Re: Unable to create HVM or PV domUs with Xen 4.1

[Hugo Silva <hugo%barafranca.com@localhost>]

On 04/14/11 16:25, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 03:43:30PM +0100, Hugo Silva wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm sorry if this has been covered before, in which case please point in
>> the right direction. I did search the archives, but didn't find anything
>> relevant.
>>
>>
>> # xl create freebsd.conf
>>
>> Parsing config file freebsd.conf
>> xc: info: VIRTUAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
>>   Loader:        0000000000100000->0000000000179a70
>>   TOTAL:         0000000000000000->000000009f800000
>>   ENTRY ADDRESS: 0000000000100000
>> xc: info: PHYSICAL MEMORY ALLOCATION:
>>   4KB PAGES: 0x0000000000000200
>>   2MB PAGES: 0x00000000000002fb
>>   1GB PAGES: 0x0000000000000001
>>
>>
>> load: 0.07  cmd: xl 1142 [netio select] 0.00u 0.04s 0% 2544k
>> load: 0.07  cmd: xl 1142 [netio select] 0.00u 0.04s 0% 2544k
>> load: 0.07  cmd: xl 1142 [netio select] 0.00u 0.04s 0% 2544k
>>
>>
>> That's how far it goes.
>> In /var/log/messages, I see:
>>
>> xenbackendd[1885]: can't exec /usr/pkg/etc/xen/scripts/block: No such
>> file or directory
>> syslogd[184]: last message repeated 4 times
>> xenbackendd[2039]: can't exec /usr/pkg/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge: No
>> such file or directory
>> /netbsd: xvif3i0: Ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>> /netbsd: tap0: Ethernet address f2:0b:a4:6f:45:0a
>> dom0 /netbsd: tap0: detached
>> xenbackendd[2039]: can't exec /usr/pkg/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge: No
>> such file or directory
>> dom0 xenbackendd[307]: Failed to read
>> /local/domain/0/backend/console/3/0/script (No such file or directory)
> 
> Something went wrong here at install time. Why is there no scripts
> in /usr/pkg/etc/xen/scripts/ ?
> 

root@dom0:/usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/xentools33# grep bridge Makefile


XEND_SCRIPTS=           block vif-bridge vif-ip qemu-ifup xen-subr
root@dom0:/usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/xentools33# cd ../xentools41/


root@dom0:/usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/xentools41# grep bridge Makefile


root@dom0:/usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/xentools41#

root@dom0:/usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/xentools41# grep vif-bridge PLIST
root@dom0:/usr/pkgsrc/sysutils/xentools41# grep vif-bridge
../xentools33/PLIST
share/examples/xen/vif-bridge

# ls /usr/pkg/etc/xen/scripts/

hotplugpath.sh


Hmmm....
Should the scripts have been placed in scripts/ ? I find it hard to
believe that the others who have reported success with running HVM would
not have found this.

Related question: is PV working?

Regards,

Hugo