[Xen-devel] RE: PAE dom0 is broken with the default config

["Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble@xxxxxxxxx>]

As Ian said earlier it is an initrd issue. The initrd file passed to the
dom0 kernel was not right, after I fixed it PAE dom0 is able to boot
with the default config.

Thanks & Regards,
Nitin
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------
Open Source Technology Center, Intel Corp

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ian Pratt [mailto:m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:50 AM
>To: Kamble, Nitin A; Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ian.pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx;
>ian.pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: PAE dom0 is broken with the default config
>
>>    I did rebuild the initrd for the new kernel/modules. The
>> system has sata disk. scsi driver is the same ata_piix,
>> libata. The same config is working fine for the non-PAE build.
>>    The VMX status report mail says PAE is fine, but they are
>> not using the default (linux-defconfig_xen_x86_32) config.
>> They are using the xen0 config for PAE testing. What config
>> do you use for your PAE testing?
>
>The majority testing is done with the -xen kernel, which seems to boot
>and run fine on all of our machines, including those with root fs on
>SATA.
>
>It might be worth comparing the scsi/acpi/pci etc options closely
>between the two different configs, and try a 'binary' chop to see which
>are important.
>
>Thanks,
>Ian
>
>> In summary here is my observation
>> PAE build with linux-defconfig_xen_x86_32 config:    dom0 does not
>> boot
>> PAE build with linux-defconfig_xen0_x86_32 config:   boots
>> Non-PAE build with either config:                            boots
>>
>> All of the above kernels need corresponding initrd to boot.
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Nitin
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----------
>> -----------
>> Open Source Technology Center, Intel Corp
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Ian Pratt [mailto:m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> >Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 4:34 PM
>> >To: Kamble, Nitin A; Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ian.pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Subject: RE: PAE dom0 is broken with the default config
>> >
>> >>   I built PAE Xen with the default config, and it is not
>> booting. Log
>> >> is bellow. If I replace the
>> >> linux-defconfig_xen_x86_32 file with the
>> >> linux-defconfig_xen0_x86_32 before building then dom0 is
>> able to boot
>> >> and see more than 4Gig memory. This looks like a dom0
>> kernel config
>> >> issue. Do you care PAE dom0 for 3.0.2 with the default config? Is
>> >> anybody working on this?
>> >
>> >This seems pretty unlikely to be a PAE issue -- we do quite
>> extensive
>> >testing.
>> >
>> >Are you sure you have the right initrd? Is the same scsi
>> driver being
>> >used as in the -xen0 case?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Ian
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> IP route cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 1048576
bytes)
>> >>
>> >> TCP established hash table entries: 524288 (order: 10,
>> 4194304 bytes)
>> >>
>> >> TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
>> >>
>> >> TCP: Hash tables configured (established 524288 bind 65536)
>> >>
>> >> TCP reno registered
>> >>
>> >> NET: Registered protocol family 8
>> >>
>> >> NET: Registered protocol family 20
>> >>
>> >> Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
>> >>
>> >> Freeing unused kernel memory: 172k freed
>> >>
>> >> scsi_mod: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
>> >>
>> >> SCSI subsystem initialized
>> >>
>> >> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low)
>> -> IRQ 17
>> >>
>> >> ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0 ctl 0xC402 bmdma 0xBC00 irq 17
>> >>
>> >> ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x0 ctl 0xC002 bmdma 0xBC08 irq 17
>> >>
>> >> ata1: dev 0 ATA-6, max UDMA/133, 312581808 sectors: LBA48
>> >>
>> >> ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
>> >>
>> >> scsi0 : ata_piix
>> >>
>> >> ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xC087
>> >>
>> >> scsi1 : ata_piix
>> >>
>> >>   Vendor: ATA       Model: ST3160023AS       Rev: 3.00
>> >>
>> >>   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision:
05
>> >>
>> >> SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
>> >>
>> >> sda: Write Protect is off
>> >>
>> >> SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
>> >>
>> >> SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
>> >>
>> >> sda: Write Protect is off
>> >>
>> >> SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
>> >>
>> >>  sda: unknown partition table
>> >>
>> >> sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
>> >>
>> >> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>> >>
>> >>  (XEN) Domain 0 crashed: rebooting machine in 5 seconds.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel