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[Xen-ia64-devel] RE: [Xen-devel] Please pull xen-ia64 bits

To: "Haavard Bjerke" <havard.bjerke@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-ia64-devel] RE: [Xen-devel] Please pull xen-ia64 bits
From: "Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 12:59:14 -0700
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Please pull xen-ia64 bits
I suspect your previous command line had "nomca" which is
required with a privified xenlinux.  Add it right after
the double dash (... -- nomca console=ttyS0...).

Nomca is not required for a paravirtualized xenlinux (which
is my primary environment now so I left it out of the
example).  Sorry for the confusion!

Dan 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haavard Bjerke [mailto:havard.bjerke@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:40 PM
> To: Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)
> Cc: Haavard Bjerke; xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Please pull xen-ia64 bits
> 
> Using the following cmdline i get output from Xen
> 
> append="com1=115200,8n1,0xff5e0000,9 -- console=ttyS0,115200 
> root=/dev/ sda2"
> 
> But it's not looking good:
> 
> (XEN) vcpu_ttag: ttag instruction unsupported
> (XEN) $$$$$ PANIC in domain 0 (k6=f0000000040a8000): 
> ia64_do_page_fault: @0000000000000000??)
> (XEN) BUG at domain.c:305
> (XEN) $$$$$ PANIC in domain 0 (k6=f0000000040a8000): psr.ic 
> off, delivering fault=5300,iip=a0
> (XEN) *** ADD REGISTER DUMP HERE FOR DEBUGGING
> (XEN) BUG at domain.c:305
> 
> The Xenlinux image I'm using works in older Xens.
> 
> Haavard
> 
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 08:59:10AM -0700, Magenheimer, Dan 
> (HP Labs Fort Collins) wrote:
> > There were some changes made recently in core Xen involving
> > the serial port.  The latest Xen/ia64 from xeno-unstable.bk
> > contains these changes and some additional changes to
> > the ia64-specific files to accommodate the core changes. 
> > 
> > The core changes are very particular about the format
> > of the command line -- I'm not sure I fully understand
> > yet what variations work and what variations don't work.
> > If it doesn't work, there is no way to put out an error
> > message (though the core Xen code trys to :-)
> > 
> > Here's what I think works:  (This will find its way into
> > a README file soon.)
> > 
> > 1) If your machine supports EFI PCDP (I'm told many HP
> >    machines do), Xen/ia64 will attempt to read console
> >    information directly out of EFI HCDP.  In some cases
> >    it can figure out the console, in others it can't.
> >    If it can, the command line for Xen should be the
> >    same as before, meaning no explicit console... the
> >    entire command line is passed to domain0.
> > 
> >    So your elilo.conf file may have something like this:
> > 
> > image=xen
> >  label=xen
> >  initrd=xenlinux
> >  read-only
> >  append="console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda2"
> > 
> > 2) If your machine doesn't support PCDP (or does but
> >    Xen can't figure it out), the Xen console must be
> >    provided in a very specific format.  The Xen command
> >    line is now separated from domain0 in the elilo.conf
> >    file using a double-dash:
> > 
> >     xenarg1 xenarg2 -- dom0arg1 dom0arg2 domarg3
> > 
> >    The Xen console must be specifed as
> >    comX=baud,bits,addr,irq, for example:
> > 
> >     com1=115200,8n1,0xff5e0000,9
> > 
> >    This works on my machine.  The following works on
> >    another machine with an SMP (management card):
> > 
> >     com1=115200,8n1,0xf4050000,9
> > 
> >    So your elilo.conf file may have something like this:
> > 
> > image=xen
> >  label=xen
> >  initrd=xenlinux
> >  read-only
> >  append="com1=115200,8n1,0xff5e0000,9 -- console=ttyS0,115200
> > root=/dev/sda2"
> > 
> >    If you specify any com1= parameter in the Xen part, this
> >    overrides any attempt for Xen to try to use PCDP.
> > 
> >    Note that the irq number will be necessary for keyboard
> >    input which doesn't currently work in Xen/ia64 so is
> >    a no-op right now.
> > 
> > 3) If your box is PC-compliant (most Intel boxes I'm told),
> >    the default Xen core code may just work...  I don't think
> >    any Xen command line needs to be specified.
> > 
> > This is all brand new so is subject to change. 
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Haavard Bjerke [mailto:havard.bjerke@xxxxxxx] 
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 7:23 AM
> > > To: Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)
> > > Cc: xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Please pull xen-ia64 bits
> > > 
> > > I've lost console output from the hypervisor with this latest 
> > > bk pull. Is this because of the latest serial work? I tried 
> > > changing the command line to append="comx=115200 console=comx 
> > > -- nomca console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/sda2 " 
> > > with x in 0 through 2, but no dice. I've also tried 
> > > "com2=57600,8n1 console=com2". The cmd line that worked 
> > > before, was "nomca console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 
> root=/dev/sda2".
> > > 
> > > Dom0 still works as before.
> > > 
> > > Haavard
> > > 
> > > On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 08:25:23AM -0700, Magenheimer, Dan 
> > > (HP Labs Fort Collins) wrote:
> > > > A couple more fixes for the recent include file cleanup
> > > > (when CONFIG_VTI is on) and one fix for the recent cpumask
> > > > cleanup.
> > > > 
> > > > Please pull:
> > > > bk://xen-ia64.bkbits.net/xeno-unstable-ia64.bk
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Dan 
> > > > 
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Xen-devel mailing list
> > > > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
> > > 
> 
> -- 
> Håvard K. F. Bjerke
> http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~havarbj/
> 

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