Re: port-xen/40968: panic in spec_vnops.c while booting domU

[Zafer AydoÄan <zafer%aydogan.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-xen/40968; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: =?UTF-8?Q?Zafer_Aydo=C4=9Fan?= <zafer%aydogan.de@localhost>
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, port-xen-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, 
        gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-xen/40968: panic in spec_vnops.c while booting domU
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 22:07:31 +0100

 On 3/5/09, Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> wrote:
 > On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 08:55:00PM +0000, zafer%aydogan.de@localhost wrote:
 >  > >Number:         40968
 >  > >Category:       port-xen
 >  > >Synopsis:       panic in spec_vnops.c while booting domU
 >  > >Confidential:   no
 >  > >Severity:       serious
 >  > >Priority:       high
 >  > >Responsible:    port-xen-maintainer
 >  > >State:          open
 >  > >Class:          sw-bug
 >  > >Submitter-Id:   net
 >  > >Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 05 20:55:00 +0000 2009
 >  > >Originator:     Zafer Aydogan
 >  > >Release:        5.0_RC2
 >  > >Organization:
 >  > >Environment:
 >  > 5.0_RC2 amd64
 >  > >Description:
 >  > When trying to boot a xen33 domU off a cd0a on amd64
 >  > a panic in spec_vnops.c occurs (KASSERT), shortly before
 >  > going to multiuser. xen kernel is from 9. Feb 09 from daily.
 >  >
 >  > Screenshots:
 >  > http://bahar.aydogan.net/xen/spec_vnops.png
 >  > http://bahar.aydogan.net/xen/backtrace.png
 >  >
 >  > >How-To-Repeat:
 >  > Boot xen33 domU off a cdrom on amd64
 >
 >
 > Can you give more details on what's you're doing ?
 >  I can't see how you can boot a Xen PV guest from cd
 >
 >  --
 >  Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
 >      NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
 >
 > --
 >
 
 Sure. I meant dom0 not domU. The idea is to boot a dom0 from a livecd.
 It almost works. It boots, but panics at spec_vnops.c.
 
 Can you close this PR, so I can reopen with dom0 ? Or shall we keep this one ?
 
 Zafer.