Re: VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d)

Re: VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d)

["Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 of Singapore"]

Dear Andrew,

I have briefly glimpsed through the technical specifications of your 
ASUS motherboard.

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=XSm0g8qR5qb7UN30

At present, Xen 4.0.1 only supports Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA 
passthrough. Add-on PCI Express x16 graphics cards are not supported 
yet. Patches, which are currently unavailable, have to be applied to Xen 
4.0.1. You may wish to passthrough your onboard VGA instead of your 
NVIDIA GeForce GTS display card.

I am getting stability issues in VGA passthrough with Intel integrated 
graphics (IGD), Xen 4.0.1, and pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.32.21 on my Intel 
Desktop Board DQ45CB. Windows XP HVM domU crashes with a BSOD within 2 
minutes after booting up.

Please try out Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough and let 
me know whether you encounter any stability issues (Xen 4.0.1).

Thank you.

-- 
Yours sincerely,

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
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Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
ZIP: 470103
My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 28 August 2010):-
http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
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On 09/18/2010 12:08 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
> I am trying to pass an eVGA GeForce GTS 250 to a Windows XP 32-bit
> domU. I am using an ASUS P7Q57-M DO motherboard (with the BIOS updated
> to the latest version) with a Core i5-660 processor. I am using the
> current unstable version of Debian as dom0 (kernel version
> 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64), with the current Debian unstable package of Xen
> 4.0.1. When I boot the XP domU with graphics passthrough enabled,
> nothing happens (the domU starts up, but all I see are the last boot
> messages from Xen).
>
> I also tried passing through the onboard audio adapter to Windows XP,
> and the driver loads and recognizes the adapter, but actually playing
> sounds doesn't appear to work. I am not sure if the graphics
> passthrough failure is related to the problem with the onboard audio
> (and therefore a motherboard/CPU problem), or if it has to do with the
> graphics card itself. I know that some NVIDIA cards require Xen
> patches to be passed through, but I am not sure where to find patches
> that will work with Xen 4.0.1 (the ones that I found were from August
> 2009, and I get failed hunks when I try to apply them to Xen 4.0.1).
>
> Does anybody know if there are vBAR=pBAR patches available for Xen
> 4.0.1 (or if they have been integrated into the current Xen
> development tree)? Alternatively, if this is a motherboard problem,
> does anybody know of any LGA1156 motherboards that definitely have
> working VT-d?
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-users mailing list
> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>
>    

Re: VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d)

[Andrew Warkentin]

I tried passing the integrated graphics adapter to the Windows domU,
and the monitor goes into standby when the domU is started. If I
enable the virtual graphics adapter, I see that Windows is
bluescreening on boot (this only happens if the Intel graphics driver
is installed). I suspect that the VT-d-related parts of the ACPI
tables are broken because passthrough doesn't work properly for either
the graphics or sound adapters (that, and Xen reports that the
motherboard supports none of the "optional" VT-d features like DMA
passthrough, etc.).

