On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 23:47 +0000, Vincent Caron wrote: > On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 22:18 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 22:12 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 18:52 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 11:51 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps we should be passing numa_node_id() (e.g. current node) > > > > > instead of node 0? > > > > > > > > I've just kicked off a build of the 2.6.32-27 Debian kernel with the > > > > following additional patch, I will hopefully post the binaries tomorrow. > > > > > > Build was quicker than I thought... Vincent, Cris if you get a chance > > > please can you test the kernel from: > > > http://xenbits.xen.org/people/ianc/2.6.32-27+numa1/ > > > > Also, please can you try adding "numa=noacpi" to your kernel command > > line when running with the standard Debian kernel (not the one above). > > > > Thanks! > > It just happens that your kernel above (2.6.32-27+numa1) boots fine > under hypervisor _when_ passed 'numa=noacpi'. Yeah ! > > I then tried again with Debian Squeeze's latest 2.6.32-28, which > crashes as -27 under hypervisor (and changelog show no xen or > numa-related thingies). Then I added 'numa=noacpi', and it boots fine > too. I got my 8 cores, networking, etc. > > Enclosed is the dmesg for the latter, Debian, kernel. > > Is the 'numa=noacpi' a "production acceptable" workaround ?
Yes and in fact I think the actual fix is simply to have Xen fake out the behaviour of numa=noacpi as below. I'll send this plus the other fix out after I've given it a bit of proper testing. Ian. xen: disable ACPI NUMA for PV guests Xen does not currently expose PV-NUMA information to PV guests. Therefore disable NUMA for the time being. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campb...@citrix.com> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c index 02c710b..5c55e1b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c @@ -1178,6 +1178,10 @@ asmlinkage void __init xen_start_kernel(void) xen_smp_init(); +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_NUMA + acpi_numa = -1; +#endif + pgd = (pgd_t *)xen_start_info->pt_base; if (!xen_initial_domain()) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1291366264.5514.15039.ca...@zakaz.uk.xensource.com