Re: [uml-devel] Kernel idles in loop after loading IPv4

["roland" <for_spam@gmx.de>]

hi !
i have the same problem. 
my uml is 2.6.3-rc2 with jeff`s latest uml patch.
host is 2.6.0-test11 with skas patch
with 2.6.0-test11 + uml patch i didn`t have such problem.
any hints?
 
regards
roland


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Nadeau" <phil@innercite.com>
To: <user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 9:54 PM
Subject: [uml-devel] Kernel idles in loop after loading IPv4


> Hello UML developers,
> 
> I'm trying to use UML to set up a simulator for a high-availability
> cluster. I encounter the following unexpected behavior -
> 
> On any kernel that I compile with IPv4 support, the kernel will stop
> intializing drivers after loading IPv4 support. The last message I see
> from the kernel is:
> NET: Registered protocol family 2
> 
> Compiling with debug allows me to single-step through the kernel. I've
> traced execution from inet_init(), to synchronize_net(), to
> synchronize_kernel(), to a call to wait_for_completion(), to
> switch_to_tt(), after which the kernel spends all its time in the idle
> loop. This happens whether I'm using SKAS or TT mode.
> 
> Host kernel is 2.6.1 with Stephen William's 2.6.1 SKAS patch (thanks
> Stephen). Guest kernel is 2.6.1 with the latest patch from Sourceforge
> (January 15th), without modules, and with nearly everything disabled at
> compile except core functionality and IPv4.
> 
> I've tried to find similar cases in the FAQ's and the list archives, but
> I'm not seeing anything. It seems like the kernel is waiting for an
> event related to IPv4 initialization that it never gets, but I'm not
> familiar enough with the kernel proper to know what that might be. Does
> anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> -- 
> Phil Nadeau
> Software Services Manager
> phil.nadeau@innercite.com
> (916)932-3200, (800)921-5513
> 
> 
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