From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Don Parsons Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] kvm-77 release Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:18:29 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <48F1E742.7080902@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:52769 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753716AbYJQMZG (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:25:06 -0400 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KqoO6-0006H3-UJ for kvm@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:25:03 +0000 Received: from akro-pool1-cs179.pool.dslohio.net ([66.219.142.179]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:25:02 +0000 Received: from dparsons by akro-pool1-cs179.pool.dslohio.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:25:02 +0000 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Avi Kivity redhat.com> writes: > This release fixes the -std-vga regression which bothered those of us > who have large or widescreen monitors (note the option is now named > '-vga std' due to upstream qemu changes). Other significant changes > include better disk performance if you have a fast host storage subsystem. kvm-75 worked well. Now both 76 and 77 fail to boot. 76 gave no hint and a Google check showed it to be blamed on CONFIG_KVM_GUEST option in the linux kernel .config. Host is Fedora 8 with kernel-2.6.26.5-28.fc8.x86_64 Guest is Fedora 9 with kernel-2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686 Hardware is Asus P5B Deluxe, Core 2 E6600 with flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm Trying to boot with kvm-77 gave a debugging hint, so here is what I get. Does not look informative to me though. This was typed from screen (Can copy paste work?): Startup script: modprobe kvm-intel; sleep 1 /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 vdisk_fedora9.img -m 2048 -no-quit & ==================== [First boot:] Booting 'Fedora (2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686)' : Booting the kernel. ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Boot with apic=debug and send a report. Then try booting with the 'noapic' option ==================== [Second boot (apic=debug):] Booting 'Fedora (2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686)' : Booting the kernel. pci 0000:00:01.0: PIIX3: Enabling Passive Release Red Hat nash version 6.0.52 starting Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Found volume group "VolGroup00" using metadata type lvm2 2 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active (hung here at 99%) ==================== [Third boot (noapic):] Booting 'Fedora (2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686)' : Booting the kernel. (identical to second boot and hangs as in 2nd case with 100% in "CPU qemu-system-x86") ==================== Hope this helps. Don