Bug 702248 - SVVP's job SMBIOS can not pass if guest memory is bigger or equal 32G
Summary: SVVP's job SMBIOS can not pass if guest memory is bigger or equal 32G
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xen
Version: 5.7
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Paolo Bonzini
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Whiteboard:
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-05 06:54 UTC by Huang Wenlong
Modified: 2013-10-20 21:42 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

Fixed In Version: xen-3.0.3-131.el5
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
If a guest had 32 GB of operating memory or more, the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) information provided to the guests was incorrect. This was detected by the System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) tests required for the Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Platform (SVVP) certification. With this update, a patch has been provided, and the DMI information provided to the guests with very large operating memory is now correct.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-07-21 09:14:47 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
error message (421.40 KB, image/jpeg)
2011-05-05 06:56 UTC, Huang Wenlong
no flags Details


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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1070 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE xen bug fix and enhancement update 2011-07-21 09:12:56 UTC

Description Huang Wenlong 2011-05-05 06:54:56 UTC
Description of problem:
SVVP's job SMBIOS  can not pass if guest memory is bigger or equal 32G 
it can pass if guest memory is (32*1024-1)M 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xen-3.0.3-129.el5
kernel-xen-2.6.18-257.el5
xenpv-win-1.3.4-9.el5

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.set guest memory is bigger or equal 32*1024 M 
2. start guest then  run SMBIOS job

  
Actual results:
SMBIOS fail 

Expected results:
SMBIOS pass 

Additional info:

attach the error screenshot

Comment 1 Huang Wenlong 2011-05-05 06:56:44 UTC
Created attachment 496994 [details]
error message

Comment 2 Paolo Bonzini 2011-05-05 13:06:40 UTC
Firmware problem, moving to Xen userspace component.

Comment 3 Paolo Bonzini 2011-05-05 13:10:59 UTC
Please attach "dmidecode" output from a Linux guest of the same size.  Thanks!

Comment 4 Paolo Bonzini 2011-05-05 15:04:13 UTC
Nevermind, not necessary (and I also meant to ask for a KVM guest, not Linux).

I built test xen packages at http://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=3303721

Comment 5 Huang Wenlong 2011-05-06 13:27:02 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> Nevermind, not necessary (and I also meant to ask for a KVM guest, not Linux).
> 
> I built test xen packages at
> http://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=3303721

With new pkg the 32G and 64G memory can pass the SMBIOS job

Comment 6 Huang Wenlong 2011-05-06 13:56:01 UTC
96G memory SMBIOS pass also.

Comment 7 Huang Wenlong 2011-05-09 03:36:25 UTC
96G memory Intel and AMD all pass

Comment 11 Huang Wenlong 2011-05-16 10:40:21 UTC
verify this bug in xen-3.0.3-131.el5 in AMD and INTEL host
guest memory is 96G

Comment 12 Tomas Capek 2011-07-13 13:16:36 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
If a guest had 32 GB of operating memory or more, then System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) jobs terminated on that guest. With this update, a patch has been provided and SMBIOS jobs now work properly on guests with very large operating memory.

Comment 13 Paolo Bonzini 2011-07-13 14:25:23 UTC
    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1 +1 @@
-If a guest had 32 GB of operating memory or more, then System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) jobs terminated on that guest. With this update, a patch has been provided and SMBIOS jobs now work properly on guests with very large operating memory.+If a guest had 32 GB of operating memory or more, DMI information provided to the guests was wrong. This was detected by the System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) tests required for Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Platform (SVVP) certification. With this update, a patch has been provided and the DMI information is correct for guests with very large operating memory.

Comment 14 Tomas Capek 2011-07-14 11:03:02 UTC
    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1 +1 @@
-If a guest had 32 GB of operating memory or more, DMI information provided to the guests was wrong. This was detected by the System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) tests required for Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Platform (SVVP) certification. With this update, a patch has been provided and the DMI information is correct for guests with very large operating memory.+If a guest had 32 GB of operating memory or more, the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) information provided to the guests was incorrect. This was detected by the System   Management BIOS (SMBIOS) tests required for the Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Platform (SVVP) certification. With this update, a patch has been provided, and the DMI information provided to the guests with very large operating memory is now correct.

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-21 09:14:47 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1070.html

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-21 12:08:35 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1070.html


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