RE: [Xen-users] I've exhausted my brain trying to get xen toboot...please help

["Ryan Persaud" <Ryan_Persaud@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, just download the latest source for the BCM card and compile it.
I had to do the same thing on my Proliants.  The tg3 driver in the
2.6.18 kernel is likely out-of-date.

-Ryan 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lionel Kernux [mailto:lionel.kernux@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 3:59 PM
> To: Ryan Persaud
> Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] I've exhausted my brain trying to 
> get xen toboot...please help
> 
> Heh,
> 
> Thanks for the reply,
> 
> I finally got the dom0 kernel to boot...by building SATA and 
> SCSI support built-in to the kernel...
> 
> Now....D'OH! The kernel doesnt see my BCM NIC....grrr.....
> 
> It boots OK but when I do "ifconfig -a" I get all of the 
> virtual NIC's listed + the real loopback....but no eth0....grrrrrr
> 
> lspci lists the device as:
> 
> 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme 
> BCM5756ME Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
> 
> Any help?
> 
> M
> 
> 
> On Jan 11, 2008 5:07 PM, Ryan Persaud 
> <Ryan_Persaud@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Miguel,
> >
> > It sounds like you might be getting a kernel panic. To prevent the 
> > machine from rebooting after the error message displays, 
> you can try 
> > specifying that Xen not reboot by appending 'noreboot' to 
> Xen's entry 
> > in grub.conf (See section 10.3 of the xen manual).
> >
> > Earlier this week, I also thought I was not compiling the correct 
> > drivers in to the kernel, but it turns out that the drivers 
> in 2.6.18 
> > did not support my hardware (Intel's ICH9 chipset).  I had 
> to patch a 
> > few source files and recompile.  What does  the output of 
> 'lspci' and 
> > 'lspci -n' look like?
> >
> > The build instructions you listed are for building a custom 
> dom0 kernel.
> > To build just the Xen hypervisor, I believe you have to do 'make 
> > install-xen' from the root xen directory.
> >
> > -Ryan
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
> Of Lionel 
> > > Kernux
> > > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 4:18 PM
> > > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [Xen-users] I've exhausted my brain trying to get xen 
> > > toboot...please help
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm running slackware12 and followed the directions in the README 
> > > file in the xen source tree.
> > >
> > > I installed grub and made sure it is working properly.
> > >
> > > I did:
> > >
> > > make world
> > > make install
> > >
> > > and added the correct stanza to the grub.conf
> > >
> > > then I rebooted and selected my xen kernel
> > >
> > > BUT
> > >
> > > xen boots to a certain point and then emits an error and reboots. 
> > > The error is difficult to see because the reboot happens almost 
> > > immediately after the error is displayed. From what I can 
> see, the 
> > > error is "no /sbin/init found or not mounted".
> > >
> > > I suspected that this might be due to a lack of scsi/sata 
> drivers in 
> > > the xen kernel....so I followed the README instructions 
> to build a 
> > > custom kernel:
> > >
> > > 5. To rebuild a kernel with a modified config:
> > >
> > >     # make linux-2.6-xen-config CONFIGMODE=menuconfig     
> (or xconfig)
> > >     # make linux-2.6-xen-build
> > >     # make linux-2.6-xen-install
> > >
> > >    Depending on your config, you may need to use 
> 'mkinitrd' to create
> > >    an initial ram disk, just like a native system e.g.
> > >     # depmod 2.6.16-xen
> > >     # mkinitrd -v -f --with=aacraid --with=sd_mod --with=scsi_mod 
> > > initrd-2.6.16-xen.img 2.6.16-xen
> > >
> > > I made sure that ALL of the SATA/SCSI drivers are 
> built-in so there 
> > > should be no need for initrd
> > >
> > > But after running make linux-2.6-xen-install some stuff 
> is installed 
> > > to /boot but NOT the xen-3.2.0.gz that grub needs to load.
> > >
> > > ls -la /boot
> > >
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      37 2007-12-20 04:27 README.initrd ->
> > > /usr/doc/mkinitrd-1.1.2/README.initrd
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      20 2007-12-21 11:36 System.map ->
> > > System.map.2.6.23.12
> > > -rw-rw-r--  1 root root 1043384 2008-01-11 15:53 
> > > System.map-2.6.18-xen
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root  795880 2007-06-19 16:18
> > > System.map-generic-2.6.21.5
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root  813610 2007-06-19 15:53 
> > > System.map-generic-smp-2.6.21.5-smp
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1232918 2007-06-19 16:23
> > > System.map-huge-2.6.21.5
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1252098 2007-06-19 15:58 
> > > System.map-huge-smp-2.6.21.5-smp
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1060243 2007-12-21 12:35 
> System.map.2.6.23.12
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root     512 2007-12-20 04:51 boot.0800
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      16 2007-12-21 11:37 config ->
> > > config.2.6.23.12
> > > -rw-rw-r--  1 root root   65742 2008-01-11 15:53 config-2.6.18-xen
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root   72738 2007-06-19 16:18
> > > config-generic-2.6.21.5
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root   72764 2007-06-19 15:53
> > > config-generic-smp-2.6.21.5-smp
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root   72643 2007-06-19 16:23 
> config-huge-2.6.21.5
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root   72669 2007-06-19 15:58
> > > config-huge-smp-2.6.21.5-smp
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root   56904 2007-12-21 12:34 config.2.6.23.12
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root    5040 2007-06-10 02:09 diag1.img
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      15 2007-12-21 11:37 latest_smp
> > > -> linux-2.6.23.12
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 2743736 2007-12-21 12:34 linux-2.6.23.12
> > > -rw-------  1 root root  118272 2008-01-10 15:22 map
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 2751320 2008-01-04 14:41 ndiskernel
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 7526897 2008-01-11 15:53 
> > > vmlinux-syms-2.6.18-xen
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      29 2007-12-20 04:43 vmlinuz ->
> > > vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.21.5-smp
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      18 2008-01-11 15:53 
> vmlinuz-2.6-xen ->
> > > vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 3001674 2008-01-11 15:53 
> vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1937944 2007-06-19 16:18
> > > vmlinuz-generic-2.6.21.5
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 2087960 2007-06-19 15:53 
> > > vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.21.5-smp
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 4097784 2007-06-19 16:23 
> > > vmlinuz-huge-2.6.21.5
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 4417112 2007-06-19 15:58 
> > > vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.21.5-smp
> > >
> > >
> > > So....please...
> > >
> > > Any Help???/
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Miguel
> > >
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> >
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