From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: KVM behaves weird on AMD64 Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:14:41 +0300 Message-ID: <46E7CA21.9000201@qumranet.com> References: <46E7BEE3.8090203@Nosys.net> <46E7C3DD.8020003@qumranet.com> <46E7C79E.9070409@Nosys.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: lista kvm-devel To: Miguel Araujo Return-path: In-Reply-To: <46E7C79E.9070409-l9cVusCFpiBeoWH0uzbU5w@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 Miguel Araujo wrote: > Avi Kivity escribi=F3: >> Miguel Araujo wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I have recently compiled kvm-36 in my Ubuntu Desktop 7.04 64 bits = >>> running 2.6.22. I can load the AMD module without problems. The = >>> issue started when I tried to install OpenBSD 4.1 on a Virtual = >>> Machine and It could not manage to write the MBR on disk. That = >>> should not happen. I also tried to install an Ubuntu desktop and = >>> server machines 32 bits and both of them got stuck on installation = >>> when configuring fdutils, I have no idea why this happens. >>> >>> Eventually I get to install a Debian netinstall with the most basic = >>> configuration and it worked. These are the tests I have made. By the = >>> way I checked that the Ubuntu machines did write in my 4G feisty.img = >>> file. >>> >>> Is anyone having problems with AMD64 and 2.6.22 kernels? Has anyone = >>> a hint about what could I do to get these machines running? >>> >>> = >> >> What was the last kvm version where this worked correctly? >> > > I'm using two machines for testing KVM. In machine "A" KVM worked = > good. This is a Feisty 7.04 32 bits with 2.6.20-16 Ubuntu standard = > kernel with kvm installed apt way. Is this an Intel or an AMD machine? > The machine "B" is the one I have mentioned before and It's using a = > 2.6.22 manually compiled kernel. It has been able to install only = > Debian netinstall. I would like to know if there is some kind of issue = > with kvm and this kernel or with AMD64. > It doesn't seem to be related to the machine being AMD. If you can = provide an example where just one thing being different causes something = to stop working, that would help us isolate the problem. Examples can = be the host kernel, host cpu type, or kvm version. -- = error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/