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Re: [Xen-users] Ubuntu 8.04 DomU crash

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Ubuntu 8.04 DomU crash
From: Chris 'Xenon' Hanson <xenon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 19:01:03 -0500
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Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> Yes, I have seen those "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 11s!" hangs a
> couple of times, too.
> Same on the machine I had problems with. So, this might indeed be a
> problematic combination - or simply pure chance.
> I have neither found the root of the problem nor a solution. But
> replacing the domU's Ubuntu kernel by a self-compiled recent vanilla
> kernel (2.6.28.8) with domU support is a workaround that lets the domU
> run stable since 54 days now - previously one week was the most I could
> get for uptime.

  Hmm. My other DomU (same kernel) hasn't glitched and it's under heavier load. 
Odd. I've
been reluctant to compile a new kernel because then I'm running something 
different than
the rest of the world and it's harder to compare configurations. But maybe I'll 
look into it.

  Thanks for the advice.

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