@olivierlambert thanks Just to limit the amount of data here is the db init part from xensource.log Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [debug||0 |Setup DB configuration D:888c979e4a5e|parse_db_conf] Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [debug||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|startup] task [starting up database engine] Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [debug||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|dummytaskhelper] task starting up database engine D:2a59ed50ccb5 created by task D:02d6bb70f07f Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [debug||0 |starting up database engine D:2a59ed50ccb5|xapi] Attempting to populate database from one of these locations: [/var/lib/xcp/state.db] Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [debug||0 |starting up database engine D:2a59ed50ccb5|xapi] Dbconf contains: /var/lib/xcp/state.db (generation 46799956) Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [debug||0 |starting up database engine D:2a59ed50ccb5|xapi] Most recent db is /var/lib/xcp/state.db (generation 46799956) Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [debug||0 |starting up database engine D:2a59ed50ccb5|sql] attempting to restore database from /var/lib/xcp/state.db Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] starting up database engine D:2a59ed50ccb5 failed with exception Xmlm.Error(2:317874, "malformed character stream") Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] Raised Xmlm.Error(2:317874, "malformed character stream") Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 1/15 xapi Raised at file src/xmlm.ml, line 330 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 2/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/database/db_xml.ml, line 201 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 3/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/database/db_xml.ml, line 233 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 4/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 24 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 5/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 39 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 6/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/database/backend_xml.ml, line 43 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 7/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/database/db_cache_impl.ml, line 415 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 8/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/database/db_cache_impl.ml, line 542 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 9/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/xapi.ml, line 85 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 10/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/xapi.ml, line 99 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 11/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 24 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 12/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 39 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 13/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/server_helpers.ml, line 75 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 14/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/server_helpers.ml, line 97 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] 15/15 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/log/debug.ml, line 250 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|backtrace] Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [ warn||0 |server_init D:02d6bb70f07f|startup] task [starting up database engine] exception: Xmlm.Error(2:317874, "malformed character stream") Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] server_init D:02d6bb70f07f failed with exception Xmlm.Error(2:317874, "malformed character stream") Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] Raised Xmlm.Error(2:317874, "malformed character stream") Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 1/14 xapi Raised at file ocaml/libs/log/debug.ml, line 271 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 2/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 24 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 3/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 39 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 4/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 24 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 5/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 39 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 6/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/startup.ml, line 95 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 7/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/startup.ml, line 103 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 8/14 xapi Called from file list.ml, line 110 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 9/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 24 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 10/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 39 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 11/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/xapi.ml, line 1071 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 12/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/server_helpers.ml, line 75 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 13/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/server_helpers.ml, line 97 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] 14/14 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/log/debug.ml, line 250 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 |Xapi.watchdog|backtrace] Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [debug||0 |Xapi.watchdog|xapi] xapi top-level caught exception: INTERNAL_ERROR: [ Xmlm.Error(2:317874, "malformed character stream") ] Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] Xapi.watchdog failed with exception Xmlm.Error(2:317874, "malformed character stream") Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] Raised Xmlm.Error(2:317874, "malformed character stream") Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 1/11 xapi Raised at file ocaml/libs/log/debug.ml, line 271 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 2/11 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 24 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 3/11 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 39 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 4/11 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 24 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 5/11 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml, line 39 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 6/11 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/xapi.ml, line 1070 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 7/11 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/xapi.ml, line 1526 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 8/11 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/xapi.ml, line 1534 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 9/11 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/xapi.ml, line 1540 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 10/11 xapi Called from file ocaml/xapi/xapi.ml, line 1545 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace] 11/11 xapi Called from file ocaml/libs/log/debug.ml, line 250 Jan 2 15:21:46 expo xapi: [error||0 ||backtrace]

Cool, thnx for the info!

Adding @team-storage in the conversation

Also works with alt driver (broadcom-bnxt-en-alt-1.10.3_231.0.162.0-1.xcpng8.2.x86_64) in 8.2.1: # yum install broadcom-bnxt-en-alt # reboot # modinfo bnxt_en filename: /lib/modules/4.19.0+1/override/bnxt_en.ko version: 1.10.3-231.0.162.0 description: Broadcom NetXtreme-C/E/S network driver license: GPL srcversion: 533BB7E5866E52F63B9ACCB alias: pci:v000014E4d0000D800sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ... alias: pci:v000014E4d00001604sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: devlink,ipv6 retpoline: Y name: bnxt_en vermagic: 4.19.0+1 SMP mod_unload modversions # dmesg|grep bnxt_en [ 15.047312] Broadcom NetXtreme-C/E/S driver bnxt_en v1.10.3-231.0.162.0 [ 15.048046] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.0 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Device requests max timeout of 60 seconds, may trigger hung task watchdog [ 15.215453] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.0 eth0: Broadcom BCM57508 NetXtreme-E 10Gb/25Gb/50Gb/100Gb/200Gb Ethernet found at mem 2affff010000, node addr 40:5b:7f:6e:22:00 [ 15.215469] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.0: 252.048 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (16 GT/s x16 link) [ 15.216606] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.1 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Device requests max timeout of 60 seconds, may trigger hung task watchdog [ 15.265361] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.1 eth1: Broadcom BCM57508 NetXtreme-E 10Gb/25Gb/50Gb/100Gb/200Gb Ethernet found at mem 2affff000000, node addr 40:5b:7f:6e:22:01 [ 15.265372] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.1: 252.048 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (16 GT/s x16 link) [ 15.350702] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.1 side-5183-eth1: renamed from eth1 [ 15.385121] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.0 side-3345-eth0: renamed from eth0 [ 17.400142] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.0 eth0: renamed from side-3345-eth0 [ 17.493640] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.1 eth1: renamed from side-5183-eth1 [ 20.614447] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.1 eth1: NIC Link is Up, 100000 Mbps (NRZ) full duplex, Flow control: none [ 20.614454] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.1 eth1: FEC autoneg off encoding: None [ 21.113687] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.0 eth0: NIC Link is Up, 100000 Mbps (NRZ) full duplex, Flow control: ON - receive & transmit [ 21.113694] bnxt_en 0001:5c:00.0 eth0: FEC autoneg off encoding: None

@TeddyAstie I don't think so, it seems IOMMU is enabled: (XEN) [ 0.183949] Intel VT-d iommu 0 supported page sizes: 4kB, 2MB, 1GB (XEN) [ 0.191524] I/O virtualisation enabled I'll leave the full log attached. xl_dmesg.txt

Same behavior: Tools from the ubuntu repo 7.20 don't work on Ubuntu 24.04 (but they work on ubuntu 22.04. But manually installing the tools from the cdrom (version 7.30) work fine

Hi according to gh, it looks like there is traction on this feature: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp-ng-release/pull/53#discussion_r2642865515 So it might be merged soon... rzr opened this pull request in xcp-ng/xcp-ng-release open s/c/e/profile.d/history.sh: Add timestamps to history #53