From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57712 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ozdp0-00024F-4R for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:06:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ozdoy-0001Vw-LW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:06:21 -0400 Received: from [83.160.137.85] (port=16064 helo=pubserv1.fransdb.nl) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ozdoy-0001Ve-9K for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:06:20 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pubserv1.fransdb.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACC791C30 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:06:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pubserv1.fransdb.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pubserv1.fransdb.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id h3ix1HY0YgkX for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:06:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.100.23] (unknown [192.168.100.23]) by pubserv1.fransdb.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 0AEA11937 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:06:13 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4C9E8064.9090402@fransdb.nl> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:06:12 +0200 From: Frans de Boer MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Problem with virtio References: <4C9290FF.9050206@fransdb.nl> <20100916204042.51900cbe@doriath> <4C93225A.9040807@fransdb.nl> <4C952B68.7090601@fransdb.nl> <20100919155337.GA10730@redhat.com> <4C967CEC.3060700@fransdb.nl> <20100920174641.GA30611@redhat.com> <4C97C292.3030104@fransdb.nl> <1285017553.1709.77.camel@localhost> <4C97EB0A.1010003@fransdb.nl> In-Reply-To: <4C97EB0A.1010003@fransdb.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 09/21/2010 01:15 AM, Frans de Boer wrote: > On 09/20/2010 11:19 PM, Vadim Rozenfeld wrote: > >> On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 22:22 +0200, Frans de Boer wrote: >> >> >>> On 09/20/2010 07:46 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:13:16PM +0200, Frans de Boer wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 09/19/2010 05:53 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:13:12PM +0200, Frans de Boer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 09/17/2010 10:10 AM, Frans de Boer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 09/17/2010 01:40 AM, Luiz Capitulino wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:49:51 +0200 >>>>> Frans de Boer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dear reader, >>>>> >>>>> Using qemu-kvm-0.13-rc1 and having the boot partition as if=virtio, >>>>> causes the attached blue screen when booting Windows XP SP3. >>>>> Changing the interface to ide (if=ide) and the system boots normal. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Do you have the virtio drivers installed? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yes, everything is working fine when I use the 0.12.5 release. >>>>> Before you ask, I am using the git repository too. Same effect. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> No suggestions form anyone? >>>>> Again, any compile combination is working under 0.12.5. Starting with >>>>> 0.13-rc0/1 the virtio option for the boot disk is not working anymore. >>>>> >>>>> Frans. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Could you try bisecting please? >>>>> git bisect start v0.13.0-rc0 v0.12.0 >>>>> >>>>> will start the bisect process, then you build, test and run >>>>> git bisect good/git bisect bad as appropriate to get the >>>>> new version. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Following your advice, I noticed that the system could not boot when I use the >>>>> guest virtio driver. I then switch back to as far as version 10.0 with the >>>>> same bad result. I then remembered that in the past I used the '.raw' format. >>>>> Since I am using the qcow2 format (better performance), I never tried if=virtio >>>>> for the disk before until I use the 0.13.0-rc1 version. I tried the release tar >>>>> file of 0.12.5 and this time with the guest virtio driver, with the same bad >>>>> result. >>>>> Maybe it is the file format? Maybe the virtio disk driver? I have taken the >>>>> virtio drivers from the KVM website. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> Please try this one >> http://people.redhat.com/vrozenfe/VioStorXp32.tar.gz >> Cheers, >> Vadim. >> >> >>>>> Frans. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I got confused, sorry. Let's try to enumerate what works and what does not. >>>> Could you tell us which of the following combinations you tried >>>> and with what result (works/doesn't)? >>>> >>>> - virtio + raw + 0.12 >>>> - virtio + qcow2 + 0.12 >>>> - ide + qcow2 + 0.12 >>>> >>>> - virtio + raw + 0.13 >>>> - virtio + qcow2 + 0.13 >>>> - ide + qcow2 + 0.13 >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I used 0.12.5 (git and tarball) and the 0.13-rc1 (git and tarball) >>> >>> - virtio + raw + 0.12 ok >>> - virtio + qcow2 + 0.12 fail! >>> - ide + qcow2 + 0.12 ok >>> >>> - virtio + raw + 0.13 fail! >>> - virtio + qcow2 + 0.13 fail! >>> - ide + qcow2 + 0.13 ok >>> >>> Frans. >>> >>> > The new list is: > > - virtio + raw + 0.13 ok. > > That is when I am using this viostor driver: > http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/ > I used the complete ISO file and extracted the viostor files. These are 6.x files. > > .qcow2 with virtio still does not work under 0.13-rc1 > It's late, so maybe in a few days I try 0.12.5 with the .qcow2 format. > > By the way, above ISO file contains much more virtio goodies not supplied yet at the KVM or QEMU site. Maybe an upgrade at the site is in order? > > Frans. > > > > Is anybody still following this?