<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi RIch </div>Below are the necessary details of the system.. ls -l /boot/ total 10200 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5224765 Nov 22 2013 uImage -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5192861 Nov 22 2013 uImage.orig ls -l /lib/modules/ total 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jun 3 07:21 3.8.13-rt9-QorIQ-SDK-V1.4 uname -a Linux t4240-ubuntu1310 3.8.13-rt9-QorIQ-SDK-V1.4 #10 SMP Tue May 27 10:48:24 IST 2014 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux </div><div>Thanks</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 1:04 PM, abhishek jain <<a href="mailto:ashujain9727@gmail.com" target="_blank">ashujain9727@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Rich </div><div>Kindly ignore my previos mail. </div>I have downloaded the latest version of supermin supermin-5.1.8 and have compiled it for powerpc.Moreover there was no need to patch the src/<a href="http://kernel.ml" target="_blank">kernel.ml</a> file as the changes were already implemented on the latest version. </div>But still when i run libguestfs-test-tool on powerpc ubuntu,I get the below logs..<div><div class="h5"> libguestfs-test-tool ************************************************************ * IMPORTANT NOTICE * * When reporting bugs, include the COMPLETE, UNEDITED * output below in your bug report. * ************************************************************ PATH=/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin SELinux: sh: getenforce: command not found guestfs_get_append: (null) guestfs_get_autosync: 1 guestfs_get_backend: direct guestfs_get_backend_settings: [] guestfs_get_cachedir: /var/tmp guestfs_get_direct: 0 guestfs_get_hv: /usr/bin/kvm guestfs_get_memsize: 768 guestfs_get_network: 0 guestfs_get_path: /usr/local/lib/guestfs guestfs_get_pgroup: 0 guestfs_get_program: libguestfs-test-tool guestfs_get_recovery_proc: 1 guestfs_get_selinux: 0 guestfs_get_smp: 1 guestfs_get_tmpdir: /tmp guestfs_get_trace: 0 guestfs_get_verbose: 1 host_cpu: powerpc64 Launching appliance, timeout set to 600 seconds. libguestfs: launch: program=libguestfs-test-tool libguestfs: launch: version=1.26.1 libguestfs: launch: backend registered: unix libguestfs: launch: backend registered: uml libguestfs: launch: backend registered: direct libguestfs: launch: backend=direct </div></div> libguestfs: launch: tmpdir=/tmp/libguestfscCuR3p<div class=""> libguestfs: launch: umask=0002 libguestfs: launch: euid=1000 libguestfs: [00000ms] begin building supermin appliance libguestfs: [00000ms] run supermin libguestfs: command: run: /usr/bin/supermin libguestfs: command: run: \ --build libguestfs: command: run: \ --verbose libguestfs: command: run: \ --if-newer libguestfs: command: run: \ --lock /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/lock libguestfs: command: run: \ --copy-kernel libguestfs: command: run: \ -f ext2 libguestfs: command: run: \ --host-cpu powerpc64 libguestfs: command: run: \ /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d libguestfs: command: run: \ -o /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/appliance.d </div> supermin: version: 5.1.8<div><div class="h5"> supermin: package handler: debian/dpkg supermin: acquiring lock on /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/lock supermin: build: /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/base.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/excludefiles type uncompressed excludefiles supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles type uncompressed hostfiles supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/init.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/packages type uncompressed packages supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/udev-rules.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: 121 packages, including dependencies supermin: build: 7109 files supermin: build: 7109 files, after removing unreadable files supermin: build: 4939 files, after matching excludefiles supermin: build: 4941 files, after adding hostfiles supermin: build: 4944 files, after munging supermin: failed to find a suitable kernel (host_cpu=powerpc64). I looked for kernels in /boot and modules in /lib/modules. If this is a Xen guest, and you only have Xen domU kernels installed, try installing a fullvirt kernel (only for supermin use, you shouldn't boot the Xen guest with it). libguestfs: error: /usr/bin/supermin exited with error status 1, see debug messages above libguestfs-test-tool: failed to launch appliance libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x10016848 (state 0) libguestfs: command: run: rm </div></div>libguestfs: command: run: \ -rf /tmp/libguestfscCuR3p </div>Please help me regarding this. </div>Thanks <div> <div> <div> </div></div></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 12:22 PM, abhishek jain <<a href="mailto:ashujain9727@gmail.com" target="_blank">ashujain9727@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Rich </div>I have installed supermin from source supermin_5.1.7.orig.tar.gz on powerpc and have applied the patch as reffered by you.Know I'm getting following error .. <div> libguestfs-test-tool ************************************************************ * IMPORTANT NOTICE * * When reporting bugs, include the COMPLETE, UNEDITED * output below in your bug report. * ************************************************************ PATH=/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin<div><div> SELinux: sh: getenforce: command not found guestfs_get_append: (null) guestfs_get_autosync: 1 guestfs_get_backend: direct guestfs_get_backend_settings: [] guestfs_get_cachedir: /var/tmp guestfs_get_direct: 0 guestfs_get_hv: /usr/bin/kvm guestfs_get_memsize: 768 guestfs_get_network: 0 guestfs_get_path: /usr/local/lib/guestfs guestfs_get_pgroup: 0 guestfs_get_program: libguestfs-test-tool guestfs_get_recovery_proc: 1 guestfs_get_selinux: 0 guestfs_get_smp: 1 guestfs_get_tmpdir: /tmp guestfs_get_trace: 0 guestfs_get_verbose: 1 host_cpu: powerpc64 Launching appliance, timeout set to 600 seconds. libguestfs: launch: program=libguestfs-test-tool libguestfs: launch: version=1.26.1 libguestfs: launch: backend registered: unix libguestfs: launch: backend registered: uml libguestfs: launch: backend registered: direct libguestfs: launch: backend=direct </div></div>libguestfs: launch: tmpdir=/tmp/libguestfsJF3lvj<div> libguestfs: launch: umask=0002 libguestfs: launch: euid=1000 libguestfs: [00000ms] begin building supermin appliance libguestfs: [00000ms] run supermin libguestfs: command: run: /usr/bin/supermin libguestfs: command: run: \ --build libguestfs: command: run: \ --verbose libguestfs: command: run: \ --if-newer libguestfs: command: run: \ --lock /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/lock libguestfs: command: run: \ --copy-kernel libguestfs: command: run: \ -f ext2 libguestfs: command: run: \ --host-cpu powerpc64 libguestfs: command: run: \ /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d libguestfs: command: run: \ -o /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/appliance.d </div>supermin: version: 5.1.7<div> supermin: package handler: debian/dpkg supermin: acquiring lock on /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/lock supermin: build: /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/base.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/excludefiles type uncompressed excludefiles supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles type uncompressed hostfiles supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/init.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/packages type uncompressed packages supermin: build: visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/udev-rules.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar) supermin: build: 121 packages, including dependencies supermin: build: 7109 files supermin: build: 7109 files, after removing unreadable files supermin: build: 4939 files, after matching excludefiles supermin: build: 4941 files, after adding hostfiles supermin: build: 4944 files, after munging </div><div> supermin: failed to find a suitable kernel (host_cpu=powerpc64). I looked for kernels in /boot and modules in /lib/modules. If this is a Xen guest, and you only have Xen domU kernels installed, try installing a fullvirt kernel (only for supermin use, you shouldn't boot the Xen guest with it). libguestfs: error: /usr/bin/supermin exited with error status 1, see debug messages above libguestfs-test-tool: failed to launch appliance libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x10016848 (state 0) libguestfs: command: run: rm </div>libguestfs: command: run: \ -rf /tmp/libguestfsJF3lvj </div><div>My <a href="http://kernel.ml" target="_blank">kernel.ml</a> file after applying the patch is as follows... cat src/<a href="http://kernel.ml" target="_blank">kernel.ml</a> (* supermin 5 * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Red Hat Inc. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA *) open Unix open Printf open Utils open Ext2fs open Fnmatch let patt_of_cpu host_cpu = let models = match host_cpu with | "mips" | "mips64" -> [host_cpu; "*-malta"] | "ppc" | "powerpc" | "powerpc64" -> ["ppc"; "powerpc"; "powerpc64"] | "sparc" | "sparc64" -> ["sparc"; "sparc64"] | "amd64" | "x86_64" -> ["amd64"; "x86_64"] | _ when host_cpu.[0] = 'i' && host_cpu.[2] = '8' && host_cpu.[3] = '6' -> ["?86"] | _ when String.length host_cpu >= 5 && String.sub host_cpu 0 5 = "armv7" -> ["armmp"] | _ -> [host_cpu] in List.map (fun model -> sprintf "vmlinu?