Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs

Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs

[Fabio Fantoni]

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I haven't seen mail about eufi support on hvm domUs (ovmf) for a long time.
I'm interested in trying it with xen-unstable.
Someone can tell me if there is something to add to have it working 
and/or ovmf git need to be updated?

Thanks for any reply.


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Re: Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs

[Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-devel-
> bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Fabio Fantoni
> Sent: 7. februar 2013 13:28
> To: xen-devel; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini
> Subject: [Xen-devel] Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs
> 
> I haven't seen mail about eufi support on hvm domUs (ovmf) for a long time.
> I'm interested in trying it with xen-unstable.
> Someone can tell me if there is something to add to have it working and/or
> ovmf git need to be updated?
I have been running Windows 8 and server 2012 HVM on OVMF for some time. I used the latest OVMF build from the edk2 source with xen-unstable. It works fine, except that the vnc connection doesn't update the picture, so I have to open and close the vnc window for updating the picture, until I have enabled remote desktop in windows. I also tried to pass through some USB ports with success, the passing through my intel hd 4000 gfx, does not work even in secondary mode.

/Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen
> 
> Thanks for any reply.

Re: Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs

[Fabio Fantoni]

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Il 07/02/2013 13:48, Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen ha scritto:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-devel-
>> bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Fabio Fantoni
>> Sent: 7. februar 2013 13:28
>> To: xen-devel; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini
>> Subject: [Xen-devel] Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs
>>
>> I haven't seen mail about eufi support on hvm domUs (ovmf) for a long time.
>> I'm interested in trying it with xen-unstable.
>> Someone can tell me if there is something to add to have it working and/or
>> ovmf git need to be updated?
> I have been running Windows 8 and server 2012 HVM on OVMF for some time. I used the latest OVMF build from the edk2 source with xen-unstable. It works fine, except that the vnc connection doesn't update the picture, so I have to open and close the vnc window for updating the picture, until I have enabled remote desktop in windows. I also tried to pass through some USB ports with success, the passing through my intel hd 4000 gfx, does not work even in secondary mode.
>
> /Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen

Thanks for reply.
I built successfull ovmf with xen-unstable with this changes:
./configure --enable-ovmf
vi Config.mk
OVMF_UPSTREAM_URL ?= git://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git
OVMF_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= master
# Added patch for support gcc4.7 and rispective change in 
tools/firmware/ovmf-makefile

After that I tested it adding bios="ovmf" on domU's xl cfg.
The domU starts but performance is very poor (similar to qemu without 
xen or kvm or worse).
Tried with Windows 7 and Fedora 18: they start loading but never reach a 
complete boot (even after about 10 minutes).

Are there any others specific task to do?

Thanks for any reply.

>> Thanks for any reply.
>>



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Re: Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs

[Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fabio Fantoni [mailto:fantonifabio@tiscali.it]
> Sent: 7. februar 2013 17:28
> To: Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen
> Cc: xen-devel; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs
> 
> Il 07/02/2013 13:48, Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen ha scritto:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-devel-
> >> bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Fabio Fantoni
> >> Sent: 7. februar 2013 13:28
> >> To: xen-devel; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini
> >> Subject: [Xen-devel] Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs
> >>
> >> I haven't seen mail about eufi support on hvm domUs (ovmf) for a long
> time.
> >> I'm interested in trying it with xen-unstable.
> >> Someone can tell me if there is something to add to have it working
> and/or
> >> ovmf git need to be updated?
> > I have been running Windows 8 and server 2012 HVM on OVMF for some
> time. I used the latest OVMF build from the edk2 source with xen-unstable.
> It works fine, except that the vnc connection doesn't update the picture, so I
> have to open and close the vnc window for updating the picture, until I have
> enabled remote desktop in windows. I also tried to pass through some USB
> ports with success, the passing through my intel hd 4000 gfx, does not work
> even in secondary mode.
> >
> > /Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen
> 
> Thanks for reply.
> I built successfull ovmf with xen-unstable with this changes:
> ./configure --enable-ovmf
> vi Config.mk
> OVMF_UPSTREAM_URL ?= git://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git
> OVMF_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= master
> # Added patch for support gcc4.7 and rispective change in
> tools/firmware/ovmf-makefile
> 
> After that I tested it adding bios="ovmf" on domU's xl cfg.
> The domU starts but performance is very poor (similar to qemu without
> xen or kvm or worse).
> Tried with Windows 7 and Fedora 18: they start loading but never reach a
> complete boot (even after about 10 minutes).

When you say that they newer reach a complete boot, have you then tried to close your vnc and reconnect?

> 
> Are there any others specific task to do?
> 
> Thanks for any reply.
> 
> >> Thanks for any reply.
> >>
> 

Re: Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs

[Fabio Fantoni]

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Il 08/02/2013 08:32, Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen ha scritto:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fabio Fantoni [mailto:fantonifabio@tiscali.it]
>> Sent: 7. februar 2013 17:28
>> To: Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen
>> Cc: xen-devel; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini
>> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs
>>
>> Il 07/02/2013 13:48, Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen ha scritto:
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-devel-
>>>> bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Fabio Fantoni
>>>> Sent: 7. februar 2013 13:28
>>>> To: xen-devel; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini
>>>> Subject: [Xen-devel] Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs
>>>>
>>>> I haven't seen mail about eufi support on hvm domUs (ovmf) for a long
>> time.
>>>> I'm interested in trying it with xen-unstable.
>>>> Someone can tell me if there is something to add to have it working
>> and/or
>>>> ovmf git need to be updated?
>>> I have been running Windows 8 and server 2012 HVM on OVMF for some
>> time. I used the latest OVMF build from the edk2 source with xen-unstable.
>> It works fine, except that the vnc connection doesn't update the picture, so I
>> have to open and close the vnc window for updating the picture, until I have
>> enabled remote desktop in windows. I also tried to pass through some USB
>> ports with success, the passing through my intel hd 4000 gfx, does not work
>> even in secondary mode.
>>> /Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen
>> Thanks for reply.
>> I built successfull ovmf with xen-unstable with this changes:
>> ./configure --enable-ovmf
>> vi Config.mk
>> OVMF_UPSTREAM_URL ?= git://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git
>> OVMF_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= master
>> # Added patch for support gcc4.7 and rispective change in
>> tools/firmware/ovmf-makefile
>>
>> After that I tested it adding bios="ovmf" on domU's xl cfg.
>> The domU starts but performance is very poor (similar to qemu without
>> xen or kvm or worse).
>> Tried with Windows 7 and Fedora 18: they start loading but never reach a
>> complete boot (even after about 10 minutes).
> When you say that they newer reach a complete boot, have you then tried to close your vnc and reconnect?

I don't used vnc but Spice (basic without qxl), no error or warning in log.
Tried also with vnc but same problem.
The problem seem general domU performance.
Have you tried ovmf adding its vgabios?
Can you tell me your ovmf revision, build parameter and qemu version?

>> Are there any others specific task to do?
>>
>> Thanks for any reply.
>>
>>>> Thanks for any reply.
>>>>
>



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