566706 – sys-firmware/seabios-1.8.2[binary] break app-emulation/xen-tools[system-seabios], hvm domU fail to start

Bug 566706 - sys-firmware/seabios-1.8.2[binary] break app-emulation/xen-tools[system-seabios], hvm domU fail to start

Summary: sys-firmware/seabios-1.8.2[binary] break app-emulation/xen-tools[system-seabi...

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Doug Goldstein (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2015-11-24 08:46 UTC by Yixun Lan
Modified:	2018-03-18 17:38 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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xl dmesg log (xen_hvm_with_seabios_bin.txt,32.03 KB, text/plain) 2015-11-24 08:46 UTC, Yixun Lan	Details
xl create verbose info (xl_create_logl.txt,11.19 KB, text/plain) 2015-11-24 08:47 UTC, Yixun Lan	Details
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Description Yixun Lan archtester

2015-11-24 08:46:10 UTC

with USE=binary enabled, the sys-firmware/seabios package will use pre-built binary, and with USE=system-seabios enabled xen-tools will use this binary,
and the result hvm domU fail to start, see attached log.

but again, with USE=-binary disabled (build sys-firmware/seabios[-binary]), the xen-tools make hvm domU (the guest vm) work fine.

is it possible to check if CONFIG_XEN is enabled for the prebuilt seabios binary? since I'm sure the sys-firmware/seabios[-binary] version will make CONFIG_XEN enabled.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Yixun Lan archtester

2015-11-24 08:46:52 UTC

Created attachment 417736 [details]
xl dmesg log

Comment 2 Yixun Lan archtester

2015-11-24 08:47:15 UTC

Created attachment 417738 [details]
xl create verbose info

Comment 3 Yixun Lan archtester

2015-11-24 08:49:13 UTC

I have slightly different log with this report (I'm using xen-4.6.0 here)
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2015-11/msg01588.html

Comment 4 Ian Delaney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-12-13 08:19:39 UTC

I'da have thought a xen herd member would know how to assign a bug of our own package.

Comment 5 Matthias Maier gentoo-dev

2018-03-18 17:38:38 UTC

Is this still reproducible with the current firmware versions?

I'll close as needinfo for the time being.

Ps.: Fixed assignee.