From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: Re: Updating Xen 4.1.x xmexamples files (vfb line required for HVM guests) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:42:02 -0400 Message-ID: <20110926144202.GA7269@phenom.oracle.com> References: <201107231426.56811.jim_burn@bellsouth.net> <201107251548.19324.jim_burn@bellsouth.net> <20110725195723.GM32373@reaktio.net> <201107251639.17471.jim_burn@bellsouth.net> <20110725210550.GQ32373@reaktio.net> <1311694781.24408.57.camel@cthulhu.hellion.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1311694781.24408.57.camel@cthulhu.hellion.org.uk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Ian Campbell Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , "xen-users@lists.xensource.com" , jim burns List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 04:39:41PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 17:05 -0400, Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 04:39:16PM -0400, jim burns wrote: > > > On Mon July 25 2011 3:57:23 PM Pasi wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 03:48:18PM -0400, jim burns wrote: > > > > > On Mon July 25 2011 3:31:22 PM Pasi wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 02:26:56PM -0400, jim burns wrote: > > > > > > > Pls cc: me, as I am not subscribed. > > >=20 > > > > > > Hello, > > >=20 > > > > > Hi, Pasi! Long time no 'see'. > > >=20 > > > Btw, maybe you were following the thread '[Xen-devel] Failure to cr= eate HVM=20 > > > DomU at Xen 4.1 ( kernel 3.0.0-5-generic) Ubuntu 11.10 (alpha 2)'. = In my fork=20 > > > of that thread, I summarized many other threads over the last month= of people=20 > > > having problems starting an hvm domu under xen 4.1.x. Konrad finall= y provided=20 > > > the solution - 4.1.x requires the pv style vfb=3D line, not the ind= idvidual=20 > > > variables. >=20 > Perhaps I misunderstand this stuff but AIUI the vfb=3D line configures = a > Xen PV framebuffer device whereas the individual vnc*/sdl*/etc variable= s > configure the backend for the emulated VGA device. IOW they are pretty > much orthogonal and (for an HVM guest) both should work (dependent on > the required in-guest support being available). Also I'm not sure if > they can be used simultaneously, I expect they can. Seems you can (mix them both). I honestly had no idea and just used eithe= r one figuring it was 'xl' "bug". As in 'xm' it used to work with just individu= al 'vfb' lines. Hmm, should have reported this at some point - sorry about that.