From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Boris Ostrovsky Subject: Re: Crashing with Xen (Debian Wheezy) 4.1 (deb) and 4.4 (source) Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:36:17 -0500 Message-ID: <529E0881.6050400@oracle.com> References: <201312030950.18182.dcpiper@indiana.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <201312030950.18182.dcpiper@indiana.edu> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Derek Piper Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xen.org" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On 12/03/2013 09:50 AM, Derek Piper wrote: > Hi, > > I have a system (AMD FX 8320 w/8GB RAM) that I am trying to get working > with Xen. The system is installed with Debian Wheezy (7.2). I have used the > pre-built xen packages and followed the instructions in the Debian Xen wiki: > > https://wiki.debian.org/Xen > > I get a crash (relevant kernel panic attached) very soon after boot on > the Debian Xen 4.1 version using the stock kernel (3.2.0-4-amd64). > I decided to remove the xen debian packages, make my own kernel (3.2.52) > with the Xen virtualization enabled and try that one. Normally the machine > runs fine with it (i.e. as a regular machine). I compiled the Xen 4.4 from > source and it compiled and installed without problems. When enabling the Xen > kernel (via the same method as Debian - I kept the grub script > /etc/grub.d/08_linux_xen ) I can boot Xen 4.4. > > I get a crash AGAIN (and unfortunately I can find no log of it, but the > oops on the screen talked about kernel paging request again). > > Any hints on what I should look at? This is just without any VMs > configured at all, just trying to get a stable Dom0 so I can even consider > using Xen. Have you tried running with a newer kernel? There is a fair number of errors prior to the crash and it may also help booting more verbosely (e.g. add 'debug loglevel=8' to your vmlinuz boot like) to better understand where they are coming from. -boris