Re: 2.6.16 Guest Hangs on Boot

Dave Young
2010-09-16T08:32:41Z

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Alec Joseph Rivera <eijhei@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 22:37 +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>> Alec Joseph Rivera wrote:
>> []
>> >> Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
>> >> Memory: 1022272k/1048564k available (1671k kernel code, 25488k reserved, 890k data, 200k init, 131064k highmem)
>> >> Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
>> > -- end
>>
>> Hm.  There was some error with earlier kernels and
>> kvm that resulted in exactly this behavour.  Maybe
>> even a (guest) kernel bug.. no?  My memory is vague
>> in this area, but it tells there was something...
>>
>
> Hi Michael:
>
> I suspect has something to do with loops (re: bogomips calibration) or
> timers (re: calibration + pci probing). Will verify this when I get the
> time to read the source.
>
> Maybe someone more familiar with this kernel area can shed some light on
> the topic too...? :-) only if I'm not stretching too much..

boot with param lpj=xxx to avoid calibration

copy xxx value from your normal boot kernel messages
>
>> /mjt
>
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dave