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 17:13:47 +0200 Message-ID: <4F71D92B.3060207@canonical.com> References: <20120326205905.GA24942@phenom.dumpdata.com> <20120327144158.GA665@phenom.dumpdata.com> <4F71D8AD.1050702@canonical.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7361985328581886749==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4F71D8AD.1050702@canonical.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) --===============7361985328581886749== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigA59568568331440BE91CC5F3" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigA59568568331440BE91CC5F3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 27.03.2012 17:11, Stefan Bader wrote: > 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 >> >> Grrrr.. Ignore this email please. I hadn't realized that 12.xx is the = new >> one - and playing with that right now. >> > Yeah, unfortunately we sorted out the "better have blkfront and netfron= t > built-in" too late. After the release went out and the cd/dvd images ar= e > not re-done for non-LTS. :( > So installation has to be done with preventing the unplugging. Also at = that > point there still was one of the irq emulation bugs in, so NIC model sh= ould be > e1000... Errm, that actually was 11.10. But the unplugging was the same in 11.04 t= oo... >=20 > -Stefan >=20 >>> 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.is= o,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= =3Dswitch' ] >>> 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 = Xen >>> 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 t= hat >>> the guest is running completly as HVM. >>> >>> But then I thought - surely the x86_64 should work. So botted it up, = saw >>> xen-platform-pci do the unplugging off the QEMU drivers, and .. then = no >>> network nor any disk - it looks like both xen-netfront and xen-blkfro= nt >>> don't get loaded? Looking in /lib/modules/*/ shows that they exist - = so 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 >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel --------------enigA59568568331440BE91CC5F3 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/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJPcdkrAAoJEOhnXe7L7s6ji4IP/10qBIe5oGGzKly6rUrI1NO5 HnJosMmjZIkP+IUBFtqssTr2biTmKPsLH1QhBdm7l7etVM9A69YJ2J0MPqrVJmAT LbyFHUdvDk1dX1UF/LF/1HlgJodT0EXDB12WbRq+vEFadNvzQtHFmouVcoccUBAF bI+77ZFv/QLwPbe5Agl9Bpc8IaCcM41f6AbzM87I8xrmj8QPzbNzS+cFdFsnrlFH /pSZTRXYr19EbEjG9/oOLkmEzbJllUnsUgOhSE/SUGVyAPlbCRw1SpLBlqcYFPIU +d9E5PfKth1fUm7qa+M85MlLblMv03Ct7567yOzbN8JWSvWPvjM3ojxFgiPz8wDd oNd7zQKQ07DrsTY5a6PXZ/1RsccxutOK8mDOsimoQEfOIEzyCfhUNN/0jXfmDC59 Upoen5o6lpUGjtJDEEELaTygwN7aKNDpyU3/ptCRUDEbN0OFqSsvqpAjTzzPoA41 9N0mRaHIsYhJR8k9MWnXpJRUHbJ6HWHM1cHnDvLBonMxEgF3c2v1FymGirD5WfrC uuWtRTpfxgvgFEoaMWhJksiaJvn6wsNH2g/VATA3cNLD2g8KkYWbMw5oj/7VME0e 86t8RfXBJkDibM5nixjpjk6YnJweA6ttx8ZOwbfULWYPz+TxEg+NRNZmAxxymRwI LcJ5+6EnqUaIE1bj8i4A =TaLR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigA59568568331440BE91CC5F3-- --===============7361985328581886749== 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 --===============7361985328581886749==--