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Subject: [Xen-devel] Daily Xen Build
From: David F Barrera <dfbp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:15:32 -0500
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August 24, 2005, using HG source as of:

changeset:   6375:603f55eaa690ef8d47e54bdb57e20fb3266d8f56
tag:         tip
user:        kaf24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
date:        Wed Aug 24 05:48:24 2005
summary:     Initialise syscall32 vsyscall page early, as it may be
needed


x86_32 (no PAE support)
=======================   

SLES 9 SP2 on IBM xSeries 235 (512M RAM), 335 (2GB RAM) and FC3 on IBM
ThinkCentre (1GB RAM)

ISSUE: 
              
Creating DomU causes Dom0 to crash 
* SLES 9, RHEL 4 and FC3 boxen, PAE and non-PAE.
* Creating DomU without networking does NOT cause crash.
* Bugzilla #188
                  
changeset:   6329:3889ca17ff5867d5efa19eaf25463d59dd6c8c7d
tag:         tip
user:        kaf24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
date:        Tue Aug 23 07:30:35 2005
summary:     phys_to_machine_mapping array is not an array of longs.
     

x86_32 (PAE)
============

SLES 9 SP2, FC4, and RHEL 4 IBM xSeries 305, 335, and IBM ThinkCentre

    
ISSUES:
Creating DomU with networking crashes Dom0, Bugzilla #188

DomU boot crashes Dom0, Bugzilla #168 
* Workaround: use swiotlb=force as a kernel parameter when
                booting dom0
* DomU boots up normally if using swiotlb=force

X server will not come up on Dom0 on a FC3 box when Xen built with PAE
'on', Bugzilla #137

Networking issue on FC3 when Xen built with PAE, Bugzilla #173
* DomU unable to get dhcp address
* tcpdump shows lots of networking activity being 'heard'
* ping from external box shows corrupt packets
* DomU has no trouble getting IP address when Xen built non-PAE

X server does not come up on FC3 box with PAE support, Bugzilla #137
* X server comes up normally when xen built without PAE support
                
Last good changeset for x86_32,  PAE:
        
changeset:   6329:3889ca17ff5867d5efa19eaf25463d59dd6c8c7d
tag:         tip
user:        kaf24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
date:        Tue Aug 23 07:30:35 2005
summary:     phys_to_machine_mapping array is not an array of longs.
        


x86_64 (SLES 9 SP2 and FC4 on IBM HS20 Blades)
==============================================

Problems (severe) booting up Dom0 on x86_64 platforms (SLES 9 and FC4)

ISSUES:

Bugzilla Bug 187- Dom0 will not boot on x86_64 machines, SLES 9 SP2 and
FC4.
* Unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff800000373fc0 RIP:
<ffffffff80120499>{__ioremap+105}

         
Bugzilla #176  - x86_64 - *UNABLE TO BOOT DOMU*
* VFS: Cannot open root device "sdb2" or unknown-block (0,0)
* Please append a correct "root=" boot option
* Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-
block(0,0)
              * 
Bugzilla #169 - x86_64 - Unable to handle kernel paging request at
ffff8000003e0000 RIP: <ffffffff8015d16c>{unmap_vmas+1084}
        
Last good changeset for x86_64:
        
changeset: 6228:1a94949348ff52863b9fbef4eaf102c7e46a345d
tag: tip
user: kaf24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
date: Thu Aug 18 05:41:55 2005
Summary: Fix range_straddles_boundary() check to exclude regions that


-- 
Regards,

David F Barrera
Linux Technology Center
Systems and Technology Group, IBM

"The wisest men follow their own direction. "
                                                        Euripides


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