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Re: [Xen-users] help on FreeBSD using hvm

Hello,

when working with hvm ... interfaces used by xen have to be tun/tap?, or
they are vif as regular xen virtual machines?

Regards,
Sergi

Sergi Seira wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I can see it creates a vif<domid>.0 interface and assigns it to the
> xenbr0 bridge correctly, but this crashes/panics freebsd due to some
> kind of failed diagnostic during re0 lookback mode test (see kernel
> panic from earlier mails).
> 
> No FreeBSD under xen user has the same problem?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> regards,
> Sergi
> 
> Sergi Seira wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I commented the line:
>>
>>  vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ]
>>
>> and the FreeBSD installation can start without a kernel panic.
>>
>> leaving:
>>
>>  vif = ['']
>>
>> produces the kernel panic again.
>>
>> I also tried with a FreeBSD 6.0, but panic-ed too.
>>
>> Any idea of what causes this kernel panic?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sergi
>>
>>
>> Sergi Seira wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I found that the domain was crashing because of trying to boot a freebsd
>>> 6.1 amd64 kernel ... an i386 kernel kind of gets a little further, until:
>>>
>>> rlphy0: <RealTek internal media interface> on miibus0
>>> rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>>> re0: Ethernet address: 00:60:e0:e1:21:d7
>>> re0: diagnostic failed, failed to receive packet in loopback mode
>>> re0: attach aborted due to hardware diag failure
>>> kernel trap 12 with interrupts disabled
>>>
>>> Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
>>> fault virtual address   = 0x74
>>> fault code              = supervisor read, page not present
>>> instruction pointer     = 0x20:0xc066dd41
>>> stack pointer           = 0x28:0xc1020a54
>>> frame pointer           = 0x28:0xc1020a58
>>> code segment            = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>>>                         = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
>>> processor eflags        = resume, IOPL = 0
>>> current process         = 0 (swapper)
>>> trap number             = 12
>>> panic: page fault
>>> Uptime: 1s
>>>
>>> I'm gonna try to boot a 6.0 freebsd, to see if it is something related
>>> to the drivers in the distribution or what.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sergi
>>>
>>> Sergi Seira wrote:
>>>> Hi again,
>>>>
>>>> well, sdl was not working because I was calling xm from root and Xserver
>>>> was started from another user.
>>>> I had to switch to that user and :
>>>>
>>>> xhost +local:root
>>>>
>>>> to allow root to start X applications from localhost.
>>>>
>>>> Now, at last I see a window with a FreeBSD installation going on ... but
>>>> not everything is good news ... the domain crashes when the countdown in
>>>> the freebsd splash window ends.
>>>>
>>>> Logs at /var/log/xen doesn't say much about the crash ... how can I
>>>> debug this deeply?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Sergi
>>>>
>>>> Sergi Seira wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've made some progress ...
>>>>>
>>>>> I found that one could set up a tap interface with:
>>>>>
>>>>> # modprobe tun
>>>>> # tunctl -t tap0
>>>>>
>>>>> a command included in uml-utilities package for debian (dist. I'm using).
>>>>>
>>>>> Now the domain starts and spends some CPU time but dies:
>>>>>
>>>>> # tail xend.log
>>>>> [2007-02-27 16:24:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3297] WARNING
>>>>> (XendDomainInfo:950) Domain has crashed: name=FreeBSD60_01 id=8.
>>>>> [2007-02-27 16:24:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3297] DEBUG
>>>>> (XendDomainInfo:1483) XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=8
>>>>> [2007-02-27 16:24:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3297] DEBUG
>>>>> (XendDomainInfo:1491) XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(8)
>>>>> [2007-02-27 16:24:50 xend 3297] DEBUG (image:533) hvm shutdown watch
>>>>> unregistered
>>>>> [2007-02-27 16:24:50 xend 3297] DEBUG (image:572) hvm reboot feature
>>>>> watch unregistered
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems a problem with vnc?
>>>>>
>>>>> # tail qemu-dm.8309.log
>>>>> domid: 7
>>>>> qemu: the number of cpus is 1
>>>>> qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 1000
>>>>> shared page at pfn:ffff
>>>>> buffered io page at pfn:fffd
>>>>> vncviewer execlp failed
>>>>> char device redirected to /dev/pts/2
>>>>> I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm stuck here right now. Any ideas?