On 9/17/10, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 of Singapore"
<space.time.universe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Andrew,
>
> I have briefly glimpsed through the technical specifications of your
> ASUS motherboard.
>
> http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=XSm0g8qR5qb7UN30
>
> At present, Xen 4.0.1 only supports Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA
> passthrough. Add-on PCI Express x16 graphics cards are not supported
> yet. Patches, which are currently unavailable, have to be applied to Xen
> 4.0.1. You may wish to passthrough your onboard VGA instead of your
> NVIDIA GeForce GTS display card.
>
> I am getting stability issues in VGA passthrough with Intel integrated
> graphics (IGD), Xen 4.0.1, and pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.32.21 on my Intel
> Desktop Board DQ45CB. Windows XP HVM domU crashes with a BSOD within 2
> minutes after booting up.
>
> Please try out Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough and let
> me know whether you encounter any stability issues (Xen 4.0.1).
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
> Engineering)
> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
> Facebook photos:
> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
> Facebook videos:
> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
> ZIP: 470103
> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated
> 28 August 2010):-
> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 of Singapore:
> http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5052/mrteoenmingzhangenmingo.jpg
>
>
>
> On 09/18/2010 12:08 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
>> I am trying to pass an eVGA GeForce GTS 250 to a Windows XP 32-bit
>> domU. I am using an ASUS P7Q57-M DO motherboard (with the BIOS updated
>> to the latest version) with a Core i5-660 processor. I am using the
>> current unstable version of Debian as dom0 (kernel version
>> 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64), with the current Debian unstable package of Xen
>> 4.0.1. When I boot the XP domU with graphics passthrough enabled,
>> nothing happens (the domU starts up, but all I see are the last boot
>> messages from Xen).
>>
>> I also tried passing through the onboard audio adapter to Windows XP,
>> and the driver loads and recognizes the adapter, but actually playing
>> sounds doesn't appear to work. I am not sure if the graphics
>> passthrough failure is related to the problem with the onboard audio
>> (and therefore a motherboard/CPU problem), or if it has to do with the
>> graphics card itself. I know that some NVIDIA cards require Xen
>> patches to be passed through, but I am not sure where to find patches
>> that will work with Xen 4.0.1 (the ones that I found were from August
>> 2009, and I get failed hunks when I try to apply them to Xen 4.0.1).
>>
>> Does anybody know if there are vBAR=pBAR patches available for Xen
>> 4.0.1 (or if they have been integrated into the current Xen
>> development tree)? Alternatively, if this is a motherboard problem,
>> does anybody know of any LGA1156 motherboards that definitely have
>> working VT-d?
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Xen-users mailing list
>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

Re: [Xen-users] VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d)

["Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 of Singapore"]

Dear Weidong, Pasi, and Xen developers,

The report from Andrew confirms my reports that Intel integrated
graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough with Xen 4.0.1 and pv-ops dom0 kernel
2.6.32.21 is unstable.

Please check the previous emails that I have sent to all of you.

-- 
Yours sincerely,

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
Alma Maters:
[1] Singapore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998)
[2] National University of Singapore (Graduated 2006)
Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
ZIP: 470103
My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 28 August 2010):-
http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 of Singapore: http://i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg





On 09/20/2010 04:58 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
