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From: Dor Laor <dor.laor-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Soren Hansen <soren-GeWIH/nMZzLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: GFXboot, Ubuntu and kvm git
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:43:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1200609831.26281.162.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080117172032.GP1707-BTvIM0DlbdSSwEwcaNC2fFpr/1R2p/CL@public.gmane.org>


On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 18:20 +0100, Soren Hansen wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm having an issue with GFXboot in Ubuntu. If I try to boot one of our
> recent iso images, e.g.
> 
>   http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/current/hardy-server-amd64.iso
> 
> with a simple "kvm -cdrom hardy-server-amd64" using the kernel modules
> from 2.6.24-rc6, and kvm-userspace from git, I just get a black screen.
> If I add -std-vga to the command line, it works just fine. If I load the
> kernel modules from git, it also works just fine.
> 
> I was under the impression that the kernel API should be backwards
> compatible, so I consider this a bug. Is there anything I can do to help
> debug this issue?
> 

Indeed it's a bug and not different api.
It might be SVM fpu state leak. Bisecting the kernel can help.
Does it runs on Intel?
Dor


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-01-17 22:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-17 17:20 GFXboot, Ubuntu and kvm git Soren Hansen
     [not found] ` <20080117172032.GP1707-BTvIM0DlbdSSwEwcaNC2fFpr/1R2p/CL@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-17 22:43   ` Dor Laor [this message]
     [not found]     ` <1200609831.26281.162.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-17 22:56       ` Soren Hansen
2008-01-18  5:55       ` Amit Shah
2008-01-18  8:04       ` Soren Hansen
     [not found]         ` <20080118080420.GS1707-BTvIM0DlbdSSwEwcaNC2fFpr/1R2p/CL@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-18  9:08           ` Amit Shah
     [not found]             ` <200801181438.03868.amit.shah-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-18  9:14               ` Soren Hansen
     [not found]                 ` <20080118091442.GT1707-BTvIM0DlbdSSwEwcaNC2fFpr/1R2p/CL@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-18 10:27                   ` Amit Shah

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