>>>>> Why do you think I have to do this things (tun/tap) by hand instead of
>>>>> been done by xm?
>>>>>
>>>>> About the cdrom issue ... I removed the cdrom part and could see the
>>>>> qemu log complaining about not including /dev/cdrom.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> regards,
>>>>> Sergi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark Williamson wrote:
>>>>>>> CPU time doesn't go up.
>>>>>> Weird.  It's strange given the guest also isn't paused...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've checked /var/log/xen/qemu-dm.19594.log (I missed this files before
>>>>>>> posting):
>>>>>> I noticed that you had the physical CD-ROM drive mapped as the guests 
>>>>>> virtual 
>>>>>> CDROM.  Could you try taking that out, please?  I'm not at all convinced 
>>>>>> that's the source of the problem but I do remember having problems when 
>>>>>> I 
>>>>>> tried to do that myself (that was for an installation of Windows - I 
>>>>>> ended up 
>>>>>> ripping the CD to an ISO and using that as the virtual CD drive!)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> domid: 3
>>>>>>> qemu: the number of cpus is 1
>>>>>>> warning: could not open /dev/net/tun: no virtual network emulation
>>>>>>> Could not initialize device 'tap'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After searching a little I found that maybe:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> modprobe tun
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> would work, but I get the same error.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do I have to recompile xen with some tun/tap option?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for your quick answer.
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Sergi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark Williamson wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 from cdrom to a fully virtualized
>>>>>>>>> machine. I've already run domU using xen patched kernels without a
>>>>>>>>> problem, but can't create a fully virtualized domU.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am running :
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  - AMD dual opteron with SVM Code option enabled (BIOS)
>>>>>>>>>  - xen 3.0.4 compiled from sources
>>>>>>>> OK.  It *should* work - my own test machine is an AMD-V box running
>>>>>>>> 3.0.4-testing
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When issuing :
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> # xm create xm_fbsd.hvm
>>>>>>>>> Using config file "./xm_fbsd.hvm".
>>>>>>>>> Started domain FreeBSD60_01
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It starts (apparently) my fbsd domU:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> # xm list
>>>>>>>>> Name                      ID   Mem VCPUs      State   Time(s)
>>>>>>>>> Domain-0                   0   125     4     r-----    168.5
>>>>>>>>> FreeBSD60_01              18   256     1     ------      0.0
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> nothing happens, nothing really starts. It will do the same, if I 
>>>>>>>>> remove
>>>>>>>>> all entries abount disks ... I don't know where to look for errors, 
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> xend.log doesn't really tell me anything interesting.
>>>>>>>> Does the CPU time go up?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have tried both sdl=1 and vnc=1, but no console access.
>>>>>>>> The SDL needs there to be an accessible X server (e.g. via SSH
>>>>>>>> forwarding, or you're running from a terminal on the local X server).  
