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Re: [Xen-users] Unable to start HVM guest on Xen-Unstable is this broken

To: Mark Hurenkamp <mark.hurenkamp@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to start HVM guest on Xen-Unstable is this broken?
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 20:39:10 +0200
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On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 01:05:44AM +0100, Mark Hurenkamp wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I've recently moved my xen over from 3.4-testing to unstable, to try out 4.0, 
> and although i got the basics working (pvm machines can boot fine), i can't 
> seem to get hvm machines to work.
> 
> When i start an hvm i get the following messages on the terminal:
> root@coruscant:~# xm create xp.hvm
> Using config file "/etc/xen/xp.hvm".
> Error: Domain 'xp' does not exist.
> 
> This is printed on the console:
> (XEN) tmem: all pools frozen for all domains
> (XEN) tmem: all pools thawed for all domains
> (XEN) tmem: all pools frozen for all domains
> (XEN) tmem: all pools thawed for all domains
> (XEN) memory.c:131:d0 Could not allocate order=9 extent: id=2 memflags=0 (1 
> of 
> 3)
> 
> And in /var/log/xen/qemu-dm-xp i find the following messages:
> domid: 2
> qemu: the number of cpus is 1
> /usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm: invalid option -- '-vcpu_avail'
> 

How about "xm log" ?


> Initially i thought there must be something wrong with removing/overwriting 
> the old 3.4 install, however i tried installing from scratch on a Debian 
> Squeeze system, using the latest xen-unstable mercurial repository, and it 
> still does not seem to want to start.
> 
> When i try to execute qemu-dm from commandline, it also mentions the same 
> error:
> root@coruscant:~# /usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm --vcpu_avail
> /usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm: invalid option -- '-vcpu_avail'
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on this? I'm in the dark here...
> Is this hvm currently broken in xen-unstable? Surely there must be more 
> people 
> running a hvm domain on xen-unstable? Am i doing something wrong in 
> installing 
> Xen?
> 
> 
> 
> P.S.
> My xp.hvm contains the following:
> kernel = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
> builder = 'hvm'
> memory = '1024'
> device_model='/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/mirror/xp,hda,w' ]
> name = 'xp'
> vif = ['mac=aa:00:00:00:01:09, bridge=loc']
> boot='c'
> vnc=1
> vncviewer=0
> vncconsole=1
> sdl=0
> usb=1
> usbdevice='tablet'
> localtime=1
> monitor=1
> 

So you're missing vcpus=1 option? 

-- Pasi


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