Kernel 2.6.18 with xen-unstable does not boot
Hello everyone!
I downloaded the sources of the debian package for the kernel 2.6.18.
From there I took the xen patch fedora-36175.patch and applied it to a
vanilla 2.6.18 kernel taken from kernel.org. The command I used was
patch -s -p1 < fedora-36175.patch.
Finally, I copied my custom configuration into it (the one I have with
my 2.6.16.19-xen - patches taken from Alioth) and made the kernel with
the command make-kpkg --append-to-kernel -xen kernel-image. The kernel
compiled well and then I installed the generated .deb and updated the
GRUB configuration. This is the entry:
title Xen 3.0.2, Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/xen-3.0.2-1-amd64.gz noreboot
module /boot/xen0-linux-2.6.18-xen root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0
boot
I have these packages installed:
$ dpkg -l |grep xen
ii linux-xen0-2.6.16.19-xen 2.6.16.19-xen-10.00.Custom
ii linux-xen0-2.6.18-xen 2.6.18-xen-10.00.Custom
ii xen-docs-3.0 3.0.2-3+hg9762-1
ii xen-hypervisor-3.0-amd64 3.0.2+hg9697-2.1
ii xen-hypervisor-3.0.2-1-amd64 3.0.2-3+hg9762-1
ii xen-tools 2.6-1
rc xen-utils-3.0 3.0.2+hg9697-2.1
ii xen-utils-3.0.2-1 3.0.2-3+hg9762-1
ii xen-utils-common 3.0+hg11624-1
When booting the new kernel, the process hangs but I see no kernel panic
error or anything. Here you are the latest lines (handwritten from the
screen):
(XEN) VIRTUAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
(XEN) Loaded kernel: ffff...
(XEN) Init. ramdisk: ffff...
(XEN) Phys-Match map: ffff...
(XEN) Start info: ffff...
(XEN) Page tables: ffff...
(XEN) Boot stack: ffff...
(XEN) TOTAL: ffff...
(XEN) ENTRY ADDRESS: ffff...
(XEN) Dom0 has maximum 4 VCPUs
(XEN) Scrubbing Free RAM: ............................. done.
(XEN) Xen trace buffers: disabled
I'm running Debian Sid AMD64. The kernel was compiled with no ACPI
support. Any hints?
Thanks in advance.
--
Jaume Sabater
http://linuxsilo.net/
"Ubi sapientas ibi libertas"
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