Re: xen-4.5 and -current/amd64

[Harry Waddell <waddell%caravaninfotech.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 22:08:39 +0100
Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost> wrote:

> I'm running a XEN3_DOM0/amd64 from today's source, with pkgsrc-current
> xen*45, and xenstored & xenconsoled are running.
> 
> I have a file /scratch/disk.img, in which a -current/amd64 release was
> unpacked. /scratch is /dev/raid6a, and also has the same files unpacked.
> 
> I don't seem to be able to find the right incantation to start a
> XEN3_DOMU/amd64 from today's source.
> 
> name = "leucite"
> kernel = "netbsd-XEN3_DOMU"
> vcpus = 2
> memory = 1024
> disk = ['file:/scratch/disk.img,hda,w']
> 
> gets me:
> 
> Parsing config from leucite.cfg
> libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1153:domcreate_launch_dm: unable to add disk devices
> libxl: error: libxl_device.c:797:libxl__initiate_device_remove: unable to get my domid
> libxl: error: libxl.c:1640:devices_destroy_cb: libxl__devices_destroy failed for 18
> 
> The same is true for:
> 
> disk = ['format=raw, vdev=0x1, access=rw, target=/scratch/disk.img']
> disk = ['format=raw, vdev=0x1, access=rw, target=/dev/raid6a']
> 
> If I try the character device
> 
> disk = ['format=raw, vdev=0x1, access=rw, target=/dev/rraid6a']
> 
> I see:
> 
> Parsing config from leucite.cfg
> Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
>     2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
>     The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
>     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
> 
> NetBSD 7.99.18 (XEN3_DOMU) #1: Fri Jun 19 18:26:35 BST 2015
>         prlw1@quantz:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/XEN3_DOMU
> total memory = 1024 MB
> avail memory = 982 MB
> mainbus0 (root)
> hypervisor0 at mainbus0: Xen version 4.5.0
> vcpu0 at hypervisor0
> vcpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, id 0x306a9
> vcpu1 at hypervisor0
> vcpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, id 0x306a9
> xenbus0 at hypervisor0: Xen Virtual Bus Interface
> xencons0 at hypervisor0: Xen Virtual Console Driver
> xenbus: can't get state for device/suspend/event-channel (2)
> xbd0 at xenbus0 id 1: Xen Virtual Block Device Interface
> balloon0 at xenbus0 id 0: Xen Balloon driver
> balloon0: current reservation: 1048576 KiB
> xenbus: can't get state for device/suspend/event-channel (2)
> balloon0: current reservation: 262144 pages => target: 262144 pages
> ignore shutdown request: 
> 
> # xl list
> Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs      State   Time(s)
> Domain-0                                     0  4096     1     r-----     118.0
> leucite                                     21  1024     2     -b----       1.6
> 
> If I don't put a disk= line in at all, I am correctly prompted for a
> root disk.
> 
> Is that tiny configuration really incorrect, or is something amiss?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Patrick
> 


You may want to try changing "hda" to "xvda" in your disk definition. 

Harry Waddell