Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[Laszlo Ersek]

On 05/07/15 08:47, lidonglin wrote:
> Dear all：
> 	New issue：
> 	Guest BSOD and restart when using OVMF to boot and install windows8 64bit OS(which owns more than 4G memmory)。
> My environment as below:
> xen 4.5.0
> qemu 2.2.1
> ovmf git clone from git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git (commit a065efc7c7ce8bb3e5cb3e463099d023d4a92927)
> 
> I just git clone xen from git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git. configure it and parameters as below:
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/ --libdir=/usr/lib/  --enable-ovmf then make && make install, after that I reboot my host OS(SuSE 11.3).
> I write a cfg file win8.cfg as below:
> builder = "hvm"
> name = "win8"
> memory = 2048
> maxmem = 2048
> vcpus = 4
> bios = "ovmf"
> boot = "d"
> disk = [ '/test/Windows8-ReleasePreview-64bit-ChineseSimplified.iso,,hdc,cdrom','/test/win8.img,raw,xvda,rw' ] usb = 1 usbdevice="tablet"
> vnc = 1
> vnclisten = '9.61.1.3'
> vncdisplay = 0
> 
> # xl create win8.cfg
> after the command I use vnc client to connect guest, win8 guest works normally.
> then I modify the memory size and change it to 8192MB, save and start win8 guest again.
> after ovmf bios logo, windows8 logo appears, go on for a while, the guest stops and restart, then stop （sometimes BSOD，but no error code on the screen) and restart ....repeat the process
> 
> I tried some different memory sizes, the result is guest can work normally when it has 4320MB memory at most, but it stop and restart when it has lager than 4320MB memory

CC'ing the xen-devel mailing list, as I have no environment to reproduce
this in. (Plus, you are cloning a git repo that may or may not be
identical to the (semi-)official edk2 git repo.)

Thanks
Laszlo


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Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[lidonglin]

I just git clone ovmf from official edk2 git repo ang git latest qemu 2.3.50. But the issue still exists. Besides, I find windows server 2012 has the same BSOD issue but windows 8.1 works normally.



-----Original Message-----
From: Laszlo Ersek [mailto:lersek@redhat.com] 
Sent: 2015年5月7日 15:03
To: lidonglin
Cc: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; wangxin (U); Fanhenglong; Herongguang (Stephen); Maoming; xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Subject: Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

On 05/07/15 08:47, lidonglin wrote:
> Dear all：
> 	New issue：
> 	Guest BSOD and restart when using OVMF to boot and install windows8 64bit OS(which owns more than 4G memmory)。
> My environment as below:
> xen 4.5.0
> qemu 2.2.1
> ovmf git clone from git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git (commit a065efc7c7ce8bb3e5cb3e463099d023d4a92927)
> 
> I just git clone xen from git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git. configure it and parameters as below:
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/ --libdir=/usr/lib/  --enable-ovmf then make && make install, after that I reboot my host OS(SuSE 11.3).
> I write a cfg file win8.cfg as below:
> builder = "hvm"
> name = "win8"
> memory = 2048
> maxmem = 2048
> vcpus = 4
> bios = "ovmf"
> boot = "d"
> disk = [ '/test/Windows8-ReleasePreview-64bit-ChineseSimplified.iso,,hdc,cdrom','/test/win8.img,raw,xvda,rw' ] usb = 1 usbdevice="tablet"
> vnc = 1
> vnclisten = '9.61.1.3'
> vncdisplay = 0
> 
> # xl create win8.cfg
> after the command I use vnc client to connect guest, win8 guest works normally.
> then I modify the memory size and change it to 8192MB, save and start win8 guest again.
> after ovmf bios logo, windows8 logo appears, go on for a while, the guest stops and restart, then stop （sometimes BSOD，but no error code on the screen) and restart ....repeat the process
> 
> I tried some different memory sizes, the result is guest can work normally when it has 4320MB memory at most, but it stop and restart when it has lager than 4320MB memory

CC'ing the xen-devel mailing list, as I have no environment to reproduce
this in. (Plus, you are cloning a git repo that may or may not be
identical to the (semi-)official edk2 git repo.)

Thanks
Laszlo

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Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[Ian Campbell]

On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 09:02 +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> (Plus, you are cloning a git repo that may or may not be
> identical to the (semi-)official edk2 git repo.)

FWIW git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git is a direct descendant of the
https://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git (which I hope is the
(semi-)official repo!)and all that happens is that changes get run
through our automated smoke tests before they are pushed to the xenbits
tree to use as a baseline for other testing.

IOW it tracks upstream but may be a little behind the tip depending on
how our tests are going (e.g. they are a bit backlogged right now since
we moved to a new hosting facility).

Ian.

Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[Laszlo Ersek]

On 05/07/15 11:29, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 09:02 +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>> (Plus, you are cloning a git repo that may or may not be
>> identical to the (semi-)official edk2 git repo.)
> 
> FWIW git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git is a direct descendant of the
> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git (which I hope is the
> (semi-)official repo!)

It is, yes.

