Re: [Xen-devel] Cannot load latest 2.6.32.10 kernel on AMD quad-core

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 05:26:54PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
> On 04/26/2010 04:04 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:12:13AM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>> On 04/25/2010 10:10 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>> On 04/25/2010 06:15 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>>> Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>>>> Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>>>>>>> Per Wiki:-
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) If your computer running Xen doesn't have a real physical
>>>>>>> serial port you can add a PCI add-on serial card with a DB9
>>>>>>> serial connector. This is a good option for many computers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> seems to be the cheapest solution. No matter for AMD or Intel.
>>>>>>> Thanks Pasi once again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Boris.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll check if there are any open slots and see if I can find an
>>>>>> addon serial card.
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I could not find even one local electronics/computer store that
>>>>> carried a serial port card.  Had to order it online which will take
>>>>> some time.  Maybe I can capture a video of the boot sequence.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Gerry
>>>>>
>>>> I tried to capture some video of the pv_ops dom0 2.6.32.10 boot
>>>> sequence problem on Gigabyte AMD hardware and I posted it on youtube.
>>>> Here's the link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcuwH7S-qZA
>>>> It was a little fuzzy before the upload but got real fuzzy afterwards.
>>>> But I think you can make out the critical parts.
>>>>
>>>> -Gerry
>>>
>>> I uploaded another take and it came out a little better:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7fW7yjrIEM
>>>
>>
>> You seem to be missing most of the dom0 linux kernel boot messages..
>>
>> Please paste your grub.conf.
>>
>> -- Pasi
>>
>>
> Pasi, my grub.conf is attached.
>

Ok, fix it to be like this:

module /vmlinuz-2.6.32.10 root=/dev/mapper/vg--grp--01--23--02--2-LogVol00 
dummy=dummy ro earlyprintk=xen console=hvc0 console=ttyS0 
console=ttyUSB0,115200n8 text

aka remove "quiet" and add "earlyprintk=xen console=hvc0"

-- Pasi

> -Gerry
>

> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
> #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> #          root (hd0,0)
> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00
> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/md0
> default=4
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title Ubuntu UEC-Node kernel 2.6.31.6
>       root (hd4,0)
>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.6 
> root=/dev/mapper/vg--grp--01--23--02--2-LogVol00 ro  quiet console=tty0 
> console=ttyS0 text
>       module /initrd.img-2.6.31.6
> title Ubuntu UEC-Node kernel 2.6.31.6 (pv_ops dom0)
>       root (hd4,0)
>       kernel /xen-3.4.2.gz  dummy=dummy dom0_mem=1024M  vga=text-80x50  
> loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all
>       module /vmlinuz-2.6.32.10 
> root=/dev/mapper/vg--grp--01--23--02--2-LogVol00 dummy=dummy ro  quiet 
> console=tty0 console=ttyS0 text
>       module /initrd.img-2.6.32.10
> title Ubuntu UEC-Node kernel 2.6.32.10
>       root (hd4,0)
>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.10 
> root=/dev/mapper/vg--grp--01--23--02--2-LogVol00  vga=ext ro quiet splash 
> console=ttyUSB0,115200n8 text idle=nomwait
>       initrd  /initrd.img-2.6.32.10
> title Ubuntu UEC-Node kernel 2.6.32.10 (pv_ops dom0)
>       root (hd4,0)
>       kernel /xen-4.0.0-rc8.gz  dummy=dummy dom0_mem=1024M  vga=text-80x50  
> loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all
>       module /vmlinuz-2.6.32.10 
> root=/dev/mapper/vg--grp--01--23--02--2-LogVol00 dummy=dummy ro  quiet 
> console=tty0 console=ttyS0 console=ttyUSB0,115200n8 text
>       module /initrd.img-2.6.32.10
> title Ubuntu UEC-Node (Lucid Lynx) 2.6.32-21
>       root (hd4,0)
>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-server 
> root=/dev/mapper/vg--grp--01--23--02--2-LogVol00 ro quiet splash 
> console=ttyS0 console=ttyUSB0,115200n8
>       initrd  /initrd.img-2.6.32-21-server
> 
> 

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