Bug 866345

Summary: cant install Win2008r2 as kvm guest since kernel-2.6.32-328.el6.x86_64
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Xiaoqing Wei <xwei>
Component: kernelAssignee: Gleb Natapov <gleb>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
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Version: 6.4CC: areis, bcao, juzhang, knoel, michen, shuang, xfu
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Description Xiaoqing Wei 2012-10-15 06:30:55 UTC
Description of problem:

cant install Win2008r2 as kvm guest since kernel-2.6.32-328.el6.x86_64

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

kernel-2.6.32-328.el6.x86_64 or newer


How reproducible:
3/4

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install a Win2008r2 as kvm guest by :
/root/staf-kvm/autotest/client/tests/kvm/qemu -name vm1 -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=qmp_monitor_id_qmpmonitor1,path=/tmp/monitor-qmpmonitor1-20120913-134744-NKxy,server,nowait -mon chardev=qmp_monitor_id_qmpmonitor1,mode=control -chardev socket,id=serial_id_20120913-134744-NKxy,path=/tmp/serial-20120913-134744-NKxy,server,nowait -device isa-serial,chardev=serial_id_20120913-134744-NKxy -device ich9-usb-uhci1,id=usb1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -drive file=/root/staf-kvm/autotest/client/tests/kvm/images/win2008r2-64-virtio.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk1,media=disk,cache=none,boot=off,snapshot=off,format=qcow2,aio=native -device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk1,id=virtio-disk1 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=idrfCW7Z,mac=9a:ef:9d:77:ec:71,id=ndev00idrfCW7Z,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -netdev tap,id=idrfCW7Z,vhost=on,fd=21 -m 4096 -smp 2,cores=1,threads=1,sockets=2 -cpu SandyBridge -drive file=/root/staf-kvm/autotest/client/tests/kvm/isos/ISO/Win2008R2/en_windows_server_2008_r2_standard_enterprise_datacenter_and_web_with_sp1_x64_dvd_617601.iso,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,media=cdrom,snapshot=off,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 -drive file=/root/staf-kvm/autotest/client/tests/kvm/isos/windows/winutils.iso,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-1,media=cdrom,snapshot=off,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=1,drive=drive-ide0-0-1,id=ide0-0-1 -drive file=/root/staf-kvm/autotest/client/tests/kvm/isos/windows/virtio-win.iso,if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0,media=cdrom,snapshot=off,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -drive file=/root/staf-kvm/autotest/client/tests/kvm/images/win2008-r2-64/answer.vfd,if=none,id=fdc0-0-0,media=disk,snapshot=off,readonly=off,format=raw -global isa-fdc.driveA=fdc0-0-0 -device usb-tablet,id=usb-tablet1,bus=usb1.0,port=1 -spice port=3000,password=123456,addr=0,image-compression=auto_glz,jpeg-wan-compression=auto,zlib-glz-wan-compression=auto,streaming-video=all,agent-mouse=on,playback-compression=on,ipv4 -vga qxl -global qxl-vga.vram_size=33554432 -rtc base=localtime,clock=host,driftfix=slew -M rhel6.4.0 -boot order=cdn,once=d,menu=off -bios /usr/share/seabios/bios-pm.bin -enable-kvm
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Actual results:

Win2008r2 installer keeps rebooting, didn't enter installing process at all

Expected results:

Win2008r2 install w/o any problem.

Additional info:

Same config works on 327 kernel.

Comment 5 Xiaoqing Wei 2012-10-15 07:18:04 UTC
Tested Host(3 by now, by Processor model):

processor	: 3
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 42
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
stepping	: 7
cpu MHz		: 1600.000
cache size	: 8192 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 4
core id		: 3
cpu cores	: 4
apicid		: 6
initial apicid	: 6
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 13
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips	: 6784.33
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:



processor	: 3
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 23
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q9400  @ 2.66GHz
stepping	: 10
cpu MHz		: 2659.820
cache size	: 3072 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 4
core id		: 3
cpu cores	: 4
apicid		: 3
initial apicid	: 3
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 13
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips	: 5319.64
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:



processor	: 1
vendor_id	: AuthenticAMD
cpu family	: 15
model		: 107
model name	: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
stepping	: 2
cpu MHz		: 2700.000
cache size	: 512 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 1
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 1
initial apicid	: 1
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 1
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv
bogomips	: 5411.26
TLB size	: 1024 4K pages
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps

Comment 6 Gleb Natapov 2012-10-15 17:36:43 UTC
Kernels past 327 are completely broken.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 866452 ***