[OpenIndiana-discuss] /hipster: latest kernel updates cause crash when vbox guest is started
Predrag Zečević - Unix Systems Administrator
predrag.zecevic at 2e-systems.com
Fri Apr 15 09:54:41 UTC 2016
On 04/15/16 11:49 AM, Predrag Zečević - Unix Systems Administrator wrote:
> On 04/15/16 11:29 AM, Nikola M wrote:
>> On 04/14/16 09:02 AM, Predrag Zečević - Unix Systems Administrator wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> any one has an idea on this?
>>>
>>> This morning I have updated /hipster to
>>> [2016-04-14 08:46:26] solarix genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice]
>>> #015SunOS Release 5.11 Version illumos-cb92f41 64-bit
>>>
>>> And things are now even worse: as soon as starting (any) VBox guest,
>>> system freezes and stays like that. Tried wit re-installation, but it
>>> does not help too.
>>> No crash report, nothing. Nada.
>>>
>>> /var/adm/messages also shows no more info,,, This is kind a
>>> frustrating situation, since I had to revert and this is not good...
>>> Also, google-ing resulted to no solution.
>>
>> I have VirtualBox 5.0.16 (patched with Jom Klimov's
>> https://github.comSunOS oi-h2015 5.11 illumos-cb92f41 i86pc i386 i86pc
>> Solaris/jimklimov/vboxconfig_sh
>> (http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/7.2+VirtualBox) , shared at:
>> https://mega.nz/#!7ZQHzTLa!02SMDWC7gyMS15oSQAwrnrM5AmD7gqNUNmujGSrCZwc
>> sha256sum:
>> 726350d7057b6f8f478993f0a0103f8ec7ed19faa16bd3c2c598186a16d362fb
>> VirtualBox-5.0.16-SunOS-r105871-illumos.tar.gz
>> And it works right on 2 OI hipster machines with illumos-cb92f41 , with
>> VT and without (I run xubuntu inside Vbox, XP and others), guests are
>> 32bit, could try also 64 bit.
>>
>> Try re-installing VirtualBox (might need to patch vboxconfig_sh to
>> uninstall) but you have patched Vbox on that Mega link if fresh
>> installing.
>> What is your hardware? Mine is from C2Duo T5600 and Pentium E5200 era.
>>
>
> Hi Nikola,
>
> I have tried with re-installation, AND I am using Jim's fix and IT is
> working with this kernel:
> $ uname -rosv
> SunOS 5.11 illumos-258e862 Solaris
>
> Until now, all updates went fine. Since then (some changes made after
> approx 2016-03-29 makes it failing).
>
> H/W is quiet new (I had to add extra Graphic, Network and USB 2.0 PCIe
> cards to have OI working). Here extracts from 'dmidecode' utility:
> ------------8<---------------------------------------------------
> BIOS Information
> Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> Version: P1.20
> Release Date: 09/03/2015
> Characteristics:
> PCI is supported
> BIOS is upgradeable
> BIOS shadowing is allowed
> Boot from CD is supported
> Selectable boot is supported
> BIOS ROM is socketed
> EDD is supported
> 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
> 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
> 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
> Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
> 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
> Serial services are supported (int 14h)
> Printer services are supported (int 17h)
> ACPI is supported
> USB legacy is supported
> BIOS boot specification is supported
> Targeted content distribution is supported
> UEFI is supported
>
> Base Board Information
> Manufacturer: ASRock
> Product Name: B150M Pro4S
>
> Processor Information
> Socket Designation: CPUSocket
> Type: Central Processor
> Family: Core i5
> Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
> ID: E3 06 05 00 FF FB EB BF
> Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 94, Stepping 3
> Flags:
> FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
> VME (Virtual mode extension)
> DE (Debugging extension)
> PSE (Page size extension)
> TSC (Time stamp counter)
> MSR (Model specific registers)
> PAE (Physical address extension)
> MCE (Machine check exception)
> CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
> APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
> SEP (Fast system call)
> MTRR (Memory type range registers)
> PGE (Page global enable)
> MCA (Machine check architecture)
> CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
> PAT (Page attribute table)
> PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
> CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
> DS (Debug store)
> ACPI (ACPI supported)
> MMX (MMX technology supported)
> FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported)
> SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
> SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
> SS (Self-snoop)
> HTT (Multi-threading)
> TM (Thermal monitor supported)
> PBE (Pending break enabled)
> Version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
>
> Memory Device
> Array Handle: 0x0010
> Error Information Handle: Not Provided
> Total Width: 64 bits
> Data Width: 64 bits
> Size: 8192 MB
> Form Factor: DIMM
> Set: None
> Locator: ChannelA-DIMM1
> Bank Locator: BANK 1
> Type: DDR4
> Type Detail: Synchronous
> Speed: 2133 MHz
> Manufacturer: 1315
> ------------8<---------------------------------------------------
>
> OI /hipster is installed to SSD and HD is used for user HOME directories:
> AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
> 0. c2t0d0 <Samsung-SSD 850 EVO 250GB-EMT01B6Q cyl 28078 alt 2 hd
> 224 sec 56>
> /pci at 0,0/pci1849,a102 at 17/disk at 0,0
> 1. c2t1d0 <ATA-ST1000DX001-1NS1-CC41 cyl 60797 alt 2 hd 255 sec
> 126>
> /pci at 0,0/pci1849,a102 at 17/disk at 1,0
>
>
> And in attachment you can find screenshot from "device driver utility"....
>
> I *know* that this HW is not covered by any HCL, but as I want to
> stress: it has worked like charm (very fast and supporting several VMs
> at the same time) UNTIL some changes have been introduced to recent
> kernel versions or OI structure.
>
> Since my work heavily depends on VT and VBox is only one which was
> working in OI, you can understand my problem: cannot upgrade hipster and
> use newer versions (plenty of changes made recently).
>
> From the other side, I have no idea how to debug this (even VBox.log
> shows no errors).
>
> Anyway, thank you for coming back with some ides...
>
> With best regards.
> Predrag Zečević
>
I OWN apologize, did not installed that VBOx version. Will give it try
right now....
Thanks for pointing to it!
But, on mentioned wiki page (was reading it for whole day):
http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/7.2+VirtualBox I did not seen that link...
From where did you got it? And what is exactly patched there?
Regards.
>
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