linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

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Date:	Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:39:26 +0100
From:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
CC:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org list" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	qemu-devel Developers <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@...il.com>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

On 2011-11-06 17:30, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Jan,
> 
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de> wrote:
>> "Usable" - I've tried kvm-tool several times and still (today) fail to
>> get a standard SUSE image (with a kernel I have to compile and provide
>> separately...) up and running *). Likely a user mistake, but none that
>> is very obvious. At least to me.
>>
>> In contrast, you can throw arbitrary Linux distros in various forms at
>> QEMU, and it will catch and run them. For me, already this is more usable.
>>
>> *) kvm run -m 1000 -d OpenSuse11-4_64.img arch/x86/boot/bzImage \
>>        -p root=/dev/vda2
>> ...
>> [    1.772791] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
>> [    1.774603] cpuidle: using governor ladder
>> [    1.775490] cpuidle: using governor menu
>> [    1.776865] input: AT Raw Set 2 keyboard as
>> /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0
>> [    1.778609] TCP cubic registered
>> [    1.779456] Installing 9P2000 support
>> [    1.782390] Registering the dns_resolver key type
>> [    1.794323] registered taskstats version 1
>>
>> ...and here the boot just stops, guest apparently waits for something
> 
> Can you please share your kernel .config with me and I'll take a look
> at it. We now have a "make kvmconfig" makefile target for enabling all
> the necessary config options for guest kernels. I don't think any of
> us developers are using SUSE so it can surely be a KVM tool bug as
> well.

Attached.

Jan

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