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Re: [Xen-devel] xen-unstable on HP dc7800 simply reboots

To: John Byrne <john.l.byrne@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xen-unstable on HP dc7800 simply reboots
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:12:02 +0100
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On 24/10/07 00:03, "John Byrne" <john.l.byrne@xxxxxx> wrote:

>> Actually, it a few months old. xen-unstable 15236 is the last changeset
>> that Xen doesn't immediately reboot.
>> 
> 
> Littering the early boot code with putc() and comparing the code's
> behavior on a machine that actually boots, I've found that the call to
> get_memory_map from trampoline.S is the root of all evil. If that is
> called, then the trampoline fails to make it back to protected mode from
> real mode. I am still working to identify the specific problem.

So if you remove that call, so Xen falls back to using the GRUB-supplied
memory map, then Xen boots okay? Is tghat tru on current tip of xen-unstable
too?

 -- Keir



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