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[Xen-devel] Re: boot failure with 2.6.27(XCI) git

To: Jean Guyader <jean.guyader@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: boot failure with 2.6.27(XCI) git
From: Dulloor <dulloor@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:53:06 -0400
Cc: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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oh ... I didn't realize Xen-DomU was in vanilla 2.6.27 (those XEN options). Stupid of me. Sorry !

-dulloor

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Jean Guyader <jean.guyader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The base tree XCI/linux-2.6.27.git is a mainstream linux 2.6.27 nothing more.
To have a xenified kernel you need to apply the patch queue on the top.

But we can definitely comes up with a coalesce version of the patch queue
inside the main tree.

Jean

2009/6/5 Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Not patched branch 2.6.27 git won't give xenified kernel.
> Check "make menuconfig"
> As far as i understand XCI queue would give an  option Xen Dom0 support, but
> it seems to contain some XCI stuff not needed for regular
> xenified kernel.
>
> Boris
>
> --- On Fri, 6/5/09, Dulloor <dulloor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Dulloor <dulloor@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: boot failure with 2.6.27(XCI) git
> To: "Jean Guyader" <jean.guyader@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Keir Fraser" <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Boris Derzhavets"
> <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 2:11 AM
>
> I am using a simple (default config) linux-2.6.27, without XCI patch-queues.
> The display just blanks out during xen boot. I have a core2-duo machine.
> And, I am able to boot fine with both pvops and 2.6.18 kernels on this
> machine. I wish I could give more info, but I have none !
>
> It is important for me to move my development environment to 2.6.27, given
> the platforms we use.
> If there are any suggestions on howto go about debugging this, let know.
> Does xen support remote serial debugging ? If yes, how to enable it ?
>
> -dulloor
>
> PS : I have attached the config file, just in case
>
>

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