Re: dom0 kernel immediate reboot?

["Sarton O'Brien" <bsd-xen%roguewrt.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:59:57 am Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> I'm trying to use the pkgsrc xenkernel-3 package and a NetBSD dom0 kernel
> from the 20070904 daily autobuild on ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily.
>
> It's not working.  First, grub doesn't recognize the xen.gz that is built
> by the package -- I have to uncompress it.  Next, I get either a reboot
> immediately after "Guest Loglevel: All" (with xen-debug), or, if I remove
> "console=pc" from my grub menu.lst "module" line for the NetBSD dom0, I
> get a system hang.
>
> Is anyone actually able to run a -current kernel as a dom0 with xen3?
> How?

Short answer ... no, not unless you are using serial console.

There is another thread running on this issue:

        recent dom0 kernels reboot on loading?

With the final comment being:

> I've just been reminded that there was a change in -current to enable
> and handle 64-bit BAR's for vga devices, and my recollection is that
> this was probably around the right timeframe.  Sounds like a good
> place to start looking.
>
> --
> Dan

Sarton