4.2.0-rc1 available to test

[M A Young]

There is a build of the first 4.2 release candidate temporarily available 
at http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4346834

It doesn't have the efi version of the hypervisor, as my edits need to be 
tidied up a bit first, but I should put it back in again soon.

 	Michael Young

4.2.0-rc2 available to test

[M A Young]

I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.

 	Michael Young

4.2.0-rc2 available to test

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:27:34AM +0100, M A Young wrote:
>  I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at
>  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
>  This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.
>   
Great work, thanks! 

Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't have xen dom0 EFI patches included,
mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged to upstream Linux.

So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky atm..
(you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux sles11sp2 or opensuse
patches).

-- Pasi

4.2.0-rc2 available to test

[W. Michael Petullo]

> > I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is
> at
> > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
> > This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64. 
 
>  Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't have xen dom0
> EFI patches included,
>  mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged to upstream Linux.
>  
>  So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky atm..
>  (you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux sles11sp2 or opensuse
> patches). 
I have tried the 4.2.0-rc packages on three machines: one with an AMD Athlon X2,
one with an AMD FX 4170 [1], and a MacBook with a Core 2 Duo.

The first machine works fine.

The FX 4170 and MacBook are unable to load Dom0. I see Xen print its
boot messages, but the machines spontaneously reboot before Dom0 prints
any output.

[1] Same machine referenced at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841330

-- 
Mike

:wq

4.2.0-rc2 available to test

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:44:56AM -0500, W. Michael Petullo wrote:
>  >> I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which
> is at
>  >> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
>  >> This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.
>   
>  > Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't have xen dom0 EFI patches
> included,
>  > mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged to upstream
> Linux.
>  > 
>  > So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky atm..
>  > (you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux sles11sp2 or
> opensuse patches).
>  
>  I have tried the 4.2.0-rc packages on three machines: one with an AMD Athlon X2,
>  one with an AMD FX 4170 [1], and a MacBook with a Core 2 Duo.
>  
>  The first machine works fine.
>  
>  The FX 4170 and MacBook are unable to load Dom0. I see Xen print its
>  boot messages, but the machines spontaneously reboot before Dom0 prints
>  any output.
>  
>  [1] Same machine referenced at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841330
>   
So did you use the stock Fedora kernel as dom0 kernel? 

Did you capture the boot/crash logs from the two machines? 

-- Pasi

4.2.0-rc2 available to test

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 06:48:04PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>  On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:44:56AM -0500, W. Michael Petullo wrote:
>  > >> I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at
>  > >> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
>  > >> This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.
>  >  
>  > > Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't have xen dom0 EFI patches
> included,
>  > > mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged to
> upstream Linux.
>  > > 
>  > > So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky atm..
>  > > (you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux sles11sp2 or
> opensuse patches).
>  > 
>  > I have tried the 4.2.0-rc packages on three machines: one with an AMD Athlon X2,
>  > one with an AMD FX 4170 [1], and a MacBook with a Core 2 Duo.
>  > 
>  > The first machine works fine.
>  > 
>  > The FX 4170 and MacBook are unable to load Dom0. I see Xen print its
>  > boot messages, but the machines spontaneously reboot before Dom0 prints
>  > any output. 
Is the dom0 different? The 3.5 has an issue where on certain machines it crashes
(3.5.3 should have the proper fix).
>  > 
>  > [1] Same machine referenced at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841330
>  > 
>  
>  So did you use the stock Fedora kernel as dom0 kernel? 
>  
>  Did you capture the boot/crash logs from the two machines? 
>  
>  -- Pasi
>  
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4.2.0-rc2 available to test

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:24:16PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>  On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 06:48:04PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>  > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:44:56AM -0500, W. Michael Petullo wrote:
>  > > >> I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at
>  > > >> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
>  > > >> This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.
>  > >  
>  > > > Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't have xen dom0 EFI
> patches included,
>  > > > mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged to
> upstream Linux.
>  > > > 
>  > > > So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky
> atm..
>  > > > (you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux sles11sp2
> or opensuse patches).
>  > > 
>  > > I have tried the 4.2.0-rc packages on three machines: one with an AMD Athlon
> X2,
>  > > one with an AMD FX 4170 [1], and a MacBook with a Core 2 Duo.
>  > > 
>  > > The first machine works fine.
>  > > 
>  > > The FX 4170 and MacBook are unable to load Dom0. I see Xen print its
>  > > boot messages, but the machines spontaneously reboot before Dom0 prints
>  > > any output.
>  
>  Is the dom0 different? The 3.5 has an issue where on certain machines it crashes
>  (3.5.3 should have the proper fix). 
Pfff.. Found the issue. If you boot with 'xsave=off' on the hypervisor line it
boots.

It looks to be a Fedora kernel issue thought - when I booted a mainline kernel
I did not hit this.

4.2.0-rc2 available to test

[W. Michael Petullo]

> >>>>> I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for
> testing which is at
> >>>>> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
> >>>>> This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64. 
> >>>> Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't
> have xen dom0 EFI patches included,
> >>>> mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged to
> upstream Linux.
> >>>> 
> >>>> So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky
> atm..
> >>>> (you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux sles11sp2
> or opensuse patches). 
> >>> I have tried the 4.2.0-rc packages on three machines: one
> with an AMD Athlon X2,
> >>> one with an AMD FX 4170 [1], and a MacBook with a Core 2 Duo.
> >>> 
> >>> The first machine works fine.
> >>> 
> >>> The FX 4170 and MacBook are unable to load Dom0. I see Xen print its
> >>> boot messages, but the machines spontaneously reboot before Dom0 prints
> >>> any output. 
> > Is the dom0 different? The 3.5 has an issue where on certain
> machines it crashes
> > (3.5.3 should have the proper fix). 
 
>  Pfff.. Found the issue. If you boot with 'xsave=off' on the
> hypervisor line it boots.
>  
>  It looks to be a Fedora kernel issue thought - when I booted a mainline kernel
>  I did not hit this. 
Yes. all three machines boot if I use xsave=off.

-- 
Mike

:wq

4.2.0-rc2 available to test

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:27:34AM +0100, M A Young wrote:
>  I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at
>  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920
>  This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64.
>   
I also added a link to these rpms to:
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_4.2_RC2_test_instructions

for:
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Test_Days

Thanks!

-- Pasi

4.2.0-rc3 available to test

[M A Young]

There is a temporary test build of the new release candidate, 4.2.0-rc3 at
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4418551

 	Michael Young