[Xen-users] kernel 2.6.30 xenified --- report - firmware problem

[Peter Braun <xenware@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am sucesfully running 2.6.30 xenified kernel:

Machine
DELL Optiplex 960
CPU intel E8400
8GB RAM

Debian lenny 5.0 x64

Xen 3.4.1 rc11
+
kernel 2.6.30.2 xenified

thanks to howto from bderzhavets:

http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/building-xenified-2-6-30-1-kernel-via-xen-patches-2-6-30-2-tar-bz2/

So far running ok.


1) I am not able to resolve issue while booting xenified kernel. There
is like 30s pause.

-----------------
Simple Boot Flag at 0x7a set to 0x1
cpu0(2) debug files 120
cpu1(2) debug files 120
platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-17-0a

****** Here comes 30s pause********

Microcode Update Driver: v2.00-xen <tigran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Oruba
------------------

Anybody knows what is the cause?



2) its not possible to build latest available 2.6.30.4 + xen patches

Trying to build it ends with:

--------------------------
  LD      init/built-in.o
  LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
arch/x86/pci/built-in.o: In function `pcibios_resource_survey':
(.init.text+0x340): undefined reference to `ioapic_insert_resources'
make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
---------------------------



3) minor problem you can face is that intel nic is not working with
kernel driver

 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network
Connection (rev 02)

You have do download e1000e-1.0.2.5.tar.gz driver - unpack and run
"make install" and than "modprobe e1000e" to have it running


Thank you bderzhavets once again for great xen howtos



Peter

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