Re: [Xen-devel] pv-ops dom0 doesn't boot, serial console broken

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 05:19:38PM +0000, George Dunlap wrote:
> I did a basic make install on a fresh Debian Lenny box this morning,
> and unfortunately haven't been able to successfully boot under Xen:
> * The 2.6.27-xen-686 Lenny kernel hangs under Xen-32-PAE and under Xen-64
> * Under native, the 2.6.31.6 pv-ops kernel (pulled fresh this morning)
> boots fine, with serial console
> * Under Xen, the same kernel doesn't boot and doesn't output anything
> to the serial console, hanging after a few minutes.
> 
> Here's the console log of booting Linux 2.6.31.6 pv-ops (build with
> "make kernels") on a 64-bit hypervisor c/s 20858:2636e5619708 is
> attached.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> I wouldn't be surprised if I've misconfigured something, but the fact
> that the exact same kernel works fine on bare metal makes me think it
> likely to be something else...
> 

There are example grub.conf entries here (including serial console):
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps

And more details about serial console here:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenSerialConsole

Hopefully that helps.

-- Pasi


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