From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brian Almeida Subject: kvm errors when using greater than 3572m of memory Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:07:04 -0500 Message-ID: <20071207190704.GG6205@thunderkeys.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Hi, I get the following error when I give -m 3752 or higher: stormcrow:/data/kvm# kvm -no-acpi -m 3572 -cdrom /data/iso/w2k3_server_ent_r2_disc1.iso -boot d -usbdevice tablet tharkun.img create_kernel_phys_mem: Invalid argumentset_vram_mapping: cannot allocate memory: Invalid argument NULL vram_pointer If I do -m 3751 I get no error and it works: stormcrow:/data/kvm# kvm -no-acpi -m 3571 -cdrom /data/iso/w2k3_server_ent_r2_disc1.iso -boot d -usbdevice tablet tharkun.img If I go up a little bit higher, the message changes: stormcrow:/data/kvm# kvm -no-acpi -m 3600 -cdrom /data/iso/w2k3_server_ent_r2_disc1.iso -boot d -usbdevice tablet tharkun.img qemu: could not load PC BIOS '/usr/share/kvm/bios.bin' shmmax is set to 4g: stormcrow:/data/kvm# cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax 4294967296 I'm using kvm 54 from Debian unstable on 2.6.22-3-amd64. Any other debugging info can be provided upon request. Thanks, Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php