linux-kernel - Re: [kvm-devel] kvm causing memory corruption? ~2.6.25-rc6

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Message-ID: <47EBC2F5.90302@qumranet.com>
Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:53:25 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kvm-devel <kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] kvm causing memory corruption?  ~2.6.25-rc6

Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 11:36 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
>> I dug out my i386 install and tried it.  Doesn't reproduce for me on 
>> either kvm.git or -rc7.
>>
>> Do you have a working setup that we can bisect?
>>     
>
> I don't really have a working revision to bisect against.  I'm not sure
> that it ever worked.  

I'm fairly sure Windows works on kvm...

How did you generate the image?

> It's also on my actual laptop, so it's a bit of a
> pain to get any other work done while I'm bisecting. :)
>
> I'll move the Windows image over to another machine today and see if I
> can reproduce elsewhere.  I'll also check some older versions of KVM to
> see if any of those work.  If I do that, should I keep the kvm
> userspace, modules and BIOSes all synchronized from each version that I
> test?
>   

You can keep the userspace (qemu + bios) fixed and change the kernel, or 
vice versa.

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