Re: Unable to start Windows 8 HVM guest with Xen VGA Passthrough with Xen 4.2.1-pre

["Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" <singapore.mr.teo.en.ming@gmail.com>]

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On 29/09/2012 21:35, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have applied Xen VGA passthrough patches from David Techer's
> personal website to Xen 4.2.1-pre source tree. Everything compiled and
> installed smoothly. But when I tried to start Windows 8 HVM domU with
> VGA passthrough, it gave me the following error:
>
> xc: error: unable to allocate memory to the HVM guest. (16: device or
> resource busy): Internal error.
>
> There are no issues with Xen 4.2-unstable changeset 25099 however.
>

Attached are screenshots of the errors for Xen 4.2.1-pre and Xen 
configuration files.

The following are links to screenshots of the errors for Xen 4.2.1-pre.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2j3s7pj.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/95myc3.jpg

-- 
Yours sincerely,

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Singapore



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#!/bin/sh
set -x
#
# Starts Shorewall Firewall
sudo service shorewall restart
#
# Loads pci-stub kernel module
sudo modprobe pci-stub
#
# Passthrough EVGA Geforce GTX 560 1 GB GDDR5
#
echo "Passthrough EVGA Geforce GTX 560 1 GB GDDR5"
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
echo "10de 1201" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
#
# Passthrough Intel HD Audio Controller
#
echo "Passthrough Intel HD Audio Controller."
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1b.0/driver/unbind
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
echo "8086 3a6e" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
echo "0000:00:1b.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1b.0/driver/unbind
echo "0000:00:1b.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
#
# Sleep for 10 secs
#
sleep 10
#
# Passthrough USB Controller #1
#
echo "Passthrough USB Controller #1."
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1a.0/driver/unbind
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
echo "8086 3a67" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
echo "0000:00:1a.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1a.0/driver/unbind
echo "0000:00:1a.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
#
# Passthrough USB Controller #2
#
echo "Passthrough USB Controller #2."
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1a.1/driver/unbind
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
echo "8086 3a68" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
echo "0000:00:1a.1" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1a.1/driver/unbind
echo "0000:00:1a.1" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
#
# Passthrough USB Controller #3
#
echo "Passthrough USB Controller #3."
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1a.2/driver/unbind
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
echo "8086 3a69" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
echo "0000:00:1a.2" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1a.2/driver/unbind
echo "0000:00:1a.2" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
#
# Passthrough USB Controller #4
#
echo "Passthrough USB Controller #4."
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1a.7/driver/unbind
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
echo "8086 3a6c" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
echo "0000:00:1a.7" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1a.7/driver/unbind
echo "0000:00:1a.7" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
#
# Passthrough USB Controller #5
#
echo "Passthrough USB Controller #5."
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.0/driver/unbind
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
echo "8086 3a64" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
echo "0000:00:1d.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.0/driver/unbind
echo "0000:00:1d.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
#
# Passthrough USB Controller #6
#
echo "Passthrough USB Controller #6."
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.1/driver/unbind
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
echo "8086 3a65" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
echo "0000:00:1d.1" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.1/driver/unbind
echo "0000:00:1d.1" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
#
# Passthrough USB Controller #7
#
echo "Passthrough USB Controller #7."
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.2/driver/unbind
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
echo "8086 3a66" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
echo "0000:00:1d.2" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.2/driver/unbind
echo "0000:00:1d.2" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
#
# Passthrough USB Controller #8
#
echo "Passthrough USB Controller #8."
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.7/driver/unbind
sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
echo "8086 3a6a" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
echo "0000:00:1d.7" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1d.7/driver/unbind
echo "0000:00:1d.7" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind

#
# Wait for 10 seconds
#
sleep 10
#
# Start Windows HVM domU with VGA Passthrough
#
#sudo xl create /etc/xen/WindowsXPHomeEditionSP3
sudo xl create /etc/xen/windows8


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# XL domain configuration file for Windows 8 Consumer Preview 64-bit English HVM domU
# Please refer to "man xl.cfg" for further explanations.
# See also docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown and
# docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
# Written by Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
# Email: teo.en.ming@gmail.com
# Mobile Phone: +65-8369-2618
# Country: Singapore
# Date: 18 Mar 2012 Sun
name="Windows8"
# Product Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J
builder="hvm"
vcpus=2
memory=2048
on_poweroff="destroy"
on_reboot="restart"
on_crash="destroy"
disk=[ 'format=raw, vdev=hda, access=rw, target=/etc/xen/images/windows8.img', 'format=raw, vdev=hdc, access=ro, devtype=cdrom, target=/home/teo-en-ming/Windows8-ReleasePreview-64bit-English.iso' ]
#vif=[ 'bridge=virbr0,type=ioemu,model=e1000' ]
#boot=[c|d|n]
#Selects the emulated virtual device to boot from. Options are hard disk (c), cd-rom (d) or network/PXE (n).
#Multiple options can be given and will be attempted in the order they are given. e.g. to boot from cd-rom
#but fallback to the hard disk you can give dc. The default is cd.
boot="dc"
acpi=1
#xen_platform_pci=1
#viridian=1
#stdvga=1
vnc=1
vnclisten="192.168.1.2"
vncdisplay=0
vncunused=1
vncpasswd=""
sdl=0
usb=1
usbdevice="tablet"
# Enable Xen VGA Passthrough
gfx_passthru=1
# VGA Passthrough EVGA Geforce GTX 560 1 GB GDDR5.
pci = [ '01:00.0','00:1b.0','00:1a.0','00:1a.1','00:1a.2','00:1a.7','00:1d.0','00:1d.1','00:1d.2','00:1d.7' ]
# PCI Passthrough Intel HD Audio Controller.
#pci = [ '00:1b.0' ]
# PCI Passthrough all the USB Controllers.
# pci = [ '00:1a.0','00:1a.1','00:1a.2','00:1a.7','00:1d.0','00:1d.1','00:1d.2','00:1d.7' ]



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