At Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:33:16 -0500, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote: Subject: Re: Problems booting netbsd DOM0 (and domU!) > > "Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.ca@localhost> writes: > > > I can now confirm that "dom0=pv,msr-relaxed=1" on the Xen command line in > > /boot.cfg will allow an older unpatched NetBSD XEN3_DOM0 kernel to boot! > > For the HOWTO, is the dom0=pv part necessary? I would think this is the > default. According to the (not installed) "xen-command-line" document "pv" is the default IFF `CONFIG_PV` _and_ `CONFIG_HVM` are both compiled in which is presumably always true for xenkernel on NetBSD x86 and x86_x64(amd64). > I think the text to be added is: > > When the dom0 kernel is NetBSD 8 and earlier, and NetBSD 9 before > 2021-04-17 (9.3 is ok), Xen 4.15 and later require > "dom0=msr-relaxed=1" on the boof.cfg line. (See > /src/sys/arch/x86/x86/pmap.c revision 1.410.) > > Is that right? That sounds OK to me! -- Greg A. Woods <gwoods%acm.org@localhost> Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <woods%robohack.ca@localhost> Planix, Inc. <woods%planix.com@localhost> Avoncote Farms <woods%avoncote.ca@localhost>
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