[ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[Avi Kivity]

Not a lot of progress, but still worthy of a release.  Reboot mostly 
works, with the notable exception of Windows with the ACPI HAL, running 
with in-kernel irqchip.

Changes since kvm-39:
- fix guest reboot (most scenarios)
- further x86 emulator work (Nitin A Kamble)
- compile fixes for older kernels
- make the external module work again

Notes:
    If you use the modules bundled with kvm-40, you can use any version
of Linux from 2.6.9 upwards.
    If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.20, you need to use
kvm-12.
    If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.21, you need to use
kvm-17.
    Modules from Linux 2.6.22 and up will work with any kvm version from
kvm-22.  Some features may only be available in newer releases.
    For best performance, use Linux 2.6.23-rc2 or later as the host.

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[Haydn Solomon]

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First, thank you for release 40. Reboot of my windows xp machine worked!
Great job.

Haydn

On 9/16/07, Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Not a lot of progress, but still worthy of a release.  Reboot mostly
> works, with the notable exception of Windows with the ACPI HAL, running
> with in-kernel irqchip.
>
> Changes since kvm-39:
> - fix guest reboot (most scenarios)
> - further x86 emulator work (Nitin A Kamble)
> - compile fixes for older kernels
> - make the external module work again
>
> Notes:
>     If you use the modules bundled with kvm-40, you can use any version
> of Linux from 2.6.9 upwards.
>     If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.20, you need to use
> kvm-12.
>     If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.21, you need to use
> kvm-17.
>     Modules from Linux 2.6.22 and up will work with any kvm version from
> kvm-22.  Some features may only be available in newer releases.
>     For best performance, use Linux 2.6.23-rc2 or later as the host.
>
> http://kvm.qumranet.com
>
>
>
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[Farkas Levente]

i've try kvm-40 it now on centos-5 with kernel-2.6.18-8.1.10.el5 x86_64
host (8gb ram and 4 core) and one centos-5 x86_64, centos-5 i386,
mandrake i586 guests. i try to give 4 cpu for the first 2 guest and 1
cpu for the last. after i start these 3 guests the host kernel crash all
the time after the guest starts to boot. so i now try to switchback to
kvm-36.

Haydn Solomon wrote:
> First, thank you for release 40. Reboot of my windows xp machine worked!
> Great job.
> 
> Haydn
> 
> On 9/16/07, *Avi Kivity* < avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org <mailto:avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>>
> wrote:
> 
>     Not a lot of progress, but still worthy of a release.  Reboot mostly
>     works, with the notable exception of Windows with the ACPI HAL, running
>     with in-kernel irqchip.
> 
>     Changes since kvm-39:
>     - fix guest reboot (most scenarios)
>     - further x86 emulator work (Nitin A Kamble)
>     - compile fixes for older kernels
>     - make the external module work again

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[Farkas Levente]

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here's the console of x86_64 during the startap and where it's hang:-(

Farkas Levente wrote:
> i've try kvm-40 it now on centos-5 with kernel-2.6.18-8.1.10.el5 x86_64
> host (8gb ram and 4 core) and one centos-5 x86_64, centos-5 i386,
> mandrake i586 guests. i try to give 4 cpu for the first 2 guest and 1
> cpu for the last. after i start these 3 guests the host kernel crash all
> the time after the guest starts to boot. so i now try to switchback to
> kvm-36.
> 
> Haydn Solomon wrote:
>> First, thank you for release 40. Reboot of my windows xp machine worked!
>> Great job.
>>
>> Haydn
>>
>> On 9/16/07, *Avi Kivity* < avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org <mailto:avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Not a lot of progress, but still worthy of a release.  Reboot mostly
>>     works, with the notable exception of Windows with the ACPI HAL, running
>>     with in-kernel irqchip.
>>
>>     Changes since kvm-39:
>>     - fix guest reboot (most scenarios)
>>     - further x86 emulator work (Nitin A Kamble)
>>     - compile fixes for older kernels
>>     - make the external module work again
> 


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Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[Dor Laor]

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i've try kvm-40 it now on centos-5 with kernel-2.6.18-8.1.10.el5 x86_64
>
> host (8gb ram and 4 core) and one centos-5 x86_64, centos-5 i386,
> mandrake i586 guests. i try to give 4 cpu for the first 2 guest and 1
> cpu for the last. after i start these 3 guests the host kernel crash all
> the time after the guest starts to boot. so i now try to switchback to
> kvm-36.
>
It will be helpful to provide the oops/dmesg output.


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Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[Farkas Levente]

Dor Laor wrote:
> i've try kvm-40 it now on centos-5 with kernel-2.6.18-8.1.10.el5 x86_64
>>
>> host (8gb ram and 4 core) and one centos-5 x86_64, centos-5 i386,
>> mandrake i586 guests. i try to give 4 cpu for the first 2 guest and 1
>> cpu for the last. after i start these 3 guests the host kernel crash all
>> the time after the guest starts to boot. so i now try to switchback to
>> kvm-36.
>>
> It will be helpful to provide the oops/dmesg output.

how? write it down with paper from the console? at the same time there's
just a kernel stack dump and i can't scroll it up (eg with shift-page up).

