* Several issues with Xen 4.1.1 regarding Windows guests (and more...)
@ 2011-09-13 22:09 Georg Bege
2011-09-13 23:14 ` Nathan March
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Georg Bege @ 2011-09-13 22:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xen-devel
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Hello
Im experiencing serveral issues right now, Im not well Xen experienced -
I tried it first in '06 and staid off from it since last week.
a) Im unable to install Windows 7 guests,
I can install them perfectly but on "Setup is preparing your computer
for first use" it simply stalls.
xentop says its in blocking mode, its consuming some cpu but just 1% or
so.
b) I managed to install Windows XP fine, however the performance (I/O in
general) is quite poor compared to VirtualBox.
c) If the XM hypervisor starts it holds several seconds on its
initialization.
(After the last loading module... line from grub)
d) Problem c) occurs again if the Dom0 kernel loads.
Additionally I'll append some outputs of xm dmesg, info and dmesg.
Im running Gentoo (mostly stable stuff / 64bit).
Im gonna give you my configs I used:
----------winxp-testing.hvm--------------
# -*- mode: python; -*-
import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search('64', arch): arch_libdir = 'lib64';
else: arch_libdir = 'lib';
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder='hvm'
memory=2048
name="WinXP-testing"
vcpus=2
pae=0
acpi=1
apic=1 # ignored if vcpus > 1
xen_extended_power_mgmt=0
cpus=""
vif=[ 'ip=10.0.0.1' ]
disk=[ 'tap:aio:/warehouse/xen-drives/winxp-testing.img,hda,w',
'file:/warehouse/images/windows/windows_aio.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
boot="cd"
device_model='/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
snapshot=0
sdl=1
opengl=1 # depends on sdl
vnc=0
monitor=1
stdvga=0
serial='pty'
tsc_mode=0
localtime=1
usb=1
usbdevice='tablet'
keymap='de'
xen_platform_pci=1
pci_power_mgmt=1
on_poweroff='destroy'
on_reboot='restart'
-----------------snip----------------------
-----------------win7-testing.hvm----------
# -*- mode: python; -*-
import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search('64', arch): arch_libdir = 'lib64';
else: arch_libdir = 'lib';
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder='hvm'
memory=2048
name="Win7-testing"
vcpus=2
pae=1
acpi=1
apic=1 # ignored if vcpus > 1
xen_extended_power_mgmt=0
cpus=""
vif=[ 'ip=10.0.0.1' ]
disk=[ 'tap:aio:/warehouse/xen-drives/win7-testing.img,hda,w',
'file:/warehouse/images/windows/win7_aio/win7aio.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
boot="dc"
device_model='/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
snapshot=0
sdl=1
opengl=1 # depends on sdl
vnc=0
monitor=1
stdvga=0
serial='pty'
tsc_mode=0
localtime=1
usb=1
usbdevice='tablet'
keymap='de'
xen_platform_pci=1
pci_power_mgmt=1
on_poweroff='destroy'
on_reboot='restart'
on_crash='restart'
--------------------snip-----------------------------------
--
Georg Bege <therion@ninth-art.de>
[-- Attachment #2: lscpu.txt --]
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Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 12
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-11
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 1
Socket(s): 12
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 44
Stepping: 2
CPU MHz: 2800.162
BogoMIPS: 5902.51
Hypervisor vendor: Xen
Virtualization type: none
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 256K
L3 cache: 12288K
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__ __ _ _ _ _
\ \/ /___ _ __ | || | / | / |
\ // _ \ \047_ \ | || |_ | | | |
/ \ __/ | | | |__ _|| |_| |
/_/\_\___|_| |_| |_|(_)_(_)_|
(XEN) Xen version 4.1.1 (root@ninth-art.net) (gcc version 4.5.3 (Gentoo 4.5.3-r1 p1.0, pie-0.4.5) ) Fri Sep 9 21:36:17 CEST 2011
(XEN) Latest ChangeSet: unavailable
(XEN) Bootloader: GNU GRUB 0.97
(XEN) Command line: iommu=1
(XEN) Video information:
(XEN) VGA is text mode 80x25, font 8x16
(XEN) VBE/DDC methods: none; EDID transfer time: 0 seconds
(XEN) EDID info not retrieved because no DDC retrieval method detected
(XEN) Disc information:
(XEN) Found 5 MBR signatures
(XEN) Found 5 EDD information structures
(XEN) Xen-e820 RAM map:
(XEN) 0000000000000000 - 000000000008f000 (usable)
(XEN) 000000000008f000 - 0000000000090000 (reserved)
(XEN) 0000000000090000 - 000000000009a400 (usable)
(XEN) 000000000009a400 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
(XEN) 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
(XEN) 0000000000100000 - 00000000cf49d000 (usable)
(XEN) 00000000cf49d000 - 00000000cf4bf000 (reserved)
(XEN) 00000000cf4bf000 - 00000000cf57d000 (usable)
(XEN) 00000000cf57d000 - 00000000cf7bf000 (ACPI NVS)
(XEN) 00000000cf7bf000 - 00000000cf7df000 (usable)
(XEN) 00000000cf7df000 - 00000000cf7ff000 (ACPI data)
(XEN) 00000000cf7ff000 - 00000000cf800000 (usable)
(XEN) 00000000cf800000 - 00000000d0000000 (reserved)
(XEN) 00000000f8000000 - 00000000fd000000 (reserved)
(XEN) 00000000ffe00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
(XEN) 0000000100000000 - 0000000330000000 (usable)
(XEN) ACPI: RSDP 000FE020, 0024 (r2 INTEL )
(XEN) ACPI: XSDT CF7FE120, 0074 (r1 INTEL DX58SO2 25B 1000013)
(XEN) ACPI: FACP CF7FD000, 00F4 (r3 INTEL DX58SO2 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) ACPI Warning (tbfadt-0444): Optional field "Pm2ControlBlock" has zero address or length: 0000000000000450/0 [20070126]
(XEN) ACPI: DSDT CF7F8000, 40AD (r2 INTEL DX58SO2 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) ACPI: FACS CF72A000, 0040
(XEN) ACPI: APIC CF7F7000, 0138 (r2 INTEL DX58SO2 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) ACPI: WDDT CF7F6000, 0040 (r1 INTEL DX58SO2 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) ACPI: MCFG CF7F5000, 003C (r1 INTEL DX58SO2 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) ACPI: ASF! CF7F4000, 00AC (r32 INTEL DX58SO2 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) ACPI: HPET CF7F3000, 0038 (r1 INTEL DX58SO2 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) ACPI: SSDT CF7E2000, E014 (r1 INTEL SSDT PM 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) ACPI: DMAR CF7DF000, 0180 (r1 INTEL DX58SO2 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) ACPI: WDTT CF7F1000, 020C (r2 INTEL DX58SO2 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) ACPI: ASPT CF7F2000, 0034 (r6 INTEL PerfTune 25B MSFT 100000D)
(XEN) System RAM: 12277MB (12571732kB)
(XEN) Domain heap initialised
(XEN) Processor #0 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #16 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #2 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #18 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #4 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #20 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #1 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #17 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #3 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #19 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #5 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) