RE: [Xen-users] XenSerialConsole help + GRUB2 (Machine locks up on boot)

[Mike Viau <viaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:24:53 +0300 <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:03:51AM -0400, Mike Viau wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to setup a Xen serial console for easily debugging the full
> > kernel boot messages even if it crashes with the help from the following
> > wiki pages:
> >
> > [1]http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenSerialConsole
> > [2]http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps
> >
> > I noticed the wiki was written for use with grub legacy.
> >
>
> I wouldn't call grub1 legacy since it's still used by most of the distros :)
>
> > Therefore I am
> > not certain if the serial console issue is with the way the grub2 package
> > implemented serial consoles.
> >
> > My problem is the machine locks up on boot after printing the messages:
> >
> > (XEN) Xen trace buffers: disabled
> > (XEN) Std. Loglevel: All
> > (XEN) Guest Loglevel: All
> > (XEN) **********************************************
> > (XEN) ******* WARNING: CONSOLE OUTPUT IS SYNCHRONOUS
> > (XEN) ******* This option is intended to aid debugging of Xen by ensuring
> > (XEN) ******* that all output is synchronously delivered on the serial line.
> > (XEN) ******* However it can introduce SIGNIFICANT latencies and affect
> > (XEN) ******* timekeeping. It is NOT recommended for production use!
> > (XEN) **********************************************
> > (XEN) 3... 2... 1...
> >
>
>
> Can you please paste the full boot messages before it locks up?
>
>


Unfortunately no, because I am not getting any output (kernel messages) to the terminal on the other machine listening. I attached a photo of what I see on the screen when console=com1,vga.

> > After that I just get a blank screen with a blinking "_" prompt at the top
> > left hand corner of the screen. I understand that this message should not
> > alone cause the kernel to stop booting at the output was actually found on
> > another thread at:
> > [3]http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-04/msg00340.html
> >
> > Does any have a non-standard PCI serial port Xen serial console working
> > with grub2? What does your /etc/default/grub file and menuentrys look
> > like? What does your /etc/inittab look like?
> >
> > My motherboard does not have a serial port or even serial headers
> > connectors on the board. Therefor I purchased an add-in serial card to
> > obtain serial ports on the machine.
> >
> > Motherboard:
> > [4]http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/DP55WG/DP55WG-overview.htm
> > [5]http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=40078
> >
> > Add-in serial card:
> > "Cables Unlimited IOC-2200 2-Port DB9 Serial PCI I/O Card"
> > [6](http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1431863&CatId=1422)
> >
>
> Does the serial console work with plain baremetal Linux? (without Xen).
>
>

No it does not. I started a thread over on the Debian mailing-list for this though to see if anyone there had any ideas. I have got no replies as of yet.

Mainly I was asking if one needed to build the mcs9865-serial.ko (kernel module) against the kernel source for the running kernel in order to log kernel message during boot time or does grub implement a generic driver to capture the kernel message?

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/04/msg00765.html

>
> > My GRUB2 configuration files are also attached from:
> >
> > /etc/default/grub
> > /boot/grub/grub.cfg (trying to boot "Setting up Xen 4.0.0 / PVOPS
> > 2.6.32-4-xen-amd64 with a serial console" entry)
> >
> > Lastly a snippet from lspci -vvv
> >
> > 05:01.0 Serial controller: NetMos Technology Device 9865 (prog-if 02
> > [16550])
> > Subsystem: Device a000:1000
> > Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
> > Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
> > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
> > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
> > Region 0: I/O ports at 1008 [size=8]
>
>
> So the first port has IO port 0x1008 and uses IRQ 22.

Agreed. And I also physically connected my null modem cable to both (out of two) serial ports to eliminate the possibility that I was connected to the wrong port.

>
> -- Pasi
>
> > Region 1: Memory at f0007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> > Region 4: Memory at f0006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> > Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
> > Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA
> > PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
> >
> > 05:01.1 Serial controller: NetMos Technology Device 9865 (prog-if 02
> > [16550])
> > Subsystem: Device a000:1000
> > Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
> > Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
> > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
> > Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 21
> > Region 0: I/O ports at 1000 [size=8]
> > Region 1: Memory at f0005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> > Region 4: Memory at f0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> > Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
> > Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA
> > PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
> >
> >
> > Thanks for looking!
> >
> > -M
> >
>
>
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-M

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