From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q2kKI-00075u-2Z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:11:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3FC111C066; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:10:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 188211C066 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:10:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com ([209.85.210.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q2kIt-000772-06 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:10:19 +0700 Received: by iyb26 with SMTP id 26so12905124iyb.40 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:10:14 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.43.63.212 with SMTP id xf20mr3907596icb.265.1300972214001; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:10:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.210.144 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:10:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <71f4cdc6bb8c910ba00e496f024d2f53.squirrel@www.antarean.org> References: <2c480f9c81fd93d66834d3ead2a739d2.squirrel@www.antarean.org> <23281ac54b0ab1e8e322d05b4dc97c91.squirrel@www.antarean.org> <71f4cdc6bb8c910ba00e496f024d2f53.squirrel@www.antarean.org> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:10:13 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone successful in paravirtualizing Gentoo on XenServer? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 53f8206a4b48c010efb2a7ee678ebe9e On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 19:57, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thu, March 24, 2011 1:19 pm, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 18:21, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> On Thu, March 24, 2011 10:36 am, Pandu Poluan wrote: >>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 15:32, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >> -- snip -- >> >>>>> Hmm... I don't use kernel-modules in my Xen domu's (All are PV). I >>>>> wonder >>>>> if compiling them into the kernel might help. >>>>> Or, try loading the modules listed above and see if that helps. (Not >>>>> sure >>>>> if you can see an immediate change though) >>>>> >>>> >>>> Can't hurt to try, now that I've gotten a bootable kernel. Can always >>>> fallback to the previous one. >>> >>> Let me know how that goes. >>> >> >> Compiling all the into <*> still results the same *sigh* > > Ok, then we'll need to look into things that are not added at all. > > The following might be the one you're missing: > CONFIG_XEN_KEYBOARD=y > > It is in my config, but not in yours. > >> I also tried your .config ( make oldconfig && make menuconfig && >> genkernel --oldconfig bzImage && genkernel --oldconfig initramfs ), >> and something strange happened: >> >> The VM seems to be starting... then ended immediately. But no error >> message at all. > > Could have a few reasons: > - I have the "compatibility" for xen reduced to 3.4 or higher. Not sure > which xen-version is included in yours. > - I do not have support for an initramfs or similar in there > - I specified the CPU-type in the kernel (It's not a generic one) > > Did you check the logs for xend, system (messages) and others? > Most likely the missing support for initramfs. The first 8 or 9 attempts I compile *without* initramfs support, and the same thing happened. Anyways, I'm currently reverting to a snapshot before kernel compilation, and am trying to compile xen-sources >>>>> Please note, I do use the following kernel: >>>>> sys-kernel/xen-sources-2.6.34-r4 >>>>> >>>>> Which kernel are you using? >>>>> >>>> >>>> hardened-sources-2.6.36-r9 IIRC >>>> >>>> Hmmmm... there are *lots* of options in your config that I don't see in >>>> mine. >>> >>> Can you add a list of the ones you are missing? >>> >> >> Um... lots. I'll attach the last config I've tried. >> >>>> Could it be because of the "hardened" sources? >>> >>> My guess is, because you're not having the xen-patchset in the kernel. >>> Can you try the xen-sources to see if that helps? >>> Then we can work our way through the missing options. >>> >> >> Okay, emerging xen-sources now... this will take some time. I'll post >> after testing again. > > Looking forward to the result. > > -- > Joost > I hope you don't mind waiting. It's already 20:00 here, and now I have to go home. Anyways, thanks for guiding me :) (Will resume attempts tomorrow at 10:00) Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com