I have two servers running with Debian Jessie Kernel 3.16.0-5-amd64. Both servers have the exact same configuration, only hardware differs. I use KVM as hypervisor together with QEMU on both servers. When i try to install Debian 9 (Kernel 4..) on a Guest virtual machine, using the official netinstall iso, the guest-vm immediatly goes into kernel panic.
Hardware-Specs of the affected server:
Server2
description: Computer
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-3.0 vsyscall32
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 62GiB
*-cpu
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
size: 800MHz
capacity: 3401MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt cpufreq
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:f000(size=64)
*-usb
description: USB controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 31
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:138 memory:f7020000-f702ffff
*-usbhost:0
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 xhci_hcd
physical id: 0
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 3.16
capabilities: usb-3.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=5000Mbit/s
*-usbhost:1
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 xhci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 3.16
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=12 speed=480Mbit/s
*-generic UNCLAIMED
description: Signal processing controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 31
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f703a000-f703afff
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Communication controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 31
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7039000-f7039fff
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 17
bus info: pci@0000:00:17.0
version: 31
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:140 memory:f7034000-f7035fff memory:f7038000-f70380ff ioport:f090(size=8) ioport:f080(size=4) ioport:f060(size=32) memory:f7037000-f70377ff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 31
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-memory UNCLAIMED
description: Memory controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 31
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz (30.3ns)
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7030000-f7033fff
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.4
version: 31
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7036000-f70360ff ioport:f040(size=32)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
logical name: eth0
version: 31
serial: 90:1b:0e:a4:a0:25
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=2.3.2-k duplex=full firmware=0.8-4 ip=88.99.64.104 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:139 memory:f7000000-f701ffff
*-scsi:0
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: HGST HUS724020AL
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: AA70
serial: PN1134P5HLSKYW
size: 1863GiB (2TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=32202275
*-volume:0
description: Linux raid autodetect partition
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
capacity: 32GiB
capabilities: primary multi
*-volume:1
description: Linux raid autodetect partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
capacity: 512MiB
capabilities: primary multi
*-volume:2
description: Linux raid autodetect partition
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
capacity: 1830GiB
capabilities: primary multi
*-scsi:1
physical id: 3
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: HGST HUS724020AL
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: AA70
serial: PN1134P5HLKZMW
size: 1863GiB (2TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=ed94df1f
*-volume:0
description: Linux raid autodetect partition
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
capacity: 32GiB
capabilities: primary multi
*-volume:1
description: Linux raid autodetect partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sdb2
capacity: 512MiB
capabilities: primary multi
*-volume:2
description: Linux raid autodetect partition
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sdb3
capacity: 1830GiB
capabilities: primary multi
I also add the configuration for the guest-vm below
<domain type='kvm'>
<name>Debian9-Test</name>
<uuid>088a7673-c27a-3d13-c4b8-214c5ea3cf90</uuid>
<description>None</description>
<memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement='static'>8</vcpu>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-1.3'>hvm</type>
<boot dev='hd'/>
<boot dev='cdrom'/>
<bootmenu enable='yes'/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<pae/>
</features>
<cpu mode='host-model'>
<model fallback='allow'/>
</cpu>
<clock offset='utc'/>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
<source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/Debian9-Test.img'/>
<target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
<readonly/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='1'/>
</disk>
<controller type='usb' index='0'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
<controller type='ide' index='0'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<interface type='network'>
<mac address='52:54:00:32:f5:68'/>
<source network='br143'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<serial type='pty'>
<target port='0'/>
</serial>
<console type='pty'>
<target type='serial' port='0'/>
</console>
<input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='0.0.0.0' passwd='Oz92tPz4UfzU'>
<listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
</graphics>
<video>
<model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
</video>
<memballoon model='virtio'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
</domain>
I already tried to use "pc-i440fx-2.1" but to no effect.
Any ideas are very much appreciated!
Update: My hoster switched all the hardware, unfortunately the exact same problem still persists. Installation in expert mode results in a different output:
Update2: After performing a kernelupgrade on the host, everything seems to work fine now.