> I tried passing the integrated graphics adapter to the Windows domU,
> and the monitor goes into standby when the domU is started. If I
> enable the virtual graphics adapter, I see that Windows is
> bluescreening on boot (this only happens if the Intel graphics driver
> is installed). I suspect that the VT-d-related parts of the ACPI
> tables are broken because passthrough doesn't work properly for either
> the graphics or sound adapters (that, and Xen reports that the
> motherboard supports none of the "optional" VT-d features like DMA
> passthrough, etc.).
>
> On 9/17/10, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 of Singapore"
> <space.time.universe@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Dear Andrew,
>>
>> I have briefly glimpsed through the technical specifications of your
>> ASUS motherboard.
>>
>> http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=XSm0g8qR5qb7UN30
>>
>> At present, Xen 4.0.1 only supports Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA
>> passthrough. Add-on PCI Express x16 graphics cards are not supported
>> yet. Patches, which are currently unavailable, have to be applied to Xen
>> 4.0.1. You may wish to passthrough your onboard VGA instead of your
>> NVIDIA GeForce GTS display card.
>>
>> I am getting stability issues in VGA passthrough with Intel integrated
>> graphics (IGD), Xen 4.0.1, and pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.32.21 on my Intel
>> Desktop Board DQ45CB. Windows XP HVM domU crashes with a BSOD within 2
>> minutes after booting up.
>>
>> Please try out Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough and let
>> me know whether you encounter any stability issues (Xen 4.0.1).
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> --
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
>> Engineering)
>> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
>> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
>> Facebook photos:
>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
>> Facebook videos:
>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
>> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
>> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
>> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
>> ZIP: 470103
>> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated
>> 28 August 2010):-
>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 of Singapore:
>> http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5052/mrteoenmingzhangenmingo.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/18/2010 12:08 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
>>     
>>> I am trying to pass an eVGA GeForce GTS 250 to a Windows XP 32-bit
>>> domU. I am using an ASUS P7Q57-M DO motherboard (with the BIOS updated
>>> to the latest version) with a Core i5-660 processor. I am using the
>>> current unstable version of Debian as dom0 (kernel version
>>> 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64), with the current Debian unstable package of Xen
>>> 4.0.1. When I boot the XP domU with graphics passthrough enabled,
>>> nothing happens (the domU starts up, but all I see are the last boot
>>> messages from Xen).
>>>
>>> I also tried passing through the onboard audio adapter to Windows XP,
>>> and the driver loads and recognizes the adapter, but actually playing
>>> sounds doesn't appear to work. I am not sure if the graphics
>>> passthrough failure is related to the problem with the onboard audio
>>> (and therefore a motherboard/CPU problem), or if it has to do with the
>>> graphics card itself. I know that some NVIDIA cards require Xen
>>> patches to be passed through, but I am not sure where to find patches
>>> that will work with Xen 4.0.1 (the ones that I found were from August
>>> 2009, and I get failed hunks when I try to apply them to Xen 4.0.1).
>>>
>>> Does anybody know if there are vBAR=pBAR patches available for Xen
>>> 4.0.1 (or if they have been integrated into the current Xen
>>> development tree)? Alternatively, if this is a motherboard problem,
>>> does anybody know of any LGA1156 motherboards that definitely have
>>> working VT-d?
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Xen-users mailing list
>>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
>>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>   

