From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Tokarev Subject: Re: KVM-enabled Linux 3.2 won't boot in kvm Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:44:39 +0400 Message-ID: <50324D57.6040606@msgid.tls.msk.ru> References: <201208182204.20508.neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu Return-path: Received: from isrv.corpit.ru ([86.62.121.231]:38287 "EHLO isrv.corpit.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754308Ab2HTOol (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:44:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <201208182204.20508.neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 19.08.2012 06:04, Neal Murphy =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > I've been using KVM for a few years now. I've had little trouble with= it. But=20 > now it's got me treed. I cannot get a KVM-enabled Linux 3.2.27 kernel= to boot=20 > in qemu-kvm unless I specify '-no-kvm'. I've used a similarly-built a= nd - > configured 2.6.35 kernel without trouble. >=20 > The console shows > Probing EDD (edd=3Doff to disable)... ok >=20 > Decompressing Linux... Parsing ELF... done. > Booting the kernel. >=20 > And there it hangs, the kvm program at 100% CPU usage. >=20 > This is on Debian Squeeze, either using Debian's kvm package or using= a=20 > freshly built kvm 1.1.1. The kernel does boot using qemu or booting o= n real=20 > hardware. And I've no trouble booting Linux 2.6.35. >=20 > Clearly I've missed something, but I've no idea what that might be. A= ny ideas? You missed to provide the qemu/kvm command line you're using. As for the sympthoms, you may be hitting http://bugs.debian.org/680719 but it is difficult to say without much more details. /mjt