Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:30:04 GMT From: "Curtis W. Rendon" <curtis.rendon@gmail.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/118734: FreeBSD 6.3-RC1 and FreeBSD 7.0-BETA 4 fail to boot under Xen fully virtualized Message-ID: <200803012330.m21NU4KN024143@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/118734; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Curtis W. Rendon" <curtis.rendon@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, bsder@allcaps.org Cc: Subject: kern/118734: FreeBSD 6.3-RC1 and FreeBSD 7.0-BETA 4 fail to boot under Xen fully virtualized Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:57:41 -0600 >Number: 118734 >Category: kern >Synopsis: FreeBSD 6.3-RC1 and FreeBSD 7.0-BETA 4 fail to boot under Xen fully virtualized >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 15 22:50:03 UTC 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andrew P. Lentvorski >Release: 6.3 and 7.0 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: >FreeBSD 6.3-RC1 and FreeBSD 7.0-BETA4 fail to boot under Xen fully >virtualized. >It throws a BTX failure. >What is the solution for running FreeBSD as a DomU under Xen? >The system has the Intel virtualization extensions. Sorry if this has already been addressed: I work in the XEN project at AMD and have seen this same issue. What I do to get around it is to boot with acpi disabled. You won't be able to get multiple vcpus, but the system will work otherwise. Curtis -- I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML Mail / \
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