Re: Re: [Xen-users] VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d)

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 06:32:44PM +0800, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore" wrote:
> Dear Weidong, Pasi, and Xen developers,
> 
> The report from Andrew confirms my reports that Intel integrated
> graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough with Xen 4.0.1 and pv-ops dom0 kernel
> 2.6.32.21 is unstable.
> 

Ok.

> Please check the previous emails that I have sent to all of you.
> 

I wonder what's the best way to troubleshoot this.. 

- Is it only the HVM guest crashing? 
- No problems on dom0/hypervisor? 
- Can you re-start the crashed windows? 

-- Pasi

> -- 
> Yours sincerely,
> 
> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
> Alma Maters:
> [1] Singapore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998)
> [2] National University of Singapore (Graduated 2006)
> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
> Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
> Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
> ZIP: 470103
> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 28 August 2010):-
> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore: http://i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 09/20/2010 04:58 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
> > I tried passing the integrated graphics adapter to the Windows domU,
> > and the monitor goes into standby when the domU is started. If I
> > enable the virtual graphics adapter, I see that Windows is
> > bluescreening on boot (this only happens if the Intel graphics driver
> > is installed). I suspect that the VT-d-related parts of the ACPI
> > tables are broken because passthrough doesn't work properly for either
> > the graphics or sound adapters (that, and Xen reports that the
> > motherboard supports none of the "optional" VT-d features like DMA
> > passthrough, etc.).
> >
> > On 9/17/10, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore"
> > <space.time.universe@gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> Dear Andrew,
> >>
> >> I have briefly glimpsed through the technical specifications of your
> >> ASUS motherboard.
> >>
> >> http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=XSm0g8qR5qb7UN30
> >>
> >> At present, Xen 4.0.1 only supports Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA
> >> passthrough. Add-on PCI Express x16 graphics cards are not supported
> >> yet. Patches, which are currently unavailable, have to be applied to Xen
> >> 4.0.1. You may wish to passthrough your onboard VGA instead of your
> >> NVIDIA GeForce GTS display card.
> >>
> >> I am getting stability issues in VGA passthrough with Intel integrated
> >> graphics (IGD), Xen 4.0.1, and pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.32.21 on my Intel
> >> Desktop Board DQ45CB. Windows XP HVM domU crashes with a BSOD within 2
> >> minutes after booting up.
> >>
> >> Please try out Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough and let
> >> me know whether you encounter any stability issues (Xen 4.0.1).
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Yours sincerely,
> >>
> >> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
> >> Engineering)
> >> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
> >> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
> >> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
> >> Facebook photos:
> >> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
> >> Facebook videos:
> >> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
> >> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
> >> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
> >> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
> >> ZIP: 470103
> >> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated
> >> 28 August 2010):-
> >> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
> >> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
> >> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
> >> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore:
> >> http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5052/mrteoenmingzhangenmingo.jpg
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 09/18/2010 12:08 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
> >>     
> >>> I am trying to pass an eVGA GeForce GTS 250 to a Windows XP 32-bit
> >>> domU. I am using an ASUS P7Q57-M DO motherboard (with the BIOS updated
> >>> to the latest version) with a Core i5-660 processor. I am using the
> >>> current unstable version of Debian as dom0 (kernel version
> >>> 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64), with the current Debian unstable package of Xen
> >>> 4.0.1. When I boot the XP domU with graphics passthrough enabled,
> >>> nothing happens (the domU starts up, but all I see are the last boot
> >>> messages from Xen).
> >>>
> >>> I also tried passing through the onboard audio adapter to Windows XP,
> >>> and the driver loads and recognizes the adapter, but actually playing
> >>> sounds doesn't appear to work. I am not sure if the graphics
> >>> passthrough failure is related to the problem with the onboard audio
> >>> (and therefore a motherboard/CPU problem), or if it has to do with the
> >>> graphics card itself. I know that some NVIDIA cards require Xen
> >>> patches to be passed through, but I am not sure where to find patches
> >>> that will work with Xen 4.0.1 (the ones that I found were from August
> >>> 2009, and I get failed hunks when I try to apply them to Xen 4.0.1).
> >>>
> >>> Does anybody know if there are vBAR=pBAR patches available for Xen
> >>> 4.0.1 (or if they have been integrated into the current Xen
> >>> development tree)? Alternatively, if this is a motherboard problem,
> >>> does anybody know of any LGA1156 motherboards that definitely have
> >>> working VT-d?
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Xen-users mailing list
> >>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> >>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> >   
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-devel mailing list
> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel

Re: [Xen-devel] Re: VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d)

["Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 of Singapore"]

Dear Pasi,

Were instability issues with Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA 
passthrough in Xen 4.0.1 fixed with Xen 4.0.2-rc-pre?

Thank you very much.

-- 
Yours sincerely,

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
Alma Maters:
[1] Singapore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998)
[2] National University of Singapore (Graduated 2006)
Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
ZIP: 470103
My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 28 August 2010):-
http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 张恩鸣 of Singapore: http://i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg





On 09/20/2010 09:19 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 06:32:44PM +0800, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore" wrote:
>    
>> Dear Weidong, Pasi, and Xen developers,
>>
>> The report from Andrew confirms my reports that Intel integrated
>> graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough with Xen 4.0.1 and pv-ops dom0 kernel
>> 2.6.32.21 is unstable.
>>
>>      
> Ok.
>
>    
>> Please check the previous emails that I have sent to all of you.
>>
>>      
> I wonder what's the best way to troubleshoot this..
>
> - Is it only the HVM guest crashing?
>    

Yes. Only Windows XP HVM domU is crashing.

> - No problems on dom0/hypervisor?
>    

No. I was still able to access dom0 through Xen serial console after 
Windows XP HVM domU has crashed. I was able to execute the reboot 
command in dom0.

> - Can you re-start the crashed windows?
>    

No. I have to do a hard reboot of dom0.

