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Re: [Xen-users] asus P5B Delux not booting xen (ACPI problem?)

AFAIK Etch contains already an xen kernel(s) - for instance x86-64 Package 
linux-image-xen-amd64?!
regards, Oliver

> Hi,
> 
> I'm going crazy trying to get Xen running on an ASUS P5B Delux (latest
> BIOS installed).
> 
> I've tried xen-3.0.4 and xen-3.1.0 (both compiled from source)
> 
> The boot process stalls with
> ACP: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (low level) -> IRQ 18
> ahci: 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 6 ports ? Gbps 0x3f impl SATA
> mode
> ahci: 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ilck stag led pmp pio
> ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE102E900 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 18
> ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE102E980 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 18
> ata1: port is slow to resond, please be patient
> ata1: failes to respond (30 secs)
> scsi0 :ahci
> ata2: port is slow to resond, please be patient
> ata2: failes to respond (30 secs)
> 
> booting xen-3.1.0 adds some more info to the failure:
> ata1: SATA link up 3,0 Gpb (SStatus 123 Scontrol 200)
> ata1: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
> ata1: failed to identify (I/0 error, err_mask = 0x0104)
> ata1: port is slow to resond, please be patient
> ata1: failes to respond (30 secs)
> ata1: COMRESET failed, device not ready
> ata1: hardreset failded
> 
> But this doesn't always happen. 50% of the time, the process stalls
> for about 6 secs on
> ACP: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (low level) -> IRQ 18
> And then continues correctly.
> 
> I've tried passing acpi=off to the kernel but this results in
> ExtINT not setpup in hardware but reported by MP table.
> 
> When I boot this machine with vanilla debian etch, there are no problems.
> 
> Any ideas?
> Thanks.
> Chris.
> 
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