From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Yang, Sheng" Subject: Re: FW: KVM Test result, kernel 4a7f582.., userspace bc6db37.. Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:07:32 +0800 Message-ID: <200803031607.33080.sheng.yang@intel.com> References: <10EA09EFD8728347A513008B6B0DA77A02D76E47@pdsmsx411.ccr.corp.intel.com> <200803031542.09770.sheng.yang@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200803031542.09770.sheng.yang@intel.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Monday 03 March 2008 15:42:09 Yang, Sheng wrote: > On Friday 29 February 2008 20:53:41 Zhao, Yunfeng wrote: > > Zhao, Yunfeng wrote: > > > Hi, all, > > > This is today's KVM test result against kvm.git > > > 4a7f582a07e14763ee4714b681e98b3b134d1d46 and kvm-userspace.git > > > bc6db37817ce749dcc88fbc761a36bb8df5cf60a. > > > LTP and kernel build test on pae linux guest are failed, > > > because these case boot guests with smp 2.6.9 kernel, it's > > > related with today's new issue. > > > With manual test save restore have no problem for the first time. > > > > > > Save/restore test cases passed in manually testing. Because > > > the command has been changed, it failed in auto testing. We > > > will change the test cases. > > > > > > One new issue: > > > 1. Can not boot guests with 2.6.9 smp pae kernel > > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=19037 > > > 32&group_id=180599&atid=893831 > > > > We doubt this issue is caused by this commit: > > "kvm: bios: mark extra cpus as present" > > kvm-userspace: 538c90271b9431f8c7f2ebfdffdab07749b97d86 > > It seems like a bug of rhel4 kernel (2.6.9) on supporting vcpus >= 16. I > reduced VCPU number to 15, and it's all right. I found the correlated > description on Oracle's website(...) > > http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-May/000154.html > [2.6.9-52] > -fix boot panic on >=16 cpu on Intel microcore platforms (Brian Maly) > [221479] > > (I tried Oracle's bugzilla for details, but failed...) > > I suggest reducing the VCPU number to 15, and I remember we've done similar > thing before on ACPI table, for booting Windows 2k. Seems Glauber Costa got better fix on sourceforge. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1903732&group_id=180599&atid=893831 The patch works well on my side. :) -- Thanks Yang, Sheng ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/