> -- Pasi
>
>    
>> -- 
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
>> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
>> Alma Maters:
>> [1] Singapore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998)
>> [2] National University of Singapore (Graduated 2006)
>> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
>> Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
>> Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
>> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
>> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
>> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
>> ZIP: 470103
>> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 28 August 2010):-
>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore: http://i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/20/2010 04:58 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
>>      
>>> I tried passing the integrated graphics adapter to the Windows domU,
>>> and the monitor goes into standby when the domU is started. If I
>>> enable the virtual graphics adapter, I see that Windows is
>>> bluescreening on boot (this only happens if the Intel graphics driver
>>> is installed). I suspect that the VT-d-related parts of the ACPI
>>> tables are broken because passthrough doesn't work properly for either
>>> the graphics or sound adapters (that, and Xen reports that the
>>> motherboard supports none of the "optional" VT-d features like DMA
>>> passthrough, etc.).
>>>
>>> On 9/17/10, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore"
>>> <space.time.universe@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Dear Andrew,
>>>>
>>>> I have briefly glimpsed through the technical specifications of your
>>>> ASUS motherboard.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=XSm0g8qR5qb7UN30
>>>>
>>>> At present, Xen 4.0.1 only supports Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA
>>>> passthrough. Add-on PCI Express x16 graphics cards are not supported
>>>> yet. Patches, which are currently unavailable, have to be applied to Xen
>>>> 4.0.1. You may wish to passthrough your onboard VGA instead of your
>>>> NVIDIA GeForce GTS display card.
>>>>
>>>> I am getting stability issues in VGA passthrough with Intel integrated
>>>> graphics (IGD), Xen 4.0.1, and pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.32.21 on my Intel
>>>> Desktop Board DQ45CB. Windows XP HVM domU crashes with a BSOD within 2
>>>> minutes after booting up.
>>>>
>>>> Please try out Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough and let
>>>> me know whether you encounter any stability issues (Xen 4.0.1).
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
>>>> Engineering)
>>>> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
>>>> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
>>>> Facebook photos:
>>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
>>>> Facebook videos:
>>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
>>>> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
>>>> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
>>>> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
>>>> ZIP: 470103
>>>> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated
>>>> 28 August 2010):-
>>>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
>>>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
>>>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
>>>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore:
>>>> http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5052/mrteoenmingzhangenmingo.jpg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/18/2010 12:08 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> I am trying to pass an eVGA GeForce GTS 250 to a Windows XP 32-bit
>>>>> domU. I am using an ASUS P7Q57-M DO motherboard (with the BIOS updated
>>>>> to the latest version) with a Core i5-660 processor. I am using the
>>>>> current unstable version of Debian as dom0 (kernel version
>>>>> 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64), with the current Debian unstable package of Xen
>>>>> 4.0.1. When I boot the XP domU with graphics passthrough enabled,
>>>>> nothing happens (the domU starts up, but all I see are the last boot
>>>>> messages from Xen).
>>>>>
>>>>> I also tried passing through the onboard audio adapter to Windows XP,
>>>>> and the driver loads and recognizes the adapter, but actually playing
>>>>> sounds doesn't appear to work. I am not sure if the graphics
>>>>> passthrough failure is related to the problem with the onboard audio
>>>>> (and therefore a motherboard/CPU problem), or if it has to do with the
>>>>> graphics card itself. I know that some NVIDIA cards require Xen
>>>>> patches to be passed through, but I am not sure where to find patches
>>>>> that will work with Xen 4.0.1 (the ones that I found were from August
>>>>> 2009, and I get failed hunks when I try to apply them to Xen 4.0.1).
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anybody know if there are vBAR=pBAR patches available for Xen
>>>>> 4.0.1 (or if they have been integrated into the current Xen
>>>>> development tree)? Alternatively, if this is a motherboard problem,
>>>>> does anybody know of any LGA1156 motherboards that definitely have
>>>>> working VT-d?
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Xen-users mailing list
>>>>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
>>>>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>
>>>        
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Xen-devel mailing list
>> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
>>      
>    

Re: Re: [Xen-users] VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d)

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:52:12AM +0800, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ????????? of Singapore" wrote:
> Dear Pasi,
>
> Were instability issues with Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA  
> passthrough in Xen 4.0.1 fixed with Xen 4.0.2-rc-pre?
>

I don't think I've seen anything related to that..

See the changelogs for yourself:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenRepositories

Check both Xen hypervisor and qemu-dm changelogs.

