Re: can't boot 2.6.26-rcX

Avi Kivity
2008-05-15T07:36:41Z

Bernd Schubert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> there is a problem booting 2.6.26-rcX (X=1,2). It stops booting at
>
> Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4016.92 BogoMIPS
> (lpj=8033846)
>
> The kvm process then takes 100% of my host CPU.
>
> This is with kvm-67 on an AM64-X2-
>
> I'm not yet familiar with kvm and debugging. Will a sysrq+t trace of the
> host show something useful? Or will only full git-bisect help?
>

Do you have CONFIG_KVM_GUEST or CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK in your config? If so,
this may be a paravirt problem. Try turning them off and let us know.

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