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

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

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

From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
To: Zafer Aydo?an <zafer%aydogan.de@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 22:20:12 +0100

 On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 10:07:31PM +0100, Zafer Aydo?an wrote:
 > >  > 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.
 
 OK, this makes more sense. Can you try a native amd64, built with
 DEBUG+DIAGNOSTIC (the XEN3 kernels are built with DEBUG+DIAGNOSTIC, unlike
 GENERIC and INSTALL, and this makes a lot of issues like that show up).
 
 > 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 
 > ?
 
 keep this one for now. I'll eventally change it from xen to amd64 or kern
 if it appears that the issue is not xen-specific.
 
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 Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
      NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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