>>>>>>>> Do
>>>>>>>> you have this?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Have you tried connecting a VNC viewer manually to port 5900 +
>>>>>>>> vncdisplay?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Are you running 64-bit Xen on the host?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Long output from xm list:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> # xm list --long
>>>>>>>>> (domain
>>>>>>>>>     (domid 0)
>>>>>>>>>     (on_crash restart)
>>>>>>>>>     (memory 125)
>>>>>>>>>     (uuid 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000)
>>>>>>>>>     (bootloader_args )
>>>>>>>>>     (name Domain-0)
>>>>>>>>>     (maxmem 125)
>>>>>>>>>     (on_reboot restart)
>>>>>>>>>     (on_poweroff destroy)
>>>>>>>>>     (vcpus 4)
>>>>>>>>>     (bootloader )
>>>>>>>>>     (shadow_memory 0)
>>>>>>>>>     (cpu_weight 256)
>>>>>>>>>     (cpu_cap 0)
>>>>>>>>>     (features )
>>>>>>>>>     (on_xend_start ignore)
>>>>>>>>>     (on_xend_stop ignore)
>>>>>>>>>     (cpu_time 171.188784501)
>>>>>>>>>     (online_vcpus 4)
>>>>>>>>>     (status 2)
>>>>>>>>>     (memory_dynamic_min 125)
>>>>>>>>>     (memory_dynamic_max 0)
>>>>>>>>>     (state r-----)
>>>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>>>> (domain
>>>>>>>>>     (domid 19)
>>>>>>>>>     (on_crash destroy)
>>>>>>>>>     (memory 256)
>>>>>>>>>     (uuid 64b0c736-4736-a29b-3425-21f90f137eae)
>>>>>>>>>     (bootloader_args )
>>>>>>>>>     (name FreeBSD60_01)
>>>>>>>>>     (maxmem 264)
>>>>>>>>>     (on_reboot destroy)
>>>>>>>>>     (on_poweroff destroy)
>>>>>>>>>     (localtime 0)
>>>>>>>>>     (vcpus 1)
>>>>>>>>>     (bootloader )
>>>>>>>>>     (shadow_memory 8)
>>>>>>>>>     (cpu_weight 256)
>>>>>>>>>     (cpu_cap 0)
>>>>>>>>>     (features )
>>>>>>>>>     (on_xend_start ignore)
>>>>>>>>>     (on_xend_stop ignore)
>>>>>>>>>     (start_time 1172570145.59)
>>>>>>>>>     (cpu_time 6.4349e-05)
>>>>>>>>>     (online_vcpus 1)
>>>>>>>>>     (image
>>>>>>>>>         (hvm
>>>>>>>>>             (kernel /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader)
>>>>>>>>>             (nographic 0)
>>>>>>>>>             (vnc 0)
>>>>>>>>>             (sdl 1)
>>>>>>>>>             (vncunused 1)
>>>>>>>>>             (device_model /usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm)
>>>>>>>>>             (xauthority /root/.Xauthority)
>>>>>>>>>             (vncconsole 1)
>>>>>>>>>             (pae 1)
>>>>>>>>>             (apic 1)
>>>>>>>>>             (acpi 1)
>>>>>>>>>             (boot d)
>>>>>>>>>             (isa 0)
>>>>>>>>>             (localtime 0)
>>>>>>>>>             (serial pty)
>>>>>>>>>             (usb 0)
>>>>>>>>>             (vcpus 1)
>>>>>>>>>         )
>>>>>>>>>     )
>>>>>>>>>     (status 2)
>>>>>>>>>     (memory_dynamic_min 256)
>>>>>>>>>     (memory_dynamic_max 264)
>>>>>>>>>     (state ------)
>>>>>>>>>     (store_mfn 65534)
>>>>>>>>>     (device
>>>>>>>>>         (vif
>>>>>>>>>             (bridge xenbr0)
>>>>>>>>>             (uuid 10950eec-5eb7-94a8-b297-faa18264460d)
>>>>>>>>>             (script vif-bridge)
>>>>>>>>>             (mac 00:16:3e:00:dd:c1)
>>>>>>>>>             (type ioemu)
>>>>>>>>>             (backend 0)
>>>>>>>>>         )
>>>>>>>>>     )
>>>>>>>>>     (device
>>>>>>>>>         (vbd
>>>>>>>>>             (uname file:/xenvm/fbsd/freebsd_xen_INSTALL.img)
>>>>>>>>>             (uuid 9f100ba5-4cae-0c05-7d76-09c9c4a24c4d)
>>>>>>>>>             (mode w)
>>>>>>>>>             (dev hda:disk)
>>>>>>>>>             (backend 0)
>>>>>>>>>         )
>>>>>>>>>     )
>>>>>>>>>     (device
>>>>>>>>>         (vbd
>>>>>>>>>             (uname phy:/dev/cdrom)
>>>>>>>>>             (uuid 71c65447-84b2-8168-fdf4-8e4f3d795adc)
>>>>>>>>>             (mode r)
>>>>>>>>>             (dev hdc:cdrom)
>>>>>>>>>             (backend 0)
>>>>>>>>>         )
>>>>>>>>>     )
>>>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>>>> Sergi
>>>>>>>>>
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