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RE: [Xen-devel] Xm-test fails to pass sanity checks in hvm mode

To: "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Xm-test fails to pass sanity checks in hvm mode
From: Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:36:36 -0700
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On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 06:32 +0800, Li, Xin B wrote:
> >> I'm not in the context, but still have some comments here :-).
> >> Basically we *can* boot a SMP kernel in a UP VMX domain. To boot up a
> >> SMP kernel, we need vcpus > 1, acpi = 1 and apic = 1 in the 
> >config file,
> >> or you are just running a UP VMX domain.
> >> Some old version Linux SMP kernel can *not* boot in a SMP VMX domain,
> >> but the root cause is PAE support code, which is mixed with 
> >SMP code in
> >> Linux kernel :-(, newer version Linux, like 2.6.12+, should work.
> >> Actually we have a fix to this PAE issue, but more tests needed.
> >
> >
> >Are you using the qemu-dm that's in the xen-unstable tree? 
> >
> >I can't get the SMP kernel to boot. I got a 2.6.16 SMP kernel, 
> >made sure
> >the options were set in the config, and I get the following error
> >repeatedly:
> >
> >"Unknown interrupt or fault at EIP 00000060 c0100295 0000294"
> >
> 
> Your SMP kernel is PAE enabled, so add pae = 1 to your config file.
> Or, compile a none PAE SMP kernel.


I do have pae=1.





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