>>>>>> I have done a temporary build of 4.2.0-rc2 for testing which is at >>>>>> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4386920 >>>>>> This also adds the efi hypervisor back in for x86_64. >>>>> Note to other people: fedora kernels still don't have xen dom0 EFI patches included, >>>>> mainly because dom0 EFI patches are not yet ported to pvops or merged to upstream Linux. >>>>> >>>>> So actually testing xen.efi hypervisor on UEFI systems is a bit tricky atm.. >>>>> (you need to manually build a kernel based on the suse xenlinux sles11sp2 or opensuse patches). >>>> I have tried the 4.2.0-rc packages on three machines: one with an AMD Athlon X2, >>>> one with an AMD FX 4170 [1], and a MacBook with a Core 2 Duo. >>>> >>>> The first machine works fine. >>>> >>>> The FX 4170 and MacBook are unable to load Dom0. I see Xen print its >>>> boot messages, but the machines spontaneously reboot before Dom0 prints >>>> any output. >> Is the dom0 different? The 3.5 has an issue where on certain machines it crashes >> (3.5.3 should have the proper fix). > Pfff.. Found the issue. If you boot with 'xsave=off' on the hypervisor line it boots. > > It looks to be a Fedora kernel issue thought - when I booted a mainline kernel > I did not hit this. Yes. all three machines boot if I use xsave=off. -- Mike :wq -- xen mailing list xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen
