From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36046) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1eah-0001VC-2X for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:28:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1eaf-0002Pa-M8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:28:58 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:65515) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1eaf-0002PP-E8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:28:57 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:29:59 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Message-ID: <20120815142959.GG3068@redhat.com> References: <20120815142301.GB13126@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120815142301.GB13126@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Q35 OS install status List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Jason Baron Cc: knoel@redhat.com, alex.williamson@redhat.com, jan.kiszka@siemens.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, agraf@suse.de, yamahata@valinux.co.jp, juzhang@redhat.com, anthony@codemonkey.ws, lcapitulino@redhat.com On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:23:01AM -0400, Jason Baron wrote: > Hi, > > Linux > ----- > Fedora 17: installs and ran memory tests (requires ahci cdrom fixes I > posted to install) > Fedora 16: installs and ran memory tests > > Windows > ------- > Windows 7: Wouldn't install due to this error: > 'A required cd/dvd device driver is missing. If you have a > driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.' > > That said, I did a successfull install on q35 by using the piix4-ide > controller for the cdrom and ide drive (passed on command line). > Also, I can get windows 7 now to recognize the ahci drives after boot by > going into the device manager and doing a rescan for new h/w. So > this appears to be a problem in the boot path... > > Windows xp: > > Same as windows 7, wouldn't install with ahci but will install using the > piix4-ide controller passed on command line. Not even sure if > windows xp has ahci support. > > BSD > --- > Luiz tested these for me. > > OpenBSD 5.1, FreeBSD 9.0 and NetBSD all worked with the ide controller > passed on the command line. AHCI didn't work. > > > Recently, I have been working on trying to get ahci working on Windows 7, > but if we are willing to go with the piix4-ide controller as the default for now > until we shake out ahci issues that might allow us to make faster > progress. I still need to clean up the trees a bit and re-base on top of > the QOM pcihost patches, but it shouldn't be too bad. > > Thanks, > > -Jason Good job Jason, nice to know you are making progress! Hope to see express patches soon, they have been long in coming. -- MST