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?
--
I have a truly marvellous patch that fixes the bug which this
signature is too narrow to contain.
next prev parent 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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