Re: xen network problem

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

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 07:39:34PM -0500, Jed Davis wrote:
> Geert Hendrickx <ghen%telenet.be@localhost> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 06:11:12PM +0100, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> >> I specified the options on the module line instead of the kernel line.
> >> Adding "ignorebiostables" to the kernel line fixes both the network and
> >> the USB problem ("noacpi" is not enough).  Thanks!  
> >
> > Now I have another problem: creating a new domain (with xm create) freezes
> > the machine.  It didn't do that before I used ignorebiostables.  
> 
> I've seen this happen on some machines with hyperthreading (but not
> others) -- booting with "nosmp" works fine until a domain is created,
> and then the machine locks up.  Disabling hyperthreading in the BIOS
> setup caused the same problem.
> 
> One thing to try: typing control-A three times on the console, to
> switch the input to Xen, and then 'h' to list the functions available.
> If that works, it means that at least Xen is still doing something and
> can talk to the console.

This only works with serial console isn't it ? Or has something
changed with Xen 2.0.7 ?

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