Re: port-xen/50659: Xen4.5 crash with vnds

[Sebastian Ponitka <sebastian%xenoserver.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/50659; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Sebastian Ponitka <sebastian%xenoserver.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-xen/50659: Xen4.5 crash with vnds
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:31:53 +0100

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 I tried to use lvm disks instead of vnds, but xentools45 and xenkernel45 =
 seem to have problems with more than 4 disks. I updated to the last =
 xenkernel45 and xentools45 from pkgsrc.
 
 If i try to start a DomU with more than 4 virtual disks the in the Dom0 =
 the startup of the DomU hangs.=20
 
 If I start a DomU with 4 or less disks, the DomU starts without =
 problems. After the first DomU (with 4 virtual disks) I can successful =
 start other DomUs with more than 4 virtual disks=E2=80=A6
 
 
 > Am 16.01.2016 um 22:15 schrieb John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>:
 >=20
 > The following reply was made to PR kern/50659; it has been noted by =
 GNATS.
 >=20
 > From: John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>
 > To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>,
 >        Sebastian Ponitka <sebastian%xenoserver.net@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/50659: Xen4.5 crash with vnds
 > Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 13:09:29 -0800
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 > On Jan 16,  7:33pm, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
 > } On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 10:59:14PM +0100, Sebastian Ponitka wrote:
 > } > No this the latest one I got from =
 ftp://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-7-0/201601140120Z
 > } >=20
 > } > Is there a possibility to build a old style custom kernel with =
 more than 4 ?static? vnd devices? Maybe this is the root cause of the =
 issue.
 > }=20
 > } The behavior seems to be random and inconsistent. hardcoding in
 > } kernel the number of vnd devices may help, but I can't definitively
 > } say it will.
 >=20
 >      I can't say with certainty, but I doubt that cloning devices
 > will work with static configuration.  They are setup and operate
 > differently.
 >=20
 > }-- End of excerpt from Manuel Bouyer
 >=20
 
 
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