From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: OpenSolaris 64-bit possible regression Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:49:27 +0200 Message-ID: <4B40E6B7.3030606@redhat.com> References: <4B403647.9070709@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm To: Mark Bidewell Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:16579 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751269Ab0ACStc (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Jan 2010 13:49:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/03/2010 08:46 PM, Mark Bidewell wrote: > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Avi Kivity 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.