On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, Alexander Graf wrote: > On Feb 15, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > > >Have you tried SLES-9 or openSUSE variants of the same age? The ss issue in > >gfxboot is only something recently introduced. Prior to that, gfxboot used > >big real mode so your patch wouldn't be sufficient for those versions of > >gfxboot. > > SLES7 - SLES-9 and SUSE 9.1 through to openSUSE 10.1 do not need the patch. > They work 'as is'. SLES10 starts in text mode. > Starting with 10.2 the mov ss issue came along, but maybe Steffen can tell us > more about the history of this issue.
The use of memory > 1MB was optional in older versions, so they might work even if the pm switch doesn't work. sles10 has a special check so it doesn't run in xen; maybe that gets in the way here, too. After sles10 big segments in real mode are no longer used. Steffen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
