf2FwrAOH+yp2ZF0lGQaWjH768XV18Tn8fEdRjr3pvk4N8CO nibNmvfd/036lv+KKUcyjfI/FwMBwNR69dTUKwKpD5tVt8mqQ2ujV5uDSEesEuO6 R7zwPKnXmJftSKcgngdM7nvRVRZdXKdOs4UlQDlSaeDkYnazlcRvC9OJ9czSWJSV mTZWAgD6dBhL1SkS5KD7 =z6vo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig54B3A05B0718DD704351EB27-- --===============6069127677060477303== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel --===============6069127677060477303==--