[OmniOS-discuss] KVM vnics not starting

[Graham Stephens]

On 27/06/2015 12:08, Graham Stephens wrote:
>
>
> On 26/06/2015 19:42, John D Groenveld wrote:
>> In message <558D18FD.20103 at thestephensdomain.com>, Graham Stephens
>> writes:
>>> Does anyone else here have problems trying to start a kvm due to vnics
>>> not initializing properly? It seems to me that the more vnics you add,
>>> the more likely the problem is to occur.
>>
>> No.
>>
>> What's your reproducable configuration?
>> What version OmniOS?
>> How many VMs and VNICs?
>> What's your KVM invocations?
>>
>> John
>> groenveld at acm.org
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>
> I also get these messages in the global log, but only AFTER the kvm has
> managed to start:
>
> Jun 27 09:13:19 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 420667 kern.info] kvm_lapic_reset:
> vcpu=ffffff04ffa6d000, id=0, base_msr= fee00100 PRIx64
> base_address=fee00000
> Jun 27 09:13:19 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 710719 kern.info] vmcs revision_id
> = f
> Jun 27 09:13:19 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 420667 kern.info] kvm_lapic_reset:
> vcpu=ffffff04ffa65000, id=1, base_msr= fee00000 PRIx64
> base_address=fee00000
> Jun 27 09:13:19 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 710719 kern.info] vmcs revision_id
> = f
> Jun 27 09:13:21 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 391722 kern.info] unhandled wrmsr:
> 0xfed8c25b data 53
> Jun 27 09:13:21 eppigw01 last message repeated 1 time
> Jun 27 09:13:21 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 391722 kern.info] unhandled wrmsr:
> 0xff3fd4a0 data fffffd7fffdfea70
> Jun 27 09:13:21 eppigw01 last message repeated 1 time
> Jun 27 09:13:21 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 391722 kern.info] unhandled wrmsr:
> 0xffdff078 data fffffd7fffdfe900
> Jun 27 09:13:21 eppigw01 last message repeated 1 time
> Jun 27 09:13:21 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 291337 kern.info] vcpu 1 received
> sipi with vector # 10
> Jun 27 09:13:21 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 420667 kern.info] kvm_lapic_reset:
> vcpu=ffffff04ffa65000, id=1, base_msr= fee00800 PRIx64
> base_address=fee00000
> Jun 27 09:13:37 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 713435 kern.info] unhandled rdmsr:
> 0x756e6547
> Jun 27 09:13:37 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 391722 kern.info] unhandled wrmsr:
> 0x0 data 0
> Jun 27 09:13:44 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 291337 kern.info] vcpu 1 received
> sipi with vector # 10
> Jun 27 09:13:44 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 420667 kern.info] kvm_lapic_reset:
> vcpu=ffffff04ffa65000, id=1, base_msr= fee00800 PRIx64
> base_address=fee00000
> Jun 27 09:13:44 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 713435 kern.info] unhandled rdmsr:
> 0x756e6547
> Jun 27 09:13:44 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 391722 kern.info] unhandled wrmsr:
> 0x0 data 0
> Jun 27 09:13:44 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 713435 kern.info] unhandled rdmsr:
> 0x756e6547
> Jun 27 09:13:44 eppigw01 genunix: [ID 391722 kern.info] unhandled wrmsr:
> 0x0 data 0
>
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An update to tell tales of weirdness...

One of two things did "something":

1) pkg update in the non-global zone for Openssl & ntp

2) I attempted to turn off the new CPUID feature in the bios (new from 
2008!) as I didn't know what it was for, with a resultant OmniOS crash 
at startup. So I changed it back. ;)

One of these two things appears to have helped with kvm startup. Early 
days, sure, but I have restarted three or four times without issue. I'll 
let you know if it decides not to play nice again.