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Re: [Xen-devel] 2.6.7-xen0 hang on boot

To: Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] 2.6.7-xen0 hang on boot
From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 22:35:53 -0400 (EDT)
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Ian Pratt wrote:
> 
> > Please can you try booting with 'nosegfixup' on the Linux command
> > line, or just move /lib/tls out of the way.
> 
> OK, moving /lib/tls out of the way seems to fix the issue, too.
> 
> It appears there is some interaction between TLS and the segment
> fixup code in Xen...

But oddly enough bash and ls don't seem to suffer, while
init and initlog do.

Putting /lib/tls back after booting xen doesn't seem to
impair my ability to use the system.  Stuff still works.

-- 
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan



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