From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Weidong Han Subject: Re: Re: [Xen-users] VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:54:05 +0800 Message-ID: <4C9872AD.7030103@intel.com> References: <4C944E86.9010700@gmail.com> <4C97384C.8060309@gmail.com> <20100920131952.GB2804@reaktio.net> <4C981DDC.1040604@gmail.com> <20100921071102.GF2804@reaktio.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20100921071102.GF2804@reaktio.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pasi_K=E4rkk=E4inen?= Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , "zhang_enming@lavabit.com" , "teoenming@hotmail.com" , Andrew Warkentin , "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ????????? of Singapore" , "xen-users@lists.xensource.com" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org I didn't try IGD passthru recently because focus on other tasks. I'm=20 sure IGD passthru on Xen-4.0 release. Allen enabled the IGD passthru on=20 Calpella ans Sandybridge Recently. So I think xen-unstable should work.=20 Maybe you can have a try. Regards, Weidong Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:52:12AM +0800, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enmin= g) ????????? of Singapore" wrote: > =20 >> Dear Pasi, >> >> Were instability issues with Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA =20 >> passthrough in Xen 4.0.1 fixed with Xen 4.0.2-rc-pre? >> >> =20 > > 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 > > =20 >> Thank you very much. >> >> --=20 >> 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=3D10000075008398= 2 >> Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3D100000750083= 982#!/profile.php?id=3D100000750083982&v=3Dphotos >> Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3D100000750083= 982&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 (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) ????????? of Singapore: http:/= /i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg >> >> >> >> >> >> On 09/20/2010 09:19 PM, Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen wrote: >> =20 >>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 06:32:44PM +0800, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enm= ing) ?????? of Singapore" wrote: >>> =20 >>> =20 >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> =20 >>>> =20 >>> Ok. >>> >>> =20 >>> =20 >>>> Please check the previous emails that I have sent to all of you. >>>> >>>> =20 >>>> =20 >>> I wonder what's the best way to troubleshoot this.. >>> >>> - Is it only the HVM guest crashing? >>> =20 >>> =20 >> Yes. Only Windows XP HVM domU is crashing. >> >> =20 >>> - No problems on dom0/hypervisor? >>> =20 >>> =20 >> No. I was still able to access dom0 through Xen serial console after =20 >> Windows XP HVM domU has crashed. I was able to execute the reboot =20 >> command in dom0. >> >> =20 >>> - Can you re-start the crashed windows? >>> =20 >>> =20 >> No. I have to do a hard reboot of dom0. >> >> =20 >>> -- Pasi >>> >>> =20 >>> =20 >>>> --=20 >>>> Yours sincerely, >>>> >>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(M= echanical 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=3D100000750083= 982 >>>> Facebook photos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3D1000007500= 83982#!/profile.php?id=3D100000750083982&v=3Dphotos >>>> Facebook videos: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3D1000007500= 83982&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 (= 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_f6a341d9623fda17880159b13= 7c07335.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: >>>> =20 >>>> =20 >>>>> 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 driv= er >>>>> is installed). I suspect that the VT-d-related parts of the ACPI >>>>> tables are broken because passthrough doesn't work properly for eit= her >>>>> 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" >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> =20 >>>>> =20 >>>>>> Dear Andrew, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have briefly glimpsed through the technical specifications of yo= ur >>>>>> ASUS motherboard. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=3DXSm0g8qR5qb7UN30 >>>>>> >>>>>> At present, Xen 4.0.1 only supports Intel integrated graphics (IGD= ) VGA >>>>>> passthrough. Add-on PCI Express x16 graphics cards are not support= ed >>>>>> 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 you= r >>>>>> NVIDIA GeForce GTS display card. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am getting stability issues in VGA passthrough with Intel integr= ated >>>>>> 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 with= in 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=3D1000007500= 83982 >>>>>> 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_2= 392950137 >>>>>> 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/00781= 1.html >>>>>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html >>>>>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b= 137c07335.xml >>>>>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore: >>>>>> http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5052/mrteoenmingzhangenmingo.jp= g >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 09/18/2010 12:08 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> =20 >>>>>> =20 >>>>>>> I am trying to pass an eVGA GeForce GTS 250 to a Windows XP 32-bi= t >>>>>>> domU. I am using an ASUS P7Q57-M DO motherboard (with the BIOS up= dated >>>>>>> to the latest version) with a Core i5-660 processor. I am using t= he >>>>>>> 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 b= oot >>>>>>> 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 pla= ying >>>>>>> sounds doesn't appear to work. I am not sure if the graphics >>>>>>> passthrough failure is related to the problem with the onboard au= dio >>>>>>> (and therefore a motherboard/CPU problem), or if it has to do wit= h 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 pat= ches >>>>>>> that will work with Xen 4.0.1 (the ones that I found were from Au= gust >>>>>>> 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 proble= m, >>>>>>> does anybody know of any LGA1156 motherboards that definitely hav= e >>>>>>> working VT-d? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Xen-users mailing list >>>>>>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >>>>>>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> =20 >>>>>>> =20 >>>>>> >>>>>> =20 >>>>>> =20 >>>>> =20 >>>>> =20 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Xen-devel mailing list >>>> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com >>>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel >>>> =20 >>>> =20 >>> =20 >>> =20 >> =20