From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: Another "unhandled vm exit: 0x9" Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:18:54 +0300 Message-ID: <46CDB36E.8010801@qumranet.com> References: <46C803A8.2020102@qumranet.com> <46CB57D8.5070500@cs.ualberta.ca> <46CBF9E4.1020505@qumranet.com> <46CDAC2C.6020709@cs.ualberta.ca> <46CDB143.1090602@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Cam Macdonell Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46CDB143.1090602-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> 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 Avi Kivity wrote: > Cam Macdonell wrote: >> Avi Kivity wrote: >>> Cam Macdonell wrote: >>>> Avi Kivity wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I had this same problem. I have an old XP image that would not run >>>> under kvm-35. It was installed with the kvm that is packaged with >>>> Ubuntu Feisty (kvm-27, I believe). After I upgraded, it crashes >>>> during boot. >>>> >>>> How can I check the HAL it uses? >>>> >>> Windows device manager, under 'Computer'. >> >> I see MPS Uniprocessor PC. This image was installed with kvm. >> >>>> I still have it around if you would like me to do some debugging >>>> with it. >>> >>> Can you check which kvm version caused the regression? >> >> It works under KVM-16 (which is the version that ships with Feisty) >> and up to kvm-24 (I did a manual binary search so a few versions were >> skipped). versions 25, 26, 27 stall at boot (I wait several minutes >> but Windows never starts) and crashing with "unhandled vm exit: 0x9" >> happens with KVM-33. I'm not on which precise version where the >> crashing begins (let me know if that would be useful). > > That should be enough to start debugging. However, with the kvm forum > next week, I doubt it will happen soon. BTW, you can use -no-kvm (or an older kvm) to switch to the Standard PC HAL. But please keep a copy of the failing image for future testing. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/