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Console may not work ('xm console <domain>') until 'console=hvc0' has been added to the kernel command line in grub.conf.
Console may not work ('xm console <domain>') until 'console=hvc0' has been added to the kernel command line in grub.conf.


Note, the following list of issues were compiled while testing on RHEL 5.4. Other host platforms and/or Xen packages may have varying results.  Please test :-)
Note, the following list of issues were compiled while testing on RHEL 5.4. There are no known issues with a RHEL 5.5 host. Other host platforms and/or Xen packages may have varying results.  Please test :-)


* RHEL specific: pygrub does not support ext4, however rawhide defaults to ext4. Therefore this must be manually changed to ext3 (at least for /boot) during the installation, or an appropriate kickstart can be used.
* RHEL specific: pygrub does not support ext4, however rawhide defaults to ext4. Therefore this must be manually changed to ext3 (at least for /boot) during the installation, or an appropriate kickstart can be used.
* RHEL specific on machines with GB pages: add 'nogbpages' to the guest kernel command-line for guests with >2GB memory, see [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502826 bz502826]
* RHEL specific on machines with GB pages: add 'nogbpages' to the guest kernel command-line for guests with >2GB memory, see [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502826 bz502826]
* RHEL specific on machines with xsave: add 'noxsave' to the guest kernel command-line for hvm guests, see [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524052 bz524052]
* RHEL specific on machines with xsave: add 'noxsave' to the guest kernel command-line for hvm guests, see [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524052 bz524052]
If the above workarounds are done, or RHEL 5.5 is used, then these known issues will still be present.
* Installing from the F14 compose for 32b PV guests works, but then the initial boot will fail due to the plymouth issue.
* Installing a FV guest from the F13 boot.iso or attempting to boot the F13 Virt-Test LiveCD will fail (see [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=570496 bz570496]). Workaround this by rewriting the iso with 'nohalt 1' added to the top of the isolinux.cfg file.
* Installing a FV guest will appear to have hung since the graphics in anaconda's virtual terminal 'F6' do not work. Watch the progress on virtual terminal 'F1' to see that the installation is progressing.


=== Test cases ===
=== Test cases ===

Latest revision as of 16:34, 22 September 2010

DATE TIME WHERE
Thursday September 23, 2010 All day #fedora-test-day (webchat)


What to test?[edit]

This part of today's Fedora Test Day will focus on testing the area concerned with Xen DomU functionality, which is based on the pv_ops work in upstream Linux.

If you come to this page after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test Fedora as a Xen DomU and provide feedback.

Who's available[edit]

Andrew Jones (Drew) is your host for today.

The following people have also agreed to be available for testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion:

What's needed to test[edit]

  • A distribution with Xen Dom0 support. This can either be Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, CentOS 5, Suse, Fedora, etc. We also highly recommend that your distribution is fully updated to the latest released packages. See instructions on the main test day page.
  • At least one guest image installed before the test day (suggested reading - Virtualization_Quick_Start).

Known issues and workarounds[edit]

Console may not work ('xm console <domain>') until 'console=hvc0' has been added to the kernel command line in grub.conf.

Note, the following list of issues were compiled while testing on RHEL 5.4. There are no known issues with a RHEL 5.5 host. Other host platforms and/or Xen packages may have varying results. Please test :-)

  • RHEL specific: pygrub does not support ext4, however rawhide defaults to ext4. Therefore this must be manually changed to ext3 (at least for /boot) during the installation, or an appropriate kickstart can be used.
  • RHEL specific on machines with GB pages: add 'nogbpages' to the guest kernel command-line for guests with >2GB memory, see bz502826
  • RHEL specific on machines with xsave: add 'noxsave' to the guest kernel command-line for hvm guests, see bz524052

Test cases[edit]

Execute the list of test cases for each of the following configurations:

32-bit Dom0

  • 32-bit PV DomU
  • 32-bit HVM DomU

64-bit Dom0

  • 32-bit PV DomU
  • 32-bit HVM DomU
  • 64-bit PV DomU
  • 64-bit HVM DomU

Test cases:

  1. Guest install
  2. Memory ballooning
  3. Save/restore
  4. Live migration
  5. Guest pause/unpause
  6. CPU hotplug
  7. Network devices
  8. Network Performance
  9. Block attach/detach
  10. File IO Performance
  11. Paravirt framebuffer
  12. Guest crash dump
  13. Execshield
  14. GDB
  15. Statically linked binaries
  16. Kernel command line parameters
  17. Host machine lacking NX support
  18. Attempt to use the modify_ldt syscall

See Reporting Virtualization bugs for a guide to reporting bugs.

Issues that were identified[edit]

Tester Description Bug references Status
#XXXXX ASSIGNED
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