-*-%s" model) models let rec build_kernel debug host_cpu dtb_wildcard copy_kernel kernel dtb = (* Locate the kernel. *) let kernel_name, kernel_version = find_kernel debug host_cpu copy_kernel kernel in (* If the user passed --dtb option, locate dtb. *) (match dtb_wildcard with | None -> () | Some wildcard -> find_dtb debug copy_kernel kernel_name wildcard dtb ); (* Get the kernel modules. *) let modpath = find_modpath debug kernel_version in if debug >= 1 then ( printf "supermin: kernel: kernel_version %s\n" kernel_version; printf "supermin: kernel: modules %s\n%!" modpath; ); (kernel_version, modpath) and find_kernel debug host_cpu copy_kernel kernel = let kernel_file, kernel_name, kernel_version = try let kernel_env = getenv "SUPERMIN_KERNEL" in if debug >= 1 then printf "supermin: kernel: SUPERMIN_KERNEL environment variable %s\n%!" kernel_env; let kernel_version = get_kernel_version_from_file kernel_env in if debug >= 1 then printf "supermin: kernel: SUPERMIN_KERNEL version %s\n%!" kernel_version; let kernel_name = Filename.basename kernel_env in kernel_env, kernel_name, kernel_version with Not_found -> let is_powerpc = String.length host_cpu >= 3 && host_cpu.[0] = 'a' && host_cpu.[1] = 'r' && host_cpu.[2] = 'm' in let all_files = Sys.readdir "/boot" in let all_files = Array.to_list all_files in (* In original: ls -1dvr /boot/vmlinuz-*.$arch* 2>/dev/null | grep -v xen *) let patterns = patt_of_cpu host_cpu in let files = kernel_filter patterns is_powerpc all_files in let files = if files <> [] then files else (* In original: ls -1dvr /boot/vmlinuz-* 2>/dev/null | grep -v xen *) kernel_filter ["vmlinu?-*"] is_powerpc all_files in if files = [] then no_kernels host_cpu; let files = List.sort (fun a b -> compare_version b a) files in let kernel_name = List.hd files in let kernel_version = get_kernel_version kernel_name in if debug >= 1 then printf "supermin: kernel: picked kernel %s\n%!" kernel_name; ("/boot" // kernel_name), kernel_name, kernel_version in copy_or_symlink_file copy_kernel kernel_file kernel; kernel_name, kernel_version and kernel_filter patterns is_powerpc all_files = let files = List.filter (fun filename -> List.exists (fun patt -> fnmatch patt filename [FNM_NOESCAPE]) patterns ) all_files in let files = List.filter (fun filename -> find filename "xen" = -1) files in let files = if not is_powerpc then files else ( List.filter (fun filename -> find filename "lpae" = -1 && find filename "tegra" = -1 ) files ) in List.filter (fun filename -> has_modpath filename) files and no_kernels host_cpu = eprintf "\ supermin: failed to find a suitable kernel (host_cpu=%s).<div> I looked for kernels in /boot and modules in /lib/modules. If this is a Xen guest, and you only have Xen domU kernels installed, try installing a fullvirt kernel (only for </div>supermin use, you shouldn't boot the Xen guest with it).\n" host_cpu; exit 1 and find_dtb debug copy_kernel kernel_name wildcard dtb = let dtb_file = try let dtb_file = getenv "SUPERMIN_DTB" in if debug >= 1 then printf "supermin: kernel: SUPERMIN_DTB environment variable = %s\n%!" dtb_file; dtb_file with Not_found -> (* Replace vmlinuz- with dtb- *) if not (string_prefix "vmlinuz-" kernel_name) && not (string_prefix "vmlinuz-" kernel_name) then no_dtb_dir kernel_name; let dtb_dir = try List.find dir_exists ( List.map (fun prefix -> prefix ^ String.sub kernel_name 8 (String.length kernel_name - 8) ) ["/boot/dtb-"; "/usr/lib/linux-image-"]) with Not_found -> no_dtb_dir kernel_name; "" in let all_files = Sys.readdir dtb_dir in let all_files = Array.to_list all_files in let files = List.filter (fun filename -> fnmatch wildcard filename [FNM_NOESCAPE]) all_files in if files = [] then no_dtb dtb_dir wildcard; let dtb_name = List.hd files in let dtb_file = dtb_dir // dtb_name in if debug >= 1 then printf "supermin: kernel: picked dtb %s\n%!" dtb_file; dtb_file in copy_or_symlink_file copy_kernel dtb_file dtb and no_dtb_dir kernel_name = eprintf "\ supermin: failed to find a dtb (device tree) directory. I expected to take '%s' and to replace vmlinuz- with dtb- to form a directory. You can set SUPERMIN_KERNEL, SUPERMIN_MODULES and SUPERMIN_DTB to override automatic selection. See supermin(1).\n" kernel_name; exit 1 and no_dtb dtb_dir wildcard = eprintf "\ supermin: failed to find a matching device tree. I looked for a file matching '%s' in directory '%s'. You can set SUPERMIN_KERNEL, SUPERMIN_MODULES and SUPERMIN_DTB to override automatic selection. See supermin(1).