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RE: [Xen-devel] Test results on Unisys ES7000 32x 128gb usingxen-unstabl

To: "Krysan, Susan" <KRYSANS@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Test results on Unisys ES7000 32x 128gb usingxen-unstable (c/s 15470) - 2 old issues; 2 new issue
From: "Ian Pratt" <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:36:10 +0100
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Test results on Unisys ES7000 32x 128gb usingxen-unstable (c/s 15470) - 2 old issues; 2 new issue
> Host:  Unisys ES7000/one, x86_64, 32 physical processors, 128 GB RAM
> 
> 2 OLD ISSUES:
> 
> Host halts upon shutdown of 126000mb domU and domVT
> 
> Testing includes running xm-test and also attempting to boot and run
> programs in the following domUs and domVTs (running domains #s 3
> through 9 simultaneously):
>  
> 1.       32-processor 64-bit SLES10 domU with 126gb (126000mb) memory
-
> run kernbench optimal load
> 
> 2.       32-processor 64-bit SLES10 domVT with 126gb (126000mb) memory
> - run kernbench optimal load
> 
> 
> Domain #1 and #2 - able to run kernbench in these domains, but host
> crashes when shut them down; serport does not provide a reason why.
> 
> Reducing the memory of these domains to 124000mb used to work, but
have
> tested 122000mb and 120000mb and host still halts. Still running tests
> to determine the largest size domain that works.

Are you saying that booting a single very large 64b guest either VT or
PV and then shutting it down will kill the host?

If you boot a debug build of xen, do you get any messages out the serial
port?

Thanks,
Ian



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