From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: FreeBSD image hangs during boot Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:17:50 +0200 Message-ID: <470CB4DE.20707@qumranet.com> References: <47022E7E.3030509@aurel32.net> <470234DF.6030802@qumranet.com> <470237DC.5060008@aurel32.net> <47027161.50004@qumranet.com> <47027586.9020508@aurel32.net> <47027A01.5080903@aurel32.net> <47027F25.80001@aurel32.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Aurelien Jarno Return-path: In-Reply-To: <47027F25.80001-rXXEIb44qovR7s880joybQ@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 Aurelien Jarno wrote: >>> I also confirm that using -no-acpi fixes the problem. However, I have >>> seen strange data corruption, even on Intel. >>> >>> Basically, booting a recently installed FreeBSD leads to the following >>> message from the bootloader: "No kernel found". And the next time, I get >>> from the *BIOS*: "Boot from Hard Disk failed: not a bootable disk". >>> >>> Looking at the disk image, the partition table (and maybe more?) has >>> disappeared. This is with a raw image disk. >>> >>> If I pass either -no-kvm or -no-kvm-irqchip, the problem disappear. >>> >> I have just got the problem with -no-kvm-irqchip, though it seems to >> happen less often. >> > > The data corruption seems to come from the userspace part, as I am not > able to reproduce it with the kvm-45 module, and the kvm-44 userspace. > > Does it occur with -no-kvm? -- 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/