Why does Xen kernel panic while normal kernel works fine?
Issue
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Xen kernel refuses to boot and giving kernel panic message pasted below.
Call Trace: [<ffffffff80277a89>] pci_swiotlb_init+0x9/0x2d [<ffffffff806b1b3e>] mem_init+0x13/0x1e8 [<ffffffff806a6a79>] start_kernel+0x189/0x224 [<ffffffff806a61e5>] _sinittext+0x1e5/0x1eb Code: 0f 0b 68 d0 f8 4a 80 c2 a0 00 48 83 eb 80 48 8b 05 76 9e 45 RIP [<ffffffff8034c57d>] swiotlb_init_with_default_size+0xa0/0x19e RSP <ffffffff8069df40> <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Regular kernel boots fine. Tried upgrading kernel, but problem persists.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
- kernel-xen
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