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RE: Critical Xen bug on Debian Squeeze, suspecting package xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64



> On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 11:47:30 +0100 <lambert.olivier@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> First, I will explain quickly the problem : on updated version
> Squeeze, I can't boot **any** DomU's, it hangs.
>
> Two cases:
> 1) HVM DomU's : xm create sends a command to qemu, the parameter
> '-vcpu_avail'. But on newer version of qemu, parameters had changed
> (it's only 'vcpu_avail'): so HVM domain cannot be started.
> Here is the error line :
> /usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm: invalid option -- '-vcpu_avail'
>
> 2) Others DomU's (include pvops domains ! so not it's not the kernel):
> they freeze at startup, with cpu @ 100%. No specific logs, no errors
> reported, just only "r" status on xm list and no boot with cpu at max.
>
> Then, in my case, it's obvious these are regression on squeeze. Why ?
> Because on my 3 dom0's, only 2 of them are updated. And the "old" one
> works *perfectly*, both for HVM and Pvops DomU's. Dom0 are similar
> (same hardware, dell 2970 with opteron 2423 HE)
>
> On old working Dom0 :
>
> $ aptitude show xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64
> Version : 4.0.1-1
>
> $ aptitude show qemu-system
> Paquet : qemu-system
> Version : 0.12.5+dfsg-2
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> On updated Dom0's :
>
> $ aptitude show xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64
> Version : 4.0.1-2
>
> $ aptitude show qemu-system
> Version : 0.12.5+dfsg-3
>
>
> I know this report is "general", so if you want further details,
> I'll be ready to do some tests today.
>
>

Have you filed a bug over on the Debain BTS for what you believe to be a bug in the package xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64?

Can you test if this behaviour exist in the i386 package?



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