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I've been assigned the task of getting our MontaVista Linux (2.6.21 kernel) running on Xen.

We'll be running Xen in -hvm- mode.

My Xen version is 3.4.0 (linux kernel 2.6.18) and am unable to run MontaVista Linux (kernel 2.6.21) in hvm mode.

Does anyone have suggestions?

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Has your Xen installation been able to running any dom0 of any sort ? – Antoine Benkemoun Oct 21 '09 at 6:15
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You shouldn't have any problems running any Linux distro in HVM mode on Xen, as HVM presents a true "Virtual Machine" interface to the guest OS. You're going to have to expand greatly on the details behind "unable" to get any useful assistance, because it really should work.

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#xm info release : 2.6.18.8-xen machine : i686 nr_cpus : 8 cpu_mhz : 2400 virt_caps : hvm hvm_directio domain_config file. kernel = "bzImage" cpus = "1" memory = 2048 pci = [ '05:00.0', '05:00.1' ] name = "foo" bzImage is a bootable MontaVista image with 2.6.21 kernel. [root@localhost]# xm create -p domain_config1 Using config file "./domain_config1". Error: (2, 'Invalid kernel', 'xc_dom_find_loader: no loader found\n') [root@localhost ios]# Josh. – Josh Aug 2 '09 at 6:44
There are so many things wrong here I don't know where to start... first off, don't put info like that in a comment, edit your question. Second, that's not how you create, nor how you start, an HVM domain. – womble Aug 2 '09 at 7:51
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Ok, I've modified my domain_config as follows. kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" builder='hvm' arch_libdir = 'lib'

cpus = "1"

Initial memory allocation (in megabytes) for the new domain.

memory = 1024

pci = [ '05:00.0', '05:00.1' ]

A name for your domain. All domains must have different names.

name = "foo"

device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'

serial='pty'

disk = [ 'file:xenguest.img,hda,w', 'file:bzImage,hdb,r' ]

I can see the VM starting and then crashing.

/var/log/xend-debug.log shows the following.

Xend started at Sun Aug 2 00:59:40 2009. Unhandled exception in thread started by Traceback (most recent call last): File "//usr/lib/python/xen/xend/image.py", line 549, in _sentinel_watch self._dmfailed(message) File "//usr/lib/python/xen/xend/image.py", line 491, in _dmfailed xc.domain_shutdown(self.vm.getDomid(), DOMAIN_CRASH) TypeError: an integer is required Unhandled exception in thread started by Traceback (most recent call last): File "//usr/lib/python/xen/xend/image.py", line 549, in _sentinel_watch self._dmfailed(message) File "//usr/lib/python/xen/xend/image.py", line 491, in _dmfailed xc.domain_shutdown(self.vm.getDomid(), DOMAIN_CRASH) TypeError: an integer is required Unhandled exception in thread started by Traceback (most recent call last): File "//usr/lib/python/xen/xend/image.py", line 549, in _sentinel_watch self._dmfailed(message) File "//usr/lib/python/xen/xend/image.py", line 491, in _dmfailed xc.domain_shutdown(self.vm.getDomid(), DOMAIN_CRASH) xen.lowlevel.xc.Error: (3, 'No such process') Unhandled exception in thread started by Traceback (most recent call last): File "//usr/lib/python/xen/xend/image.py", line 549, in _sentinel_watch self._dmfailed(message) File "//usr/lib/python/xen/xend/image.py", line 491, in _dmfailed xc.domain_shutdown(self.vm.getDomid(), DOMAIN_CRASH) TypeError: an integer is required ~

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