From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?GB2312?B?Ik1yLiBUZW8gRW4gTWluZyAoWmhhbmcgRW5taW5nKSDVxbb3w/kgb2Yg?= =?GB2312?B?U2luZ2Fwb3JlIg==?= Subject: Re: [Xen-users] VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:32:44 +0800 Message-ID: <4C97384C.8060309@gmail.com> References: <4C944E86.9010700@gmail.com> Reply-To: space.time.universe@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=GB2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Andrew Warkentin Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , zhang_enming@lavabit.com, "teoenming@hotmail.com" , "Han, Weidong" , "space.time.universe@gmail.com" , xen-users@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org 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. --=20 Yours sincerely, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) =D5=C5=B6=F7=C3=F9 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=3D100000750083982 Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3D100000750083982= #!/profile.php?id=3D100000750083982&v=3Dphotos Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3D100000750083982= &v=3Dapp_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 (Updat= ed 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_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c073= 35.xml Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) =D5=C5=B6=F7=C3=F9 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) =D5=C5=B6=F7=C3=F9 of Singa= pore" > wrote: > =20 >> Dear Andrew, >> >> I have briefly glimpsed through the technical specifications of your >> ASUS motherboard. >> >> http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=3DXSm0g8qR5qb7UN30 >> >> At present, Xen 4.0.1 only supports Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VG= A >> passthrough. Add-on PCI Express x16 graphics cards are not supported >> yet. Patches, which are currently unavailable, have to be applied to X= en >> 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 Inte= l >> 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) =D5=C5=B6=F7=C3=F9 Dip(Mechatronics) BE= ng(Hons)(Mechanical >> Engineering) >> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean >> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) >> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3D10000075008398= 2 >> Facebook photos: >> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3D100000750083982#!/profile.php= ?id=3D100000750083982&v=3Dphotos >> Facebook videos: >> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3D100000750083982&v=3Dapp_23929= 50137 >> 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 (Up= dated >> 28 August 2010):- >> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.ht= ml >> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html >> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c= 07335.xml >> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) =D5=C5=B6=F7=C3=F9 of Singapor= e: >> http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5052/mrteoenmingzhangenmingo.jpg >> >> >> >> On 09/18/2010 12:08 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote: >> =20 >>> 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 update= d >>> 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 th= e >>> 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=3DpBAR 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 >>> >>> >>> =20 >> >> >> >> =20 > =20