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RE: [Xen-devel] Xen cannot boot with pvops dom0

To: 'Jeremy Fitzhardinge' <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Xen cannot boot with pvops dom0
From: "Han, Weidong" <weidong.han@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:29:07 +0800
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Xen cannot boot with pvops dom0
Han, Weidong wrote:
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> On 06/25/09 02:20, Han, Weidong wrote:
>>> I tried with latest Xen unstable (c/s 19833) with latest pvops dom0
>>> (commit 384a55c0). Booting will hang, following is the serial
>>> console output: 
>>> 
>>> (XEN) *** Serial input -> DOM0 (type 'CTRL-a' three times to switch
>>> input to Xen ) (XEN) Freed 128kB init memory.
>>> mapping kernel into physical memory
>>> Xen: setup ISA identity maps
>>> about to get started...
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: apic=0, pin=2, old_irq=0, new_irq=-1
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: old_entry=000009f0, new_entry=00010900
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: Attempt to remove IO-APIC pin of in-use
>>> IRQ! (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: apic=0, pin=4, old_irq=4, new_irq=-1
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: old_entry=000009f1, new_entry=00010900
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: Attempt to remove IO-APIC pin of in-use
>>> IRQ! (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: apic=0, pin=0, old_irq=-1, new_irq=0
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: old_entry=00010900, new_entry=000009f0
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: Attempt to add IO-APIC pin for in-use IRQ!
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: apic=0, pin=19, old_irq=19, new_irq=19
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: old_entry=0000a9c0, new_entry=0001a9c0
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: Attempt to modify IO-APIC pin for in-use
>>> IRQ! (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: apic=0, pin=19, old_irq=19,
>>> new_irq=19 (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: old_entry=0000a9c0,
>>> new_entry=0001a9c0 (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: Attempt to modify
>>> IO-APIC pin for in-use IRQ! (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: apic=0,
>>> pin=23, old_irq=23, new_irq=23 (XEN) ioapic_guest_write:
>>> old_entry=0000a9d0, new_entry=0001a9d0 (XEN) ioapic_guest_write:
>>> Attempt to modify IO-APIC pin for in-use IRQ! (XEN)
>>> ioapic_guest_write: apic=0, pin=19, old_irq=19, new_irq=19 (XEN)
>>> ioapic_guest_write: old_entry=0000a9c0, new_entry=0001a9c0 (XEN)
>>> ioapic_guest_write: Attempt to modify IO-APIC pin for in-use IRQ!
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: apic=0, pin=16, old_irq=16, new_irq=16
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: old_entry=0000a9b8, new_entry=0001a9b8
>>> (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: Attempt to modify IO-APIC pin for in-use
>>> IRQ! (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: apic=0, pin=18, old_irq=18,
>>> new_irq=18 (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: old_entry=0000a921,
>>> new_entry=0001a921 (XEN) ioapic_guest_write: Attempt to modify
>>> IO-APIC pin for in-use IRQ!  
>>> 
>> 
>> The ioapic_guest_write messages are just noise, and have no bearing
>> on the problem.  Are there no more messages from the kernel after
>> "about to get started"?  The ioapic messages at least tell us it is
>> getting quite a distance into the boot and discovering devices.
> 
> Actually, pv-ops dom0 boot successfully. I remotely access my machine
> via serial console. Normally after dom0 boot, it display "login:"
> line. But serial console stops at ioapic_guest_write messages when
> boot pv_ops, I thought it's hung.   
> 
> But I found xend still cannot be started. I got the following
> messages when I start it: 
> 
> [root@vt-randy ~]# xend start
> ERROR Internal error: Could not obtain handle on privileged command
> interface (2 = No such file or directory) 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/xend", line 36, in ?
>     from xen.xend.server import SrvDaemon
>   File
>   "usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvDaemon.py",
>   line 26, in ? File
>   "usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/relocate.py",
>   line 28, in ? File
> "usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomain.py", line 35,
> in ? File
> "usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendCheckpoint.py", line
> 20, in ? File "usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/image.py",
> line 46, in ?     
> xen.lowlevel.xc.Error: (1, 'Internal error', 'Could not obtain handle
> on privileged command interface (2 = No such file or directory)') 
> 

After reading pv_ops wiki (http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps), I 
solved it. It requires to add a line to /etc/fstab: none /proc/xen xenfs 
defaults 0 0.

Now pv_ops dom0 works for me. Thanks.

Regards,
Weidong

> 
>> 
>>> Did anyone meet this issue? Is there any difference on build and
>>> installation between pvops dom0 and 2.6.18 dom0? Following is my
>>> instructions, pls correct me if something is wrong. Appreciate in
>>> advance. 
>>> 
>>> My build and installation instructions:
>>>     - cd xen-unstable.hg
>>>     - make world (linux-2.6-pvops.git will be cloned)
>>>     - make install
>>> 
>>> My grub entry:
>>>     title Xen - pvops
>>>                     root (hd0,2)
>>>                     kernel /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=512m
>>>                     module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-30.rc3-tip ro root=/dev/sda3
>>> console=tty0 console=ttyS0 
>>> 
>> 
>> What happens if you have "console=hvc0 earlyprintk=xen
>> ignore_loglevel" on the "module" line?  You should get more output
>> from the kernel.  You might also want "console=com1,vga" on the Xen
>> line. 
>> 
>>     J


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