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RE: [Xen-users] Serial console - Xen 4.0 - debugging pv_ops 2.6.31 dom0
> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:27:40 +0200 < zary@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Serial console - Xen 4.0 - debugging pv_ops 2.6.31 dom0 kernel
>
> Well, it seems, problem is the IO ports Kouwell PCI card - 01:0a.0 Communication controller: NetMos Technology PCI 9835 Multi-I/O Controller (rev 01).
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> COM ports work in standard Lenny kernel like charm, but when I remove these modules, they caese to work - so it seems they need special driver to work - so I assume that's the reason they don't work during xen boot process (or I'm wrong? :) ).
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> lsmod
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> parport_serial 11264 0
> parport_pc 31016 1 parport_serial
> parport 41776 1 parport_pc
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> Any ideas? (or advice on proven PCI card with COM ports that are usable for monitoring xen boot process)?
Might be outdated, by check out the attached PDF file obtained from the Moschip website.
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> Regards
>
> Matej
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matej Zary
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 4:57 PM
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] Serial console - Xen 4.0 - debugging pv_ops 2.6.31 dom0 kernel
>
> Hello all,
>
> I compiled from source Xen 4.0 with the default 2.6.31.13 pv_ops dom0 kernel on barebone Debian Lenny installation. Problem is, this dom0 kernel won't boot. First complaining about ioapic, so I tried with noioapci, still no luck (the screen blackens during boot and computer reboots). :( So here comes serial console. This PC is older shady Asrock nForce 430 board with AMD Athlon X2 1,9 Ghz CPU => no onboard serial port. Therefore I added PCI card with i/o ports.
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> dmesg | grep tty
> [ 0.004000] console [tty0] enabled
> [ 0.923873] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> [ 0.924008] 00:0a: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
> [ 7.887891] 0000:01:0a.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xec00 (irq = 18) is a 16550A
> [ 7.887891] 0000:01:0a.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xe480 (irq = 18) is a 16550A
>
>
> According to http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenSerialConsole I used usb->com cable on my laptop and tried the link test with minicom on both sides - chatting worked flawlessly (using /dev/ttyS1 on "server" side).
>
> Problem is, I'm not able configure boot options for Xen to work with this serial port. My grub menu.lst (one from many experiments):
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> title Xen 4.0, Linux kernel 2.6.31.13 with serial console
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /boot/xen-4.0.gz dom0_mem=512M loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all com2=115200, 8n1, 0xec00, 18 console=com2
> module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.13 root=/dev/sda1 ro console=hvc0 earlyprintk=xen nomodeset
> module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.13
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> Tried many variations, but still no luck getting the xen boot process on my serial connected console.
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> Any hints?
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>
> Many thanks.
>
> Matej
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