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Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU dies on any attempt to load a Linux kernel module
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Richard Yao |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU dies on any attempt to load a Linux kernel module when using a 9P rootfs |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:00:43 -0500 |
I use it all the time, but I have not updated to a more recent kernel yet. I am
at LinuxCon, so I am unlikely to try it until I get home.
> On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:50 PM, Christopher Covington <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi Richard,
>
>> On 11/25/2013 10:49 AM, Richard Yao wrote:
>> I booted a Gentoo Linux installation in QEMU with a 9P rootfs as follows:
>>
>> sudo qemu-kvm -cpu host -m 1024 -kernel
>> /mnt/test/usr/src/linux-3.13-rc1/arch/x86/boot/bzImage -append
>> 'root=/dev/root rootfstype=9p rootflags=trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L ro
>> console=ttyS0' -serial stdio -fsdev
>> local,id=root,path=/mnt/test,security_model=none -device
>> virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=root,mount_tag=/dev/root
>>
>> The system boots fine, but attempting to load any module will fail:
>>
>> localhost ~ # modprobe crc32
>> qemu-system-x86_64: virtio: trying to map MMIO memory
>>
>> The behavior is consistent no matter what combination of things that I
>> try. So far, I have tried Linux 3.10.7-gentoo (Gentoo patchset) and
>> Linux 3.13-rc1. I have tried QEMU 1.4.2, QEMU 1.6.1 and QEMU HEAD. I
>> have also tried booting without KVM, but the behavior is the same:
>>
>> sudo qemu-kvm --no-kvm -m 1024 -kernel
>> /mnt/test/usr/src/linux-3.13-rc1/arch/x86/boot/bzImage -append
>> 'root=/dev/root rootfstype=9p rootflags=trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L ro
>> console=ttyS0' -serial stdio -fsdev
>> local,id=root,path=/mnt/test,security_model=none -device
>> virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=root,mount_tag=/dev/root
>
> Have you used this setup recently?
>
> With my 3.15.0+ kernel, qemu-system-x86_64 substituted for qemu-kvm, and the
> path changed from your arguments I get:
>
> 9pnet_virtio: no channels available
> VFS: Cannot open root device "root" or unknown-block(0,0): error -2
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available
> partitions:
> 0b00 1048575 sr0 driver: sr
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
> Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
> rel-1.7.5-0-ge51488c-20140602_164612-nilsson.home.kraxel.org 04/01/2014
>
> Thanks,
> Christopher
>
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