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RE: [Xen-devel] Xen on ES7000 x86_64 take 2

To: "Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh" <aravindh.puthiyaparambil@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Xen on ES7000 x86_64 take 2
From: Jerone Young <jyoung5@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:44:13 -0500
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Ok.. Great....my assumptions that many manufacturers would have this
option off. Why Intel made this option possible is really beyond
me...AMD didn't seem to have the same opinion on this. I've got a patch
now...testing it out before going to the list..be up soon.
        
On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 17:15 -0400, Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh wrote:
> Thanks for the patch. That's fixed the problem. Dom0 boots up now. But
> keyboard does not work on the console. But I am able to ssh into the
> system. I am also unable to bring up xend. Trying to bring up xend
> causes the system to freeze up and lose network connectivity. I don't
> see any messages on the serial console at this point.
> 
> Any ideas on how to debug this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Aravindh
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerone Young [mailto:jyoung5@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 2:23 PM
> > To: Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh
> > Cc: Nakajima, Jun; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Magolan, John F;
> Davis,
> > Jason; Vessey, Bruce A; Subrahmanian, Raj
> > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Xen on ES7000 x86_64 take 2
> > 
> > I sent a patch on the list last week that removes the use of the NX
> bit
> > from Xen. Could you try it out. I've attached it to this email.
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 13:59 -0400, Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh wrote:
> > > As of now there is no BIOS option to enable it. :-(
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Nakajima, Jun [mailto:jun.nakajima@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 1:52 PM
> > > > To: Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Cc: Magolan, John F; Subrahmanian, Raj; Davis, Jason; Vessey,
> Bruce A
> > > > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Xen on ES7000 x86_64 take 2
> > > >
> > > > Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh wrote:
> > > > > I am still trying to bring Xen up on the ES7000 x86_64. I have a
> > > > > feeling that the NX/XD is disabled on the system and it is
> tripping
> > > > > things up.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jun, could you please confirm this? Here is the output you had
> asked
> > > > > from me sometime ago. The complete boot output is included
> below.
> > > > >
> > > > > (XEN) CPU: After generic identify, caps: bfebfbff 20000800
> 00000000
> > > > > 00000000 00004595 00000000 00000000
> > > >
> > > > Yes, it's disabled. 20000800 should become 20100800. Is there any
> BIOS
> > > > setup to enable it?
> > > >
> > > > Jun
> > > > ---
> > > > Intel Open Source Technology Center
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Aravindh
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > > >> From: Nakajima, Jun [mailto:jun.nakajima@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > > >> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 2:11 AM
> > > > >> To: Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >> Cc: Magolan, John F; Subrahmanian, Raj; Davis, Jason; Vessey,
> Bruce
> > > A
> > > > >> Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Xen on ES7000 x86_64
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh wrote:
> > > > >>> I am trying to bring Xen up on the ES7000 x86_64 box. I have
> some
> > > of
> > > > >>> my patches along with Don Fry's per-cpu-timer patch. I have
> > > included
> > > > >>> the debug output. I am wondering if this is similar to Bug#75
> or
> > > if
> > > > >>> it is a different problem altogether.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Is it possbile NX/XD is disabled? Can you try
> > > > >> #define NOISY_CAPS 1
> > > > >> in xen/arch/x86/cpu/common.c and report the line like:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> (XEN) CPU: After generic identify, caps: bfebfbff 20100800
> 00000000
> > > > >> 00000000 000 065bd 00000000 00000001
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Jun
> > > > >> ---
> > > > >> Intel Open Source Technology Center
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > --
> > Jerone Young
> > IBM Linux Technology Center
> > jyoung5@xxxxxxxxxx
> > 512-838-1157 (T/L: 678-1157)
> 
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