Thanks
Laszlo

> and all that happens is that changes get run
> through our automated smoke tests before they are pushed to the xenbits
> tree to use as a baseline for other testing.
> 
> IOW it tracks upstream but may be a little behind the tip depending on
> how our tests are going (e.g. they are a bit backlogged right now since
> we moved to a new hosting facility).
> 
> Ian.
> 

Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[Wei Liu]

On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 10:29:55AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 09:02 +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> > (Plus, you are cloning a git repo that may or may not be
> > identical to the (semi-)official edk2 git repo.)
> 
> FWIW git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git is a direct descendant of the

The most up to date tested branch is 

 git://xenbits.xen.org/osstest/ovmf.git xen-tested-master

> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git (which I hope is the
> (semi-)official repo!)and all that happens is that changes get run
> through our automated smoke tests before they are pushed to the xenbits
> tree to use as a baseline for other testing.
> 
> IOW it tracks upstream but may be a little behind the tip depending on
> how our tests are going (e.g. they are a bit backlogged right now since
> we moved to a new hosting facility).
> 

And OSSTest does test OVMF guest with >4G memory provided there is
enough memory in the host. Not sure in practice how often it is tested
because many test hosts don't have enough memory. :-/

Wei.

> Ian.
> 
> 
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Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[Ian Campbell]

On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 07:31 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 10:29:55AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 09:02 +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> > > (Plus, you are cloning a git repo that may or may not be
> > > identical to the (semi-)official edk2 git repo.)
> > 
> > FWIW git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git is a direct descendant of the
> 
> The most up to date tested branch is 
> 
>  git://xenbits.xen.org/osstest/ovmf.git xen-tested-master

Which branch is the default if you just clone the repo?

Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[Wei Liu]

On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 10:39:43AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 07:31 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> > On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 10:29:55AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 09:02 +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> > > > (Plus, you are cloning a git repo that may or may not be
> > > > identical to the (semi-)official edk2 git repo.)
> > > 
> > > FWIW git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git is a direct descendant of the
> > 
> > The most up to date tested branch is 
> > 
> >  git://xenbits.xen.org/osstest/ovmf.git xen-tested-master
> 
> Which branch is the default if you just clone the repo?
> 

The xen-tested-master is the only branch in that tree, so checking out
that repo without specifying a branch will leave you in detached head
state.

Wei.

Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[Ian Campbell]

On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 13:00 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 10:39:43AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 07:31 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 10:29:55AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 09:02 +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> > > > > (Plus, you are cloning a git repo that may or may not be
> > > > > identical to the (semi-)official edk2 git repo.)
> > > > 
> > > > FWIW git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git is a direct descendant of the
> > > 
> > > The most up to date tested branch is 
> > > 
> > >  git://xenbits.xen.org/osstest/ovmf.git xen-tested-master
> > 
> > Which branch is the default if you just clone the repo?
> > 
> 
> The xen-tested-master is the only branch in that tree, so checking out
> that repo without specifying a branch will leave you in detached head
> state.

OK, that's better than some random untested version from whenever the
tree was created at least!

Ian

Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[lidonglin]

Hi all:
	Did you encounter this BSOD problem ? I try git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git and other ovmf repos. I found installing win8 64bit os (memory > 4G) with OVMF on xen hypervisor always failed with BSOD. I also tried to do some thing on kvm, there is no this problem. 
I don't what's the difference.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Campbell [mailto:ian.campbell@citrix.com]
> Sent: 2015年5月8日 20:05
> To: Wei Liu
> Cc: Laszlo Ersek; Maoming; wangxin (U); edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net;
> lidonglin; xen-devel@lists.xen.org; Fanhenglong; Herongguang (Stephen)
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF
> to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G
> memory)
> 
> On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 13:00 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> > On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 10:39:43AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 07:31 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 10:29:55AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 09:02 +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> > > > > > (Plus, you are cloning a git repo that may or may not be
> > > > > > identical to the (semi-)official edk2 git repo.)
> > > > >
> > > > > FWIW git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git is a direct descendant of the
> > > >
> > > > The most up to date tested branch is
> > > >
> > > >  git://xenbits.xen.org/osstest/ovmf.git xen-tested-master
> > >
> > > Which branch is the default if you just clone the repo?
> > >
> >
> > The xen-tested-master is the only branch in that tree, so checking out
> > that repo without specifying a branch will leave you in detached head
> > state.
> 
> OK, that's better than some random untested version from whenever the
> tree was created at least!
> 
> Ian
> 

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Re: [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[Wei Liu]

Please don't top post.

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 01:52:38AM +0000, lidonglin wrote:
> Hi all:
> 	Did you encounter this BSOD problem ? I try
> 	git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git and other ovmf repos. I found
> 	installing win8 64bit os (memory > 4G) with OVMF on xen
> 	hypervisor always failed with BSOD. I also tried to do some
> 	thing on kvm, there is no this problem. 

We (the open source team at Citrix) don't test Windows 8. We test Linux
with  more than 4GB of memory in our test system.

If you find problem with Linux setup we can help you with that.  We
would like to make Windows 8 work, but we have neither the time to debug
nor the license required to run Windows 8.

If you can ask  more specific questions we can also try to answer them.

Wei.