From: Matt Evans <matt@ozlabs.org>
To: David Evensky <evensky@dancer.ca.sandia.gov>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: can kvm tool load vmlinux?
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:49:46 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EE9442A.7070400@ozlabs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111214212418.GD11075@dancer.ca.sandia.gov>
On 15/12/11 08:24, David Evensky wrote:
>
> I've been trying see if I can use a vmlinux kernel binary image with kvm tool.
> If use a bzImage as
>
> lkvm run -k .../bzImage --console serial -d /dev/null
>
> which runs until it expectedly dies since I didn't give it an initramfs or disk.
> However, when I try:
>
> lkvm run -k .../bzImage --console serial -d /dev/null
>
> I get the following printed and then nothing:
>
> # kvm run -k .../vmlinux -m 448 -c 4 --name guest-12289
> Warning: .../vmlinux is not a bzImage. Trying to load it as a flat binary...
>
>
> Is this supposed to work?
Hi David,
Currently there are loaders for bzImages and flat binaries only. Since your
vmlinux is not detected as a bzImage (it's a plain ELF), kvmtool will assume
it's a flat binary (which it isn't) & try that. Boom!
An ELF loader would be cool though. (Maybe if I find time...)
Cheers,
Matt
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2011-12-14 21:24 can kvm tool load vmlinux? David Evensky
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