Bug#498472: linux-image-2.6.26-1-xen-686: does not boot under Etch Xen

[Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>]

Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> writes:

> On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 11:01 +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>> [    0.080644] EIP is at xen_write_cr4+0x2/0x6
>
> Unfortunately the 3.0.3 hypervisor is stricter in what it will allow CR4
> to be set to than necessary and won't allow some of the fields which
> newer kernels use. I think we are unlikely to fix this in the kernel in
> Debian. You could ask upstream but I'm not sure they would want/be able
> to change this behaviour.

Hi Ian,

thanks for the quick and very informative response!  Is it enough if I
upgrade to 3.2.0-3~bpo4+2 or should I go for 3.2.1-2 in Lenny?

Interesting, though, that a CR flag changed going from rc8 to final...
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Thanks,
Feri.