Bug#886491: linux-image-4.9.0-5-amd64: Does not boot as Xen guest in HVM mode

[Hans van Kranenburg <hans@knorrie.org>]

On 01/07/2018 06:42 PM, Michael Stone wrote:
> retitle 886491 linux-image-4.9.0-5-amd64: Does not boot as Xen guest in
> PVH mode
> thanks
> 
> HVM and PVH are two different modes. The fix suggested in this bug
> report (commenting out pvh=1 in the conf file) points to the problem
> being the latter. I can confirm that PVH guests fail to boot using
> 4.9.0-5 and a conf file that boots fine with -3.

I don't understand this line:

>> It is running but only in pv mode, not in hvm mode
>> (commenting out pvh=1 in the guest config file).

Yes, pv, pvh and hvm are all different things, but I don't understand
what reporter is actually doing. What scenario does commenting something
out cause?

And as far as I know using PVH is not supported with a Xen before 4.10?

Hans