Hi Jan, tried with IO-APIC enabled and the problem is not reproducible anymore.
Kind regards, Alexander Eichner Am Mittwoch, den 19.11.2008, 16:42 +0100 schrieb jan damborsky: > Hi Alexander, > > > Alexander Eichner wrote: > > Hi Jan, > > > > this issue doesn't happen always here. > > But sometimes the installer hangs about 1 minute while detecting the > > hard disk freezing the GUI completely. > > It seems to happen here only if the hard disk is completely > > uninitialized. > > Yes, I can reproduce this if new disk is created and attached as SATA. > > > I tested it also with 10 disks attached but they all had a partition > > with ZFS and the installer detected them immediately (the spinning > > circle didn't showed up). > > > > The guest configuration is: > > RAM: 1024MB > > ACPI: enabled > > IO-APIC: disabled > > Could you please try if that hang can be seen with 'IO-APIC' enabled ? > In my case, if I enable IO-APIC that hang disappears. > > > > AMD-V/VT-x: disabled > > PAE/NX: disabled > > > > My host is a Dell Inspiron 1520 > > RAM: 4GB > > OS: 64bit Linux (Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex) > > > > I created a log of the installer with LS_DBG_LVL=4. It is attached to > > this mail. > > Thanks ! William is looking at this - we can see the delays there. > However, they don't seem to be happening in the installer itself, > but rather in underlying libdiskmgt library or device driver. Once > it is more investigated, we would file bug for this. > > Thank you, > Jan > > > > > Kind regards, > > Alexander Eichner > > > > Am Dienstag, den 18.11.2008, 18:28 +0100 schrieb jan damborsky: > >> Hi Achim, > >> > >> > >> Achim Hasenmueller wrote: > >>> I can reproduce the iostat -En issue (SATA is reported as ATA). I am > >>> not sure that this is what's causing the installer to take several > >>> minutes discovering the SATA disk. > >> It is unlikely this is the reason why you see > >> the installer hanging in disk discovery. > >> > >> I have upgraded from 2.0.2 to 2.0.4 and I am able to > >> boot LiveCD in VB guest with SATA disk attached - now > >> with VT-x/AMD-V enabled > >> (fix for http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/2292 works fine) > >> and install on SATA drive. I didn't encounter delay during > >> the disk discovery phase as installer Disk screen was brought > >> up almost immediately. > >> > >> Then I tried several combinations of VT-x/AMD-V, IO APIC, > >> ... options and could see the delay when following configuration > >> was used: > >> > >> ACPI: Enabled > >> IO APIC: Disabled > >> VT-x/AMD-v: Disabled > >> PAE/NX: Enabled > >> > >> So it seems that the problem with hang might be specific > >> to particular host/guest configuration or/and VB version. > >> > >> Do you happen to know in which configuration you are seeing > >> the hang ? > >> Is there any difference if you enable 'IO APIC' or play > >> with other options ? > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Jan > >> > >> > >>> If it is, I'd strongly suggest to get the fix into 2008.11. > >>> > >>> Achim. > >>> > >>> On Nov 18, 2008, at 3:15 PM, jan damborsky wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi Achim, Alexander, > >>>> > >>>> as far as problem seen in VirtualBox is concerned, could you please > >>>> provide more details about configuration you used when encountering > >>>> that issue (HW, host operating system, how much memory you > >>>> dedicated to the guest, other settings - VT-x/AMD-V,ACPI, ...) ? > >>>> > >>>> There were couple of SATA issues reported in 2.0.2, which are fixed > >>>> in 2.0.4: > >>>> > >>>> http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/2292 > >>>> http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/2182 > >>>> > >>>> I have tried to launch the installer on VB 2.0.2 guest (1GB memory) > >>>> with one SATA disk attached and I haven't seen that hang in disk > >>>> discovery - > >>>> Disk screen was displayed immediately. > >>>> I haven't tried the installation. > >>>> > >>>> I have used following configuration: > >>>> > >>>> host: > >>>> ----- > >>>> HW: Lenovo Thinkpad X61 (4GB RWM) > >>>> SW: OpenSolaris build 101a > >>>> VB: 2.0.2 > >>>> > >>>> guest: > >>>> ------ > >>>> base memory: 1024 MB > >>>> OS Type: OpenSolaris > >>>> ACPI: Enabled > >>>> IO APIC: Enabled > >>>> VT-x/AMD-v: disabled (workaround for bug 2292) > >>>> PAE/NX: Enabled > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> With respect to problems with SATA disk discovery hanging on bare metal, > >>>> do you happen to know, which HW configuration might be suffering > >>>> from this issue ? > >>>> > >>>> Thank you, > >>>> Jan > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> William Schumann wrote: > >>>>> There are two separate bugs that are addressing problems with > >>>>> library libdiskmgt correctly reporting type on SATA drives for real > >>>>> hardware: > >>>>> > >>>>> 6558646 DM_CTYPE attribute is set to "unknown" for SATA controllers > >>>>> handled by "sata" driver > >>>>> http://monaco.sfbay/detail.jsf?cr=6558646 > >>>>> > >>>>> auto-installer can not identify SATA disk type (most likely a > >>>>> duplicate of the former) > >>>>> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=4387 > >>>>> > >>>>> The former has been in the 'accept' state since June. If libdiskmgt > >>>>> bugs are now affecting VirtualBox, they should perhaps be escalated > >>>>> (currently P3). > >>>>> > >>>>> I will inquire about status of fixes for libdiskmgt - they are not > >>>>> presently being handled by the install group. > >>>>> William Schumann > >>>>> > >>>>> Dave Miner wrote: > >>>>>> Vincent Murphy wrote: > >>>>>>> Achim, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Best person to contact is Dave Miner - however, I would also send > >>>>>>> mail to indiana-eng as this may be a known issue. If not then > >>>>>>> raise a bug :-) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> Achim, Alexander: William Schumann on the install team is the best > >>>>>> person to work with on disk discovery issues; he's in Prague and > >>>>>> should be back in the office tomorrow since today's a holiday > >>>>>> there. I've copied him. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I believe I've seen this issue, though I rarely have used SATA in > >>>>>> my vbox instances, and I'm not aware of any existing bug reports > >>>>>> related to it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Dave > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks > >>>>>>> Vincent > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 11/17/08 12:46, Achim Hasenmueller wrote: > >>>>>>>> Hi Vincent, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> when installing OpenSolaris (2008.5 or .11) in a VirtualBox VM > >>>>>>>> with a SATA disk configured for the VM, the installer takes > >>>>>>>> several minutes to discover the disk. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> We have been trying to debug this from our end but without > >>>>>>>> success. Also we have found reports on the web about people > >>>>>>>> having the same issue with physical hardware. Therefore, we now > >>>>>>>> need help from the OS team. Who in your team could Alexander work > >>>>>>>> with? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thanks! > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> Achim Hasenmueller > >>>>>>>> Director Engineering, VirtualBox > >>>>>>>> Sun Microsystems GmbH > >>>>>>>> Werkstrasse 24 > >>>>>>>> 71384 Weinstadt, Germany > >>>>>>>> phone: +49 7151 604050 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> ================================================ > >>>>>>>> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, > >>>>>>>> Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten > >>>>>>>> Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 > >>>>>>>> Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, > >>>>>>>> Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boehmer > >>>>>>>> Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering > >>>>>>>> ================================================ > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> >
