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Re: [Xen-devel] pv 2.6.31 (kernel.org) and save/migrate

To: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] pv 2.6.31 (kernel.org) and save/migrate
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:30:46 +0200
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On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 02:27:27PM -0800, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 10:37:49AM -0800, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> > > Sorry for another possibly stupid question:
> > > 
> > > I've observed that for a pv domain that's been updated
> > > to a 2.6.31 kernel (straight from kernel.org), "xm save"
> > > never completes.  When the older kernel (2.6.18)
> > > is booted, "xm save" works fine.  Is this a known problem...
> > > or perhaps xm save has never worked with an upstream pv
> > > kernel and I've never noticed?
> > > 
> > > I'd assume migrate and live migrate would fail also but
> > > haven't tried them.
> > > 
> > 
> > Just checking.. are you running the latest 2.6.31.5 ? I think 
> > there has
> > been multiple xen related bugfixes in the 2.6.31.X releases.
> > 
> > -- Pasi
> 
> No it was plain 2.6.31.  But I downloaded/built 2.6.31.5 and
> can't even get it to boot (and no console or VNC output at
> all).  Are CONFIG changes required betwen 2.6.31 and 2.6.31.5
> for Xen?  (I checked and I am using the same .config.)
> 
> Trying to reproduce on a different machine, just to verify.
> 

There shouldn't be any .config changes needed.

Can you paste the full domU console output? Does it crash or? 

-- Pasi


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