-- Pasi

> Thank you very much.
>
> -- 
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ????????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
> Alma Maters:
> [1] Singapore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998)
> [2] National University of Singapore (Graduated 2006)
> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
> Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
> Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
> ZIP: 470103
> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 28 August 2010):-
> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ????????? of Singapore: http://i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg
>
>
>
>
>
> On 09/20/2010 09:19 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 06:32:44PM +0800, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore" wrote:
>>    
>>> Dear Weidong, Pasi, and Xen developers,
>>>
>>> The report from Andrew confirms my reports that Intel integrated
>>> graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough with Xen 4.0.1 and pv-ops dom0 kernel
>>> 2.6.32.21 is unstable.
>>>
>>>      
>> Ok.
>>
>>    
>>> Please check the previous emails that I have sent to all of you.
>>>
>>>      
>> I wonder what's the best way to troubleshoot this..
>>
>> - Is it only the HVM guest crashing?
>>    
>
> Yes. Only Windows XP HVM domU is crashing.
>
>> - No problems on dom0/hypervisor?
>>    
>
> No. I was still able to access dom0 through Xen serial console after  
> Windows XP HVM domU has crashed. I was able to execute the reboot  
> command in dom0.
>
>> - Can you re-start the crashed windows?
>>    
>
> No. I have to do a hard reboot of dom0.
>
>> -- Pasi
>>
>>    
>>> -- 
>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>
>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
>>> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
>>> Alma Maters:
>>> [1] Singapore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998)
>>> [2] National University of Singapore (Graduated 2006)
>>> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
>>> Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
>>> Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
>>> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
>>> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
>>> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
>>> ZIP: 470103
>>> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 28 August 2010):-
>>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
>>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
>>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
>>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore: http://i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/20/2010 04:58 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
>>>      
>>>> I tried passing the integrated graphics adapter to the Windows domU,
>>>> and the monitor goes into standby when the domU is started. If I
>>>> enable the virtual graphics adapter, I see that Windows is
>>>> bluescreening on boot (this only happens if the Intel graphics driver
>>>> is installed). I suspect that the VT-d-related parts of the ACPI
>>>> tables are broken because passthrough doesn't work properly for either
>>>> the graphics or sound adapters (that, and Xen reports that the
>>>> motherboard supports none of the "optional" VT-d features like DMA
>>>> passthrough, etc.).
>>>>
>>>> On 9/17/10, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore"
>>>> <space.time.universe@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>> Dear Andrew,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have briefly glimpsed through the technical specifications of your
>>>>> ASUS motherboard.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=XSm0g8qR5qb7UN30
>>>>>
>>>>> At present, Xen 4.0.1 only supports Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA
>>>>> passthrough. Add-on PCI Express x16 graphics cards are not supported
>>>>> yet. Patches, which are currently unavailable, have to be applied to Xen
>>>>> 4.0.1. You may wish to passthrough your onboard VGA instead of your
>>>>> NVIDIA GeForce GTS display card.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am getting stability issues in VGA passthrough with Intel integrated
>>>>> graphics (IGD), Xen 4.0.1, and pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.32.21 on my Intel
>>>>> Desktop Board DQ45CB. Windows XP HVM domU crashes with a BSOD within 2
>>>>> minutes after booting up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please try out Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough and let
>>>>> me know whether you encounter any stability issues (Xen 4.0.1).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
>>>>> Engineering)
>>>>> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
>>>>> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
>>>>> Facebook photos:
>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
>>>>> Facebook videos:
>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
>>>>> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
>>>>> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
>>>>> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
>>>>> ZIP: 470103
>>>>> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated
>>>>> 28 August 2010):-
>>>>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
>>>>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
>>>>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
>>>>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore:
>>>>> http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5052/mrteoenmingzhangenmingo.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/18/2010 12:08 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>> I am trying to pass an eVGA GeForce GTS 250 to a Windows XP 32-bit
>>>>>> domU. I am using an ASUS P7Q57-M DO motherboard (with the BIOS updated
>>>>>> to the latest version) with a Core i5-660 processor. I am using the
>>>>>> current unstable version of Debian as dom0 (kernel version
>>>>>> 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64), with the current Debian unstable package of Xen
>>>>>> 4.0.1. When I boot the XP domU with graphics passthrough enabled,
>>>>>> nothing happens (the domU starts up, but all I see are the last boot
>>>>>> messages from Xen).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also tried passing through the onboard audio adapter to Windows XP,
>>>>>> and the driver loads and recognizes the adapter, but actually playing
>>>>>> sounds doesn't appear to work. I am not sure if the graphics
>>>>>> passthrough failure is related to the problem with the onboard audio
>>>>>> (and therefore a motherboard/CPU problem), or if it has to do with the
>>>>>> graphics card itself. I know that some NVIDIA cards require Xen
>>>>>> patches to be passed through, but I am not sure where to find patches
>>>>>> that will work with Xen 4.0.1 (the ones that I found were from August
>>>>>> 2009, and I get failed hunks when I try to apply them to Xen 4.0.1).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anybody know if there are vBAR=pBAR patches available for Xen
>>>>>> 4.0.1 (or if they have been integrated into the current Xen
>>>>>> development tree)? Alternatively, if this is a motherboard problem,
>>>>>> does anybody know of any LGA1156 motherboards that definitely have
>>>>>> working VT-d?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Xen-users mailing list
>>>>>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
>>>>>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Xen-devel mailing list
>>> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
>>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
>>>      
>>    
>
>

