From owner-freebsd-xen@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 24 21:03:23 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37536106568B for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:03:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sysconfig@ossafe.org) Received: from mx2.the-ally.co.uk (mx2.the-ally.co.uk [95.154.227.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9F678FC1B for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx2.the-ally.co.uk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mx2.the-ally.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFC60ED0997 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:43:14 +0100 (BST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=ossafe.org; h=from :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id :to:mime-version; s=selector1; bh=+CspBpL+JaFPqjPy7Q9FiwvqiEM=; b= SSMBelrWMpuYr3M7aW0S1Rb/vTm68EQ9zpsYSFU3BJYRYiwGxpi+QhCOi8/mGgxH s/wySej0WlKJxY1VeyfxQ5KY7WI3ULqcpWr/ouGrVkSM0bG0jEjHUAY5Yy+Kix0E 3Sx+R8EeDuJBzLRTOMqAeROJ28KZZj1E1HA0E+0qWVQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=ossafe.org; h=from :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id :to:mime-version; q=dns; s=selector1; b=bB4+hDYhMrDPw8KC3dPC0RhT 2F5nHOFzQPxb3FPasCogfj3rKVFp5h6kKo7y6BVEXBvSUAKh5/kGN7/+UmxqeaCt lOM+swqLXmWbpJP+C/ndESrYxNMJyORCdhcdOiVQU8CMeE8Jkr4Lns+vazJMpSU7 4b2qUugr1XocVZiSeYU= Received: from [10.2.2.20] (unknown [10.2.2.20]) by mx2.the-ally.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF486ED0994 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:43:14 +0100 (BST) From: Carsten Heesch Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:43:14 +0100 Message-Id: <850CF1B7-499E-4468-9045-19A2803E6D05@ossafe.org> To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1076) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) Subject: Problem: Xen 3.3.1 with FreeBSD 8.0 RC1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:03:23 -0000 Hi guys, I don't know really when the bug was introduced, but maybe I can help narrowing it down. I have similar problems as others reported: Running FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 as a guest in a Xen 3.3.1 environment fails with either "kernel trap 12" in an endless loop (using amd64) or "kernel trap 9" (using i386). For 8.0-RC1 it doesn't make a difference if it's a clean install, in which case I wouldn't even be able to start the installer, or a "freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.0-RC1" from 7.2-RELEASE, in which case it wouldn't reboot with the newly compiled kernel. Funnily one of the earlier betas (not sure which one it exactly was, and can't reproduce any more, as they are not available on any mirrors), and 8.0-SNAPSHOT-200906 (tested today) both work without any problems. With the snapshot, I was also able to build a XENHVM kernel, which boots fine, and offers the XENHVM network and block devices. The environment I'm testing on is: - Intel i7 920, 12 GB RAM - Dom0 is running on CentOS 5.2 and Xen 3.3.1 (Citrix XenServer 5.5) Is there any way to extract relevant information, which would help you to fix it? I'd really like to see FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE working on Xen! So if there is anything you need to know, please tell me what it is, and how I can gather it. Cheers Carsten