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[Farkas Levente]

Dor Laor wrote:
> i've try kvm-40 it now on centos-5 with kernel-2.6.18-8.1.10.el5 x86_64
>>
>> host (8gb ram and 4 core) and one centos-5 x86_64, centos-5 i386,
>> mandrake i586 guests. i try to give 4 cpu for the first 2 guest and 1
>> cpu for the last. after i start these 3 guests the host kernel crash all
>> the time after the guest starts to boot. so i now try to switchback to
>> kvm-36.
>>
> It will be helpful to provide the oops/dmesg output.
> 

just to clarify, if i've a 4 core host cpus can i give 4 cpus for both
of the 2 guests?

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[Luca]

On 9/17/07, Farkas Levente <lfarkas-lWVWdrzSO4GHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Dor Laor wrote:
> > i've try kvm-40 it now on centos-5 with kernel-2.6.18-8.1.10.el5 x86_64
> >>
> >> host (8gb ram and 4 core) and one centos-5 x86_64, centos-5 i386,
> >> mandrake i586 guests. i try to give 4 cpu for the first 2 guest and 1
> >> cpu for the last. after i start these 3 guests the host kernel crash all
> >> the time after the guest starts to boot. so i now try to switchback to
> >> kvm-36.
> >>
> > It will be helpful to provide the oops/dmesg output.
>
> how? write it down with paper from the console? at the same time there's
> just a kernel stack dump and i can't scroll it up (eg with shift-page up).

A photo will do, but it's possible that the most interesting part has
been scrolled off screen. Can you setup a serial console
(Documentation/serial-console.txt) or at least netconsole
(Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt)?

> just to clarify, if i've a 4 core host cpus can i give 4 cpus for both
> of the 2 guests?

Yes, virtual CPUs are mapped to threads.

Luca

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[Haydn Solomon]

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I don't know if someone can reproduce a problem I'm having. When I run the
windows xp service pack 2 update with kvm-40 it always crashes and after I'm
unable to boot virtual machine resulting in blue screen.

Running kvm on Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.22.5-76.fc7 #1 SMP Thu Aug 30
13:08:59 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

output of /proc/cpuinfo is

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7500  @ 2.20GHz
stepping        : 10
cpu MHz         : 800.000
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm
constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 4387.72
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:


Haydn



On 9/17/07, Luca <kronos.it-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> On 9/17/07, Farkas Levente <lfarkas-lWVWdrzSO4GHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Dor Laor wrote:
> > > i've try kvm-40 it now on centos-5 with kernel-2.6.18-8.1.10.el5x86_64
> > >>
> > >> host (8gb ram and 4 core) and one centos-5 x86_64, centos-5 i386,
> > >> mandrake i586 guests. i try to give 4 cpu for the first 2 guest and 1
> > >> cpu for the last. after i start these 3 guests the host kernel crash
> all
> > >> the time after the guest starts to boot. so i now try to switchback
> to
> > >> kvm-36.
> > >>
> > > It will be helpful to provide the oops/dmesg output.
> >
> > how? write it down with paper from the console? at the same time there's
> > just a kernel stack dump and i can't scroll it up (eg with shift-page
> up).
>
> A photo will do, but it's possible that the most interesting part has
> been scrolled off screen. Can you setup a serial console
> (Documentation/serial-console.txt) or at least netconsole
> (Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt)?
>
> > just to clarify, if i've a 4 core host cpus can i give 4 cpus for both
> > of the 2 guests?
>
> Yes, virtual CPUs are mapped to threads.
>
> Luca
>
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

[Simon Gao]

Solaris 10 now works again also. Thanks a lot.

Simon

Haydn Solomon wrote:
> First, thank you for release 40. Reboot of my windows xp machine
> worked! Great job.
>
> Haydn
>
> On 9/16/07, *Avi Kivity* < avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org <mailto:avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>>
> wrote:
>
>     Not a lot of progress, but still worthy of a release.  Reboot mostly
>     works, with the notable exception of Windows with the ACPI HAL,
>     running
>     with in-kernel irqchip.
>
>     Changes since kvm-39:
>     - fix guest reboot (most scenarios)
>     - further x86 emulator work (Nitin A Kamble)
>     - compile fixes for older kernels
>     - make the external module work again
>
>     Notes:
>         If you use the modules bundled with kvm-40, you can use any
>     version
>     of Linux from 2.6.9 upwards.
>         If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.20, you need to use
>     kvm-12.
>         If you use the modules bundled with Linux 2.6.21, you need to use
>     kvm-17.
>         Modules from Linux 2.6.22 and up will work with any kvm
>     version from
>     kvm-22.  Some features may only be available in newer releases.
>         For best performance, use Linux 2.6.23-rc2 or later as the host.
>
>     http://kvm.qumranet.com
>
>
>
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