Re: Re: [Xen-users] VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d)

[Weidong Han]

I didn't try IGD passthru recently because focus on other tasks. I'm 
sure IGD passthru on Xen-4.0 release. Allen enabled the IGD passthru on 
Calpella ans Sandybridge Recently. So I think xen-unstable should work. 
Maybe you can have a try.

Regards,
Weidong

Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:52:12AM +0800, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ????????? of Singapore" wrote:
>   
>> Dear Pasi,
>>
>> Were instability issues with Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA  
>> passthrough in Xen 4.0.1 fixed with Xen 4.0.2-rc-pre?
>>
>>     
>
> I don't think I've seen anything related to that..
>
> See the changelogs for yourself:
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenRepositories
>
> Check both Xen hypervisor and qemu-dm changelogs.
>
> -- Pasi
>
>   
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>> -- 
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ????????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
>> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
>> Alma Maters:
>> [1] Singapore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998)
>> [2] National University of Singapore (Graduated 2006)
>> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
>> Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
>> Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
>> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
>> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
>> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
>> ZIP: 470103
>> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 28 August 2010):-
>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ????????? of Singapore: http://i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/20/2010 09:19 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 06:32:44PM +0800, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore" wrote:
>>>    
>>>       
>>>> Dear Weidong, Pasi, and Xen developers,
>>>>
>>>> The report from Andrew confirms my reports that Intel integrated
>>>> graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough with Xen 4.0.1 and pv-ops dom0 kernel
>>>> 2.6.32.21 is unstable.
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>> Ok.
>>>
>>>    
>>>       
>>>> Please check the previous emails that I have sent to all of you.
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>> I wonder what's the best way to troubleshoot this..
>>>
>>> - Is it only the HVM guest crashing?
>>>    
>>>       
>> Yes. Only Windows XP HVM domU is crashing.
>>
>>     
>>> - No problems on dom0/hypervisor?
>>>    
>>>       
>> No. I was still able to access dom0 through Xen serial console after  
>> Windows XP HVM domU has crashed. I was able to execute the reboot  
>> command in dom0.
>>
>>     
>>> - Can you re-start the crashed windows?
>>>    
>>>       
>> No. I have to do a hard reboot of dom0.
>>
>>     
>>> -- Pasi
>>>
>>>    
>>>       
>>>> -- 
>>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
>>>> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
>>>> Alma Maters:
>>>> [1] Singapore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998)
>>>> [2] National University of Singapore (Graduated 2006)
>>>> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
>>>> Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
>>>> Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
>>>> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
>>>> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
>>>> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
>>>> ZIP: 470103
>>>> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 28 August 2010):-
>>>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
>>>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
>>>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
>>>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore: http://i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/20/2010 04:58 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>>> I tried passing the integrated graphics adapter to the Windows domU,
>>>>> and the monitor goes into standby when the domU is started. If I
>>>>> enable the virtual graphics adapter, I see that Windows is
>>>>> bluescreening on boot (this only happens if the Intel graphics driver
>>>>> is installed). I suspect that the VT-d-related parts of the ACPI
>>>>> tables are broken because passthrough doesn't work properly for either
