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Re: [Xen-users] Xen Panic w/ dom0 2.6.30.2 (gentoo-xen-kernel.googlecode

On Thursday 06 August 2009, Andrew Lyon wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Christian
>
> Fischer<Christian.Fischer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 05 August 2009, Andrew Lyon wrote:
> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Christian
> >>
> >> Fischer<Christian.Fischer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Tuesday 04 August 2009, Jody Belka wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I just tried upgrading my dom0 to 2.6.30.2, using the patches on
> >> >> gentoo-xen-kernel.googlecode.com. It built ok, but trying to boot
> >> >> results in a "FATAL PAGE FAULT" error from xen.
> >> >>
> >> >> Xen specs = Xen 3.4.1-rc2, x84_64
> >> >>
> >> >> Has anyone seen this before, and maybe has an idea what's going
> >> >> wrong, and what I need to do to get a working dom0? I've attached
> >> >> screengrabs of the panic stack/call trace.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Jody
> >> >
> >> > Tried 2.6.30-r2 on HP ProLiant DL380G5 with xen-3.3, panics, no output
> >> > on vga after relinquishing VGA console, works on Dell Optiplex
> >> > Core2Duo.
> >> >
> >> > Switched back to 2.6.29-r4, works out of the box.
> >> >
> >> > Christian
> >>
> >> To be honest 2.6.29 is the best one to use at the moment, 2.6.30 has
> >> issues with networking which I've not been able to fix, also opensuse
> >> have selected 2.6.31 as their next distro kernel so I plan to rebase
> >> that as soon as it is released and to put more effort into supporting
> >> it, they have already moved to the 2.6.31-rcX tree so 2.6.30 is dead
> >> as far as opensuse are concerned, that makes it much harder for me to
> >> support.
> >>
> >>
> >> Andy
> >
> > Andrew,
> >
> > dou you think 2.6.29-xen-r4 is stable enough for production use? Or is it
> > somewhat experimental?
>
> Its probably the most stable Xen dom0 kernel I've used so far, I have
> it running on two production systems and I've had no problems.

fine to hear, thx

>
> The pv_ops tree is getting better all the time but I use pci passthru
> and that works better with the "classic" Xen patched kernel.
>
> Just be aware that opensuse are no longer developing the patches for
> 2.6.29, they have already switched to 2.6.31-rcX as they have selected
> .31 for their next distro kernel, so if a critical bug is found and I
> cannot fix it or port a existing fix to .29 then we will be out of
> options.

Yes, you told that.
I see no other solution, I'll switch to 2.6.29.

Christian

>
> Andy
>
> > I have "xfs issues" with 2.6.18 and Eric Sandeen recommends something
> > more recent.
> >
> > Christian
> >
> >> > --
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> >> >        --- Frank Vincent Zappa
> >> >
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