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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Mark Bidewell <mbidewel@gmail.com>
Cc: kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: OpenSolaris 64-bit possible regression
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:49:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B40E6B7.3030606@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bfdeacfa1001031046g46ecdd02i1f325c4368debe0b@mail.gmail.com>

On 01/03/2010 08:46 PM, Mark Bidewell wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Avi Kivity<avi@redhat.com>  wrote:
>    
>> On 12/31/2009 06:46 PM, Mark Bidewell wrote:
>>      
>>> I have been testing OpenSolaris using the latest qemu-kvm and the KVM
>>> modules shipped with the latest F-12 kernel.  When I attempt to load
>>> OpenSolaris 2009.06 live CD in 64-bit mode I get several complaints
>>> about illegal instruction followed by an infinite loop of attempts to
>>> enter maintenance mode.  This configuration worked under KVM-88 in
>>> F-11.  If I specify --no-kvm it works and if I force 32-bit kernel it
>>> works.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on how to further debug?
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> What exactly are the complaints?
>>      
> Thanks for the reply, I am not sure how to get the exact messages
> since they are early in the boot.  Any suggestions?
>    

Use qemu -serial and configure the guest to log to the serial port.

> Some additional background:
>
> -I originally installed on KVM-88 which worked in 64-bit mode (F11).
> -After upgrading to F12 I encountered the above problem on the
> installed image using latest qemu-kvm and fedora kernel KVM modules.
> -After booting the live CD in 32-bit mode and installing.  The
> installed image now  works in 64-bit mode

So the problem is in the install kernel?


-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2010-01-03 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-31 16:46 OpenSolaris 64-bit possible regression Mark Bidewell
2010-01-03  6:16 ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-03 18:46   ` Mark Bidewell
2010-01-03 18:49     ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2010-01-03 21:56       ` Mark Bidewell

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