>>>>> the graphics or sound adapters (that, and Xen reports that the
>>>>> motherboard supports none of the "optional" VT-d features like DMA
>>>>> passthrough, etc.).
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/17/10, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore"
>>>>> <space.time.universe@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Dear Andrew,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have briefly glimpsed through the technical specifications of your
>>>>>> ASUS motherboard.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=XSm0g8qR5qb7UN30
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At present, Xen 4.0.1 only supports Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA
>>>>>> passthrough. Add-on PCI Express x16 graphics cards are not supported
>>>>>> yet. Patches, which are currently unavailable, have to be applied to Xen
>>>>>> 4.0.1. You may wish to passthrough your onboard VGA instead of your
>>>>>> NVIDIA GeForce GTS display card.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am getting stability issues in VGA passthrough with Intel integrated
>>>>>> graphics (IGD), Xen 4.0.1, and pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.32.21 on my Intel
>>>>>> Desktop Board DQ45CB. Windows XP HVM domU crashes with a BSOD within 2
>>>>>> minutes after booting up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please try out Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough and let
>>>>>> me know whether you encounter any stability issues (Xen 4.0.1).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
>>>>>> Engineering)
>>>>>> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
>>>>>> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>>> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
>>>>>> Facebook photos:
>>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
>>>>>> Facebook videos:
>>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
>>>>>> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
>>>>>> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
>>>>>> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
>>>>>> ZIP: 470103
>>>>>> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated
>>>>>> 28 August 2010):-
>>>>>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
>>>>>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
>>>>>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
>>>>>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore:
>>>>>> http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5052/mrteoenmingzhangenmingo.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 09/18/2010 12:08 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>          
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> I am trying to pass an eVGA GeForce GTS 250 to a Windows XP 32-bit
>>>>>>> domU. I am using an ASUS P7Q57-M DO motherboard (with the BIOS updated
>>>>>>> to the latest version) with a Core i5-660 processor. I am using the
>>>>>>> current unstable version of Debian as dom0 (kernel version
>>>>>>> 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64), with the current Debian unstable package of Xen
>>>>>>> 4.0.1. When I boot the XP domU with graphics passthrough enabled,
>>>>>>> nothing happens (the domU starts up, but all I see are the last boot
>>>>>>> messages from Xen).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also tried passing through the onboard audio adapter to Windows XP,
>>>>>>> and the driver loads and recognizes the adapter, but actually playing
>>>>>>> sounds doesn't appear to work. I am not sure if the graphics
>>>>>>> passthrough failure is related to the problem with the onboard audio
>>>>>>> (and therefore a motherboard/CPU problem), or if it has to do with the
>>>>>>> graphics card itself. I know that some NVIDIA cards require Xen
>>>>>>> patches to be passed through, but I am not sure where to find patches
>>>>>>> that will work with Xen 4.0.1 (the ones that I found were from August
>>>>>>> 2009, and I get failed hunks when I try to apply them to Xen 4.0.1).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anybody know if there are vBAR=pBAR patches available for Xen
>>>>>>> 4.0.1 (or if they have been integrated into the current Xen
>>>>>>> development tree)? Alternatively, if this is a motherboard problem,
>>>>>>> does anybody know of any LGA1156 motherboards that definitely have
>>>>>>> working VT-d?
>>>>>>>
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