[kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-01 Thread Michael Tokarev
Hello! A first-time poster (and user) is here... but not a newbie ;) Some time ago I tried KVM for the first time, on an AMD X2-64 system (BE-2400 processor, also tried with other similar processors, like "plain" X2-64 4888+ etc), first with 2.6.23 vanilla kernel compiled for 64 bits, SMP. After

Re: [kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-01 Thread Amit Shah
Hello Michael, On Friday 01 February 2008 13:30:03 Michael Tokarev wrote: > Hello! A first-time poster (and user) is here... but not a newbie ;) > > Some time ago I tried KVM for the first time, on an AMD X2-64 system > (BE-2400 processor, also tried with other similar processors, like > "plain"

Re: [kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-01 Thread Michael Tokarev
Amit Shah wrote: > On Friday 01 February 2008 13:30:03 Michael Tokarev wrote: >> Some time ago I tried KVM for the first time, on an AMD X2-64 system >> (BE-2400 processor, also tried with other similar processors, like >> "plain" X2-64 4888+ etc), first with 2.6.23 vanilla kernel compiled >> for

Re: [kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-01 Thread Michael Tokarev
Michael Tokarev wrote: > Amit Shah wrote: [] >>> With 2.6.23 and vanilla kvm modules, while from X, it opens the >>> "virtual console" (an X window), but that console is entirely >>> empty (black), and nothing more happens. I can Ctrl+C the original >>> process, but nothing more. >>> >>> With 2.6.

Re: [kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-01 Thread Michael Tokarev
Michael Tokarev wrote: > Amit Shah wrote: > >> On Friday 01 February 2008 13:30:03 Michael Tokarev wrote: [] >>> With 2.6.23 and vanilla kvm modules, while from X, it opens the >>> "virtual console" (an X window), but that console is entirely >>> empty (black), and nothing more happens. I can Ctr

Re: [kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-10 Thread Avi Kivity
Michael Tokarev wrote: > Ok, I finally got it working. > > The problem was 32/64 bits issue. I'm so used to 64bits kernel and 32bits > userland - not a single thought occured to me that this might be problematic > of some sort. I was always trying 32bits kvm usermode tools with 64bits > kernels.

Re: [kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-11 Thread Amit Shah
On Monday 11 February 2008 12:58:07 Avi Kivity wrote: > Amit Shah wrote: > > On Sunday 10 February 2008 17:01:46 Avi Kivity wrote: > >> Michael Tokarev wrote: > >>> Ok, I finally got it working. > >>> > >>> The problem was 32/64 bits issue. I'm so used to 64bits kernel and > >>> 32bits userland -

Re: [kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-11 Thread Avi Kivity
Michael Tokarev wrote: > I first tried 64bit HOST kernel and 32bit host userspace. It didn't matter > what to use as guest - it doesn't even try to boot. > > Okay. Fixed that bit for kvm-61. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ---

Re: [kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-10 Thread Amit Shah
On Sunday 10 February 2008 17:01:46 Avi Kivity wrote: > Michael Tokarev wrote: > > Ok, I finally got it working. > > > > The problem was 32/64 bits issue. I'm so used to 64bits kernel and > > 32bits userland - not a single thought occured to me that this might be > > problematic of some sort. I w

Re: [kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-10 Thread Avi Kivity
Amit Shah wrote: > On Sunday 10 February 2008 17:01:46 Avi Kivity wrote: > >> Michael Tokarev wrote: >> >>> Ok, I finally got it working. >>> >>> The problem was 32/64 bits issue. I'm so used to 64bits kernel and >>> 32bits userland - not a single thought occured to me that this might be >

Re: [kvm-devel] amd64: does it ever work? ;)

2008-02-11 Thread Michael Tokarev
Avi Kivity wrote: > Amit Shah wrote: >> On Sunday 10 February 2008 17:01:46 Avi Kivity wrote: >> >>> Michael Tokarev wrote: >>> Ok, I finally got it working. The problem was 32/64 bits issue. I'm so used to 64bits kernel and 32bits userland - not a single thought occure