W2K3 Server Installation fails with ACPI=1 on xen-3.0.3-rc3 changeset 11732

W2K3 Server Installation fails with ACPI=1 on xen-3.0.3-rc3 changeset 11732

[Ralf Schenk]

Hello !

I installed Windows 2003 Server (RC2) sucessfully on xen 3.0.3-rc3
changeset 11732. XEN and DOM0 is 64-bit X86_64 based.

The hardware I use is a Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (EE, Energy Efficient
Version) on a simple ASUS M2N-MX Mainboard.

However I wasn't able to run the installation with ACPI enabled in the
config file for the domain (acpi=1). The setup procedure simply freezes
after loading all the drivers.

Is this a known issue ? I already tried the same with xeon 3.0.3-rc2
(Changeset 11686) with no success.

Are there hints or comments ?

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Re: W2K3 Server Installation fails with ACPI=1 on xen-3.0.3-rc3 changeset 11732

[Keir Fraser]

On 10/10/06 15:48, "Ralf Schenk" <rs@databay.de> wrote:

> I installed Windows 2003 Server (RC2) sucessfully on xen 3.0.3-rc3
> changeset 11732. XEN and DOM0 is 64-bit X86_64 based.
> 
> The hardware I use is a Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (EE, Energy Efficient
> Version) on a simple ASUS M2N-MX Mainboard.
> 
> However I wasn't able to run the installation with ACPI enabled in the
> config file for the domain (acpi=1). The setup procedure simply freezes
> after loading all the drivers.
> 
> Is this a known issue ? I already tried the same with xeon 3.0.3-rc2
> (Changeset 11686) with no success.

Yes, the Windows ACPI HAL doesn't work well with Xen right now. This
basically means that, for 3.0.3, you'll be limited to uniprocessor Windows
guests (unless the legacy SMP HAL works okay for you).

 -- Keir

Re: W2K3 Server Installation fails with ACPI=1 on xen-3.0.3-rc3 changeset 11732

[Stefan Berger]

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xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com wrote on 10/10/2006 10:48:27 AM:

> Hello !
> 
> I installed Windows 2003 Server (RC2) sucessfully on xen 3.0.3-rc3
> changeset 11732. XEN and DOM0 is 64-bit X86_64 based.
> 
> The hardware I use is a Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (EE, Energy Efficient
> Version) on a simple ASUS M2N-MX Mainboard.
> 
> However I wasn't able to run the installation with ACPI enabled in the
> config file for the domain (acpi=1). The setup procedure simply freezes
> after loading all the drivers.
> 
If you comment the 'acpi=1' line it should work. ACPI is enabled anyway.

-- Stefan

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RE: W2K3 Server Installation fails with ACPI=1 on xen-3.0.3-rc3 changeset 11732

[Li, Xin B]

>Hello !
>
>I installed Windows 2003 Server (RC2) sucessfully on xen 3.0.3-rc3
>changeset 11732. XEN and DOM0 is 64-bit X86_64 based.
>
>The hardware I use is a Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (EE, Energy Efficient
>Version) on a simple ASUS M2N-MX Mainboard.
>
>However I wasn't able to run the installation with ACPI enabled in the
>config file for the domain (acpi=1). The setup procedure simply freezes
>after loading all the drivers.
>

This is known, caused by the halt instruction emulation in xen.
The vcpu should be in blocked status, and check in qemu monitor with command "info hvmiopage", IO count won't increase any more on the vcpu.
-Xin


>Is this a known issue ? I already tried the same with xeon 3.0.3-rc2
>(Changeset 11686) with no success.
>
>Are there hints or comments ?
>
>-- 
>__________________________________________________
>
>Ralf Schenk
>fon (02 41) 9 91 21-0
>fax (02 41) 9 91 21-59
>rs@databay.de
>
>Databay AG
>Hüttenstraße 7
>D-52068 Aachen
>www.databay.de
>
>Databay - einfach machen.
>
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