Re: Starting a VM reboots my machine

Dor Laor
2007-11-04T15:34:39Z

Cam Macdonell wrote:
> Dor Laor wrote:
>> Cam Macdonell wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm running an AMD
>>>
>>> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
>>> cpu family : 15
>>> model : 75
>>> model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
>>>
>>> with 4GB of RAM and Scientific Linux 5.0. I've compiled kvm-48 on it
>>> and
>>> the compile works and loading the modules works fine, the only dmesg
>>> line referring to kvm is SELinux: initialized (dev kvm_anon_inodefs,
>>> type kvm_anon_inodefs), not configured for labeling.
>>>
>>> However, when I boot any KVM, the machine reboots. It works fine with
>>> the no-kvm flag. Has anyone else seen this behaviour?
>>>
>> We have some instabilities with AMD. These issues are under debug
>> these days.
>> Can you please supply netconsole debug messages from the host. This
>> can be very helpful.
>
> Hi Dor,
>
> I tried to hunt on my own, but I can't find much on netconsole set up.
> Do you have any tips or links for setting up netconsole? I'm running
> Scientific Linux (a RHEL5 clone).
>
I added a wiki page for it:
http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/NetConsole
Regards,
Dor.
> Thanks very much,
>
> Cam