On 07/31/24 at 06:34pm, A Kundu wrote: > I am experiencing issues using kexec to load Xen 4.17(debian's apt version), > Xen 4.19-rc4 (compiled from source) and 4.20-dev (compiled from source) on a > debian host. You should CC this to XEN dev list so that XEN dev knows this and may provide help. Not everyone is interested in and knows XEN. > > System information: > $ uname -a > Linux host 6.9.10-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.9.10-1 (2024-07-19) > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > $ kexec --version # compiled from source tarball with ./configure --with-xen > kexec-tools 2.0.29 > > Steps to reproduce: > > 1. Set variables: > > XEN_HYPERVISOR="/boot/xen.gz" > XEN_CMD="dom0_mem=6G dom0_max_vcpus=6 dom0_vcpus_pin cpufreq=xen" > > 2. Attempt to load Xen 4.19-rc4: > > # kexec -l "$XEN_HYPERVISOR" --command-line="$XEN_CMD" > Could not find a free area of memory of 0x3b6001 bytes... > elf_exec_build_load_relocatable: ELF exec load failed > > 3. Attempt to load Xen 4.20-dev: > > # kexec -l "$XEN_HYPERVISOR" --command-line="$XEN_CMD" > Could not find a free area of memory of 0x3f8001 bytes... > elf_exec_build_load_relocatable: ELF exec load failed > > 4. Attempt to load Xen 4.17 (from debian rrepositories): > # kexec -l /boot/xen-4.17-amd64.gz --command-line="$XEN_CMD" > Could not find a free area of memory of 0x3b4001 bytes... > elf_exec_build_load_relocatable: ELF exec load failed > > If you need any further information to investigate this problem, > please let me know. > > PS: If I used apt's pacakged version (which might be compiled > --without-xen), > it shows, > > # kexec -l "$XEN_HYPERVISOR" --command-line="$XEN_CMD" > Cannot determine the file type of /boot/xen-4.17-amd64.gz > > # kexec -l "$XEN_HYPERVISOR" --command-line="$XEN_CMD" --type=bzImage > Cannot determine the file type of /boot/xen-4.17-amd64.gz > > > Thank you for your attention to this matter. > > A Kundu > > _______________________________________________ > kexec mailing list > kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec > _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
