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RE: [Xen-users] xen 3.0 testing ACPI problems / no PCI functionality

To: "Patrick" <patrick_@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] xen 3.0 testing ACPI problems / no PCI functionality
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:09:27 -0000
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Thread-topic: [Xen-users] xen 3.0 testing ACPI problems / no PCI functionality
> FFS .. I do not care about ACPI .. now I ask you the _second 
> time_ to refer to my PCI problem as without PCI nothing works at all.

If you use one of our kernels PCI will likely work fine. If you've got a
broken bios that doesn't do acpi then disable it with acpi=off on the
xen command line. I'd much rather help you get something working with a
known good kernel than trying to second guess all the possible ways you
could have botched your own config...

Ian 
 
> Patrick
> 
> Ian Pratt wrote:
> 
> >>First of all .. as I said ACPI was the reason why my mashine was 
> >>constantly rebooting as - if ACPI enabled - xen does did not detect 
> >>the amount of RAM properly and thus is always claiming it wasnt 
> >>enough.
> >>Sencondly, the xen kernel config is not that much different 
> to mine ..
> >>my kernel is just more lightweight tho.
> >>...
> >>ACPI isnt the main problem, could you please also refer to 
> the second 
> >>problem, which is of much more importance to me?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Can you not just put 'acpi=off' on the *xen* command line (not the 
> >linux one)?
> >
> >Please try this with the -xen kernel.
> >
> >Ian
> >
> >  
> >
> >>best regards,
> >>Patrick
> >>
> >>Ian Pratt wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>I just encountered that the xen 3.0 testing (from the mercurial
> >>>>repository) will not work if I have ACPI compiled into the kernel.
> >>>>Although the kernel will build properly, I cant boot it, 
> as xen is 
> >>>>constantly moaning about the amount of memory reservated
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>for dom0 and
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>thus is rebooting again and again (the appropiate settings
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>are given
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>and correct).
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>Any reason not to be using our -xen kernel config? It has
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>ACPI and sems
> >>    
> >>
> >>>to work fine for the almost everyone.
> >>>
> >>>Ian
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>I confirmed this by NOT compiling ACPI into my kernel at
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>all .. then
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>xen boots up fine... BUT then I do not have PCI
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>functionality at all
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>(which means lspci is empty and all my PCI devices do not
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>work, even
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>not if I try to load the appropiate driver manually). Again the 
> >>>>settings (config) are compiled in and correctly set (which simply 
> >>>>means I wasnt a jerk and forgot compiling PCI support in tho).
> >>>>I am using sis5513 as mainboard chipset and another
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>confirmation on my
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>side, as far as the problerm above's concerned, is that I tried 
> >>>>exactly the same kernel config (without the xen config symbols of
> >>>>course) and compiled a vanilla 2.6.12.6 kernel manually .. 
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>it boots up
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>fine and PCI support is also given, while doing the same with a 
> >>>>xen-patched kernel will not work at all and results in pci 
> >>>>non-functionality.
> >>>>
> >>>>Any further confirmation about the two problems I mentioned above 
> >>>>would be appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>best regards,
> >>>>Patrick
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>_______________________________________________
> >>>>Xen-users mailing list
> >>>>Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 

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