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Re: [Xen-devel] Crash during boot in Debian lenny default dom0 kernel (2

To: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Crash during boot in Debian lenny default dom0 kernel (2.6.26-2-xen-686)
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:04:21 +0200
Cc: Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:21:14AM +0000, George Dunlap wrote:
> Do they?  I've installed Lenny in 2 boxes recently (within the last 2  
> months), and neither has the pci=nomsi in the grub config.  I'm pretty  
> sure I would have remembered removing it.  It's also not in the  
> "xenkopt=" automagic kernel configuration.
>
> I did install from a local mirror, but I've updated since then...
>

Yeah, pci=nomsi is not there as a default in Lenny.

-- Pasi

> -George
>
> Sander Eikelenboom wrote:
>> For what I remember from the past, the debian packages automatically put 
>> pci=nomsi in grub etc.
>> So perhaps it's wise to get that workaround removed as well.
>>
>> --
>> Sander
>>
>>
>> Friday, February 26, 2010, 12:05:48 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> OK, the attached patch fits cleanly in to the debian source package
>>> infrastructure and can result in a built .deb file that actually
>>> works.
>>>     
>>
>>   
>>> Can those who know the system take a quick look to see if there's
>>> anything obviously broken?  I'll file a bug report to debian with the
>>> patch Monday; hopefully it will be picked up quickly.
>>>     
>>
>>   
>>> Thanks,
>>>  -George
>>>     
>>
>>   
>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:28 PM, George Dunlap
>>> <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Forward porting the linux-2.6.18 patch has been straightforward so
>>>> far... I'm going to give it a spin and see if it actually boots. :-)
>>>>
>>>> It's linux-2.6.18.hg c/s 645:359b1e70d9eb, in case you're interested.
>>>>
>>>>  -George
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>>>>> George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 25.02.10 13:13 >>>
>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> Any suggestions for a simple fix I can try to push upstream?
>>>>>>           
>>>>> I'm afraid not (other than simply disabling at least the MSI-X part of
>>>>> the code), as it would require table_base to be initialized properly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jan
>>>>>
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