Re: 2.6.16 Guest Hangs on Boot

Alec Joseph Rivera
2010-09-16T11:51:57Z

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 13:41 +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 07:37:55PM +0800, Alec Joseph Rivera wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 13:32 +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 07:11:17PM +0800, Alec Joseph Rivera wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 13:02 +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Will wait for a 2.6.36 kernel then or compile a .36-rc myself on free
> > > > time :-)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, will update the list when either comes.
> > >
> > > Just checked, 2.6.36-rc4 contains the fix for the cmpxchg8b problem on
> > > 32 bit hosts.
> > >
> >
> > Nice :-) woot woot... Will definite compile a test kernel asap.
> >
> So your host is 32bit?
>

Yes. It's Arch-based. I initially thought of installing a 64-bit kernel
when I saw the guest host status on kvm's home, but programs are
compiled 32-bit. I was put off thinking about binary compatibility.

Haven't tested such since my Debian days...

> --
> Gleb.

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