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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: 2.6.39-rc6 does not boot on Xen 3.3.1

To: Alex Bligh <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: 2.6.39-rc6 does not boot on Xen 3.3.1
From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 13:17:15 +0100
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On Sat, 7 May 2011, Alex Bligh wrote:
> --On 7 May 2011 18:31:49 +0100 Alex Bligh <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 2.6.39-rc6 does not boot on Xen 3.3.1. It hangs on the first
> > line with Xen Platform PCI: unrecognised magic value.
> >
> > Is this intentional?
> 
> Sorry, I should have been mode explicit:
> 
> A PV on HVM guest with CONFIG_XEN does not boot on Xen 2.6.39-rc6,
> failing with the above error.
> 
> $ fgrep XEN .config
> CONFIG_XEN=y
> CONFIG_XEN_DOM0=y
> CONFIG_XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST=y
> CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM=y
> CONFIG_XEN_MAX_DOMAIN_MEMORY=128
> CONFIG_XEN_SAVE_RESTORE=y
> # CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS is not set
> CONFIG_PCI_XEN=y
> # CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_FRONTEND is not set
> # CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND is not set
> # CONFIG_NETXEN_NIC is not set
> # CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND is not set
> CONFIG_HVC_XEN=y
> # CONFIG_XEN_FBDEV_FRONTEND is not set
> CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON=y
> CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES=y
> # CONFIG_XEN_DEV_EVTCHN is not set
> CONFIG_XEN_BACKEND=y
> # CONFIG_XENFS is not set
> CONFIG_XEN_SYS_HYPERVISOR=y
> # CONFIG_XEN_GNTDEV is not set
> # CONFIG_XEN_PLATFORM_PCI is not set
> CONFIG_SWIOTLB_XEN=y


If you want a good PV on HVM configuration you need to enable also:

CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND
CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
CONFIG_XEN_PLATFORM_PCI

I suggest to compile CONFIG_XEN_PLATFORM_PCI built-in.

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