From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Aurelien Jarno Subject: Re: FreeBSD image hangs during boot Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:27:05 +0200 Message-ID: <470CB709.5050205@aurel32.net> 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> <470CB4DE.20707@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Avi Kivity , kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <470CB4DE.20707-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 a =E9crit : > 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 g= et >>>> 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? > = With kvm 45 it does not occurs with -no-kvm. With kvm 46 the problem is still there, but I haven't tried with -no-kvm yet. I am currently building a small test image, otherwise I spend all my time copying a 15GB image. -- = .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' aurel32-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org | aurelien-rXXEIb44qovR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/