Re: [Qemu-devel] x86_64 linux kernel doesn't boot with -icount enabled

[Cao,Bing Bu]

On 11/09/2011 05:41 PM, Cao,Bing Bu wrote:
> On 11/08/2011 11:52 PM, Max Filippov wrote:
> > With kernel command line of 'console=ttyS0 noapic=1 panic=1' patched
> > qemu boots up successfully with -icount, whereas unpatched qemu loops
> > infinitely.
> >
> > Looks like APIC emulation issue to me.
> I'm trying to test issue using a 2.6.38 vmlinuz image.
> The image is a kernel image of a another ubuntu guest. I just copy it 
> to host and use it directly.
>
> # /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 1024 -kernel 
> vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic -append 'ro quiet noacpi=1 ' -chardev 
> stdio,id=mon0 -mon chardev=mon0
>
> The kernel can be successfully loaded and run normally until 
> kernel_init(),and panic because there is no root file-system supplied.
>
> But add -icount option:
>
> # /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 1024 -kernel 
> vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic -append 
> 'root=UUID=96bc04c5-410e-482a-82bf-95b2355552d6 ro quiet noacpi=1' 
> -chardev stdio,id=mon0 -mon chardev=mon0 -icount auto
>
> The kernel can not be loaded successfully.
>
> loop in main_loop_wait().
When with option -icount,kernel message:
"HPET counter not counting. HPET disabled"

halt not continue running:
normally boot message:

<  APIC calibration not consistent with PM-Timer: 92ms instead of 100ms^M
<  APIC delta adjusted to PM-Timer: 6250004 (5750429)^M
<  Performance Events: unsupported p6 CPU model 2 no PMU driver, 
software events only.^M
<  Brought up 1 CPUs^M
<  Total of 1 processors activated (5183.86 BogoMIPS).^M
<  devtmpfs: initialized^M
<  print_constraints: dummy: ^M
<  Time: 10:32:17  Date: 11/09/11^M
<  NET: Registered protocol family 16^M
<  EISA bus registered^M
<  ACPI: bus type pci registered^M
<  PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xffe77, last bus=0^M
<  PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access^M
<  bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0^M
<  ACPI: Interpreter enabled^M
<  ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)^M
<  ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing^M
<  ACPI: No dock devices found.^M
<  HEST: Table not found.^M
<  PCI: Ignoring host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use 
"pci=use_crs" and report a bug^M
<  ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-ff])^M
<  pci 0000:00:01.3: quirk: [io  0xb000-0xb03f] claimed by PIIX4 ACPI^M
<  pci 0000:00:01.3: quirk: [io  0xb100-0xb10f] claimed by PIIX4 SMB^M
<  ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 5 *10 11)^M
<  ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 5 *10 11)^M
<  ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 5 10 *11)^M
<  ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 5 10 *11)^M
<  ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKS] (IRQs 9) *0^M


Maybe right,it is a ACPI issue.


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Best Regards,
Cao,Bing Bu