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Re: [Xen-users] Re: Ubuntu as xen guest?

On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 04:04 +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 12:53:52PM +1000, Matt Palmer wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 12:47:49PM +1200, Steve Wray wrote:
> > > we have a persistent problem with Ubuntu as a DomU.
> > > 
> > > Despite the fact that it has libc6-xen libraries installed and /lib/tls
> > > moved aside, we still get these sorts of message:
> > > 
> > > 4gb seg fixup, process init (pid 1), cs:ip 73:b7e1b236
> > 
> > I'd guess that your initrd has a non-Xen libc in it.
> 
> Is it not the case that init is statically linked to a non-xen libc?
> I see this on my ubuntu domUs also, I don't use initrds and I do
> have libc6-xen installed.  I only see it for init (pid 1) and don't
> seem to experience any slowdown.
> 
> So basically I was under the impression that seeing this for init is
> expected and harmless.  Is this not the case?

mkinitramfs just copies everything over from /lib from wherever you ran
it. So , if you built the initrd prior to installing xen glibc, then you
have the old version on your initrd. It will throw a warning either way.

Probably safe to ignore.

Best,
--Tim

> Cheers,
> Andy
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