\n" wildcard dtb_dir; exit 1 and find_modpath debug kernel_version = try let modpath = getenv "SUPERMIN_MODULES" in if debug >= 1 then printf "supermin: kernel: SUPERMIN_MODULES environment variable = %s\n%!" modpath; modpath with Not_found -> let modpath = "/lib/modules/" ^ kernel_version in if debug >= 1 then printf "supermin: kernel: picked modules path %s\n%!" modpath; modpath and has_modpath kernel_name = try let kv = get_kernel_version kernel_name in modules_dep_exists kv with | Not_found -> false and get_kernel_version kernel_name = if (string_prefix "vmlinuz-" kernel_name) || (string_prefix "vmlinux-" kernel_name) then ( let kv = String.sub kernel_name 8 (String.length kernel_name - 8) in if modules_dep_exists kv then kv else get_kernel_version_from_name kernel_name ) else get_kernel_version_from_name kernel_name and modules_dep_exists kv = try (lstat ("/lib/modules/" ^ kv ^ "/modules.dep")).st_kind = S_REG with Unix_error _ -> false and get_kernel_version_from_name kernel_name = get_kernel_version_from_file ("/boot" // kernel_name) (* Extract the kernel version from a Linux kernel file. * * Returns a string containing the version or [Not_found] if the * file can't be read, is not a Linux kernel, or the version can't * be found. * * See <a href="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-</a><ver>.tar.gz * (file-<ver>/magic/Magdir/linux) for the rules used to find the * version number: * 514 string HdrS Linux kernel * >518 leshort >0x1ff * >>(526.s+0x200) string >\0 version %s, * * Bugs: probably limited to x86 kernels. *) and get_kernel_version_from_file file = try let chan = open_in file in let buf = read_string chan 514 4 in if buf <> "HdrS" then ( close_in chan; raise Not_found ); let s = read_leshort chan 518 in if s < 0x1ff then ( close_in chan; raise Not_found ); let offset = read_leshort chan 526 in if offset < 0 then ( close_in chan; raise Not_found ); let buf = read_string chan (offset + 0x200) 132 in close_in chan; let rec loop i = if i < 132 then ( if buf.[i] = '\000' || buf.[i] = ' ' || buf.[i] = '\t' || buf.[i] = '\n' then String.sub buf 0 i else loop (i+1) ) else raise Not_found in loop 0 with | Sys_error _ -> raise Not_found | Invalid_argument _ -> raise Not_found (* Read an unsigned little endian short at a specified offset in a file. *) and read_leshort chan offset = let buf = read_string chan offset 2 in (Char.code buf.[1] lsl 8) lor Char.code buf.[0] and read_string chan offset len = seek_in chan offset; let buf = String.create len in really_input chan buf 0 len; buf and copy_or_symlink_file copy_kernel src dest = if not copy_kernel then symlink src dest else ( let cmd = sprintf "cp -p %s %s" (quote src) (quote dest) in run_command cmd ) </div><div>Please help me what I need to change in order to proceed . </div><div> </div><div>Thanks for the support. </div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote"> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 8:07 PM, abhishek jain <<a href="mailto:ashujain9727@gmail.com" target="_blank">ashujain9727@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Rich </div>But there is no src/<a href="http://kernel.ml" target="_blank">kernel.ml</a> file on my ubuntu powerpc to which the above patch is reffering<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:18px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:18px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:18px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:18px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:monospace;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:18px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none">. </div>I have installed supermin as supermin_5.1.8-2_powerpc.deb debian package. </div>Thanks <div> </div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <<a href="mailto:rjones@redhat.com" target="_blank">rjones@redhat.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 06:55:49PM +0530, abhishek jain wrote: > supermin: failed to find a suitable kernel (host_cpu=powerpc64). > > I looked for kernels in /boot and modules in /lib/modules. > > If this is a Xen guest, and you only have Xen domU kernels > installed, try installing a fullvirt kernel (only for > supermin use, you shouldn't boot the Xen guest with it). > libguestfs: error: /usr/bin/supermin exited with error status 1, see debug > messages above > libguestfs-test-tool: failed to launch appliance > libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x10016848 (state 0) > libguestfs: command: run: rm > libguestfs: command: run: \ -rf /tmp/libguestfsbnHqnU </div>This seems to be the same error as before: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-May/msg00138.html" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-May/msg00138.html</a> Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat <a href="http://people.redhat.com/~rjones" target="_blank">http://people.redhat.com/~rjones</a> Read my programming and virtualization blog: <a href="http://rwmj.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://rwmj.wordpress.com</a> Fedora Windows cross-compiler. 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