Tested:
1. apic=0, vcpus=4 OK, no crash
2. apic=1, vcpus=1 OK, no crash
3. apic=1, vcpus=2 OK (?!?!?) But:
(XEN) This hvm_vlapic is for P4, no work for De-assert init
(XEN) (file=hvm.c, line=665) AP 1 bringup suceeded.
(XEN) vmx_do_launch(): GUEST_CR3<=00fbd7a0, HOST_CR3<=cc3ae000
(XEN) (GUEST: 4) Start AP 1 from 00006000 ...
(XEN) (GUEST: 4) Starting emulated 16-bit real-mode: ip=0600:0000
4. apic=1, vcpus=4 NOK, but no crash anymore ?!?!?
A lot of
(XEN) <ioapic_inj_irq> error delivery mode 7
and on the guest:
..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
Kenrel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Try using the
noapic kernel parameter
5. apic=1, vcpus=4, 'xm create' right after reboot NOK, Dom0
crashes as before
6. starting at least one another VM with apic=0 or commented out apic ->
See 3. + 4., but no Dom0 crash.
=> Dom0 crashes only, if the hvm wasn't started with apic=0 once before.
That brings me back to time when I installed that VM: Installation was
possible only with vcpus=1 (stale after Centos 5 Install Screen). After
that I set vcpus=4 and rebootet the VM.
On Wednesday I had to reboot the Dom0 for that HP management thing and
started the VM the first time directly with apic=1, vcpus=4 causing the
crash. So it had nothing to do with the HP drivers nor QEMU package.
I guess, I have to wait for a fix in the Xen kernel or maybe try to
compile my own 3.0.4.
Thanks, Mats for you help!
br
Walter
-----Original Message-----
From: Petersson, Mats [mailto:Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 1:22 PM
To: Schober Walter; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] How do I find out why Dom0 crashes on guest
startup?
[snip big log]
> (XEN) Xen call trace:
> (XEN) [<ffff830000142da7>] vlapic_range+0x7/0x30
So, the code here does very few things (at least in the current version,
but I doubt that the older code is MUCH different). This in turn means
that it's pretty easy to determine what could be wrong:
1. VCPU = NULL - quite likely, as it's one of the first steps.
2. vlapic field in vcpu = NULL - even more likely.
I'd try running your guest with "apic=0" to see if that makes any
difference. [That will of course screw up SMP on your guest, but at
least it will hopefully tell us if it's APIC that is a problem or not]
I doubt that having installed a newer QEMU would make any difference.
--
Mats
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