Subject: Re: xen stability
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: port-xen
Date: 03/17/2005 17:37:01
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:19:50PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:15:15PM +0100, Juan RP wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:12:25 +0100
> > Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr> wrote:
> >=20
> > > Hi,
> > > With my recent commits related to deferred interrupts, I no longer
> > > see the network hangs I had previously under load for guests.
> > > I've had a linux domU running a build.sh release along with a NetBSD =
domU
> > > running a package bulk build, both using another NetBSD domU NFS serv=
er for
> > > sources. This has been running for hours without problems, on a P4 wi=
th
> > > hyperthreading enabled (xen seems to allocate the virtual CPUs static=
ally
> > > to domains).
> > > So xen is starting to be useable for serious work :)

I've compiled a good chunk of pkgsrc with sources from yesterday on a domU,
so I'm already fairly satisfied.  I experienced a couple of panics the other
day running build.sh on dom0, so I set ddb.onpanic to 0 to get a core, but
I couldn't get the thing to panic again since.

> > Have you submitted pullups for 3.0?
>=20
> Not yet. I want to run some other tests (including on real SMP hardware),=
 I=20
> have a few things to clean up. I'll submit a batch of requests for 3.0 th=
is
> week-end, unless some other serious issue pops up.

Please have a look at the FPU register trashing issue, I'm really not sure
I'll have time to track it done any time soon (it's your fault, Xen works
too well so I'm already using it actively).

Anyhow, thanks for the excellent overall work.  I owe you some beer!

--=20
Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

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