Subject: Re: dom0 kernel immediate reboot?
To: None <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Sarton O'Brien <bsd-xen@roguewrt.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 09/10/2007 09:28:55
On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:59:57 am Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> I'm trying to use the pkgsrc xenkernel-3 package and a NetBSD dom0 kernel
> from the 20070904 daily autobuild on ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily.
>
> It's not working. First, grub doesn't recognize the xen.gz that is built
> by the package -- I have to uncompress it. Next, I get either a reboot
> immediately after "Guest Loglevel: All" (with xen-debug), or, if I remove
> "console=pc" from my grub menu.lst "module" line for the NetBSD dom0, I
> get a system hang.
>
> Is anyone actually able to run a -current kernel as a dom0 with xen3?
> How?
Short answer ... no, not unless you are using serial console.
There is another thread running on this issue:
recent dom0 kernels reboot on loading?
With the final comment being:
> I've just been reminded that there was a change in -current to enable
> and handle 64-bit BAR's for vga devices, and my recollection is that
> this was probably around the right timeframe. Sounds like a good
> place to start looking.
>
> --
> Dan
Sarton