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Re: [Xen-devel] Full virtualization with Pacifica crashes

To: Alexander Osthof <aosthof@xxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Full virtualization with Pacifica crashes
From: Tristan Gingold <Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:40:46 +0200
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Le Mardi 25 Avril 2006 15:20, Alexander Osthof a écrit :
> I'm currently trying to get Xen working on an Pacifica system. But each
> time I try to start a fully virtualized guest domain, the system hangs just
> after the start with a black screen (paravirtualization works, btw).
>
> I've also tried to monitor the system with the serial console, but I get
> nearly no useful info. If I don't specify the memory used by dom0 (with
> boot option "dom0_mem=xxx"), I can see the following error:
>
>   Unable to open display.
>   (XEN) domain_crash called from shadow_public.c:1564
>   (XEN) Domain 1 reported crashed by domain 0 on cpu#0:
>
> If I specify explicitely the amount of memory to be used by dom0, no error
> message appears, but the screen wents black, too. So I don't really know if
> to blame shadow_public.c and thus memory mapping respectively.
>
> Have you ever been successful in running such a full virtualized guest
> domain on a Pacifica system, or do you have a clue or a secret tip how to
> manage to get this done?
>
> Attached is the config file for the guest domain.
Your disk= configuration line seems a little bit strange: you are using a 
non-hvm configuration.

At this time, hvm only accepts a file as a disk image.  You can't use a 
partition nor a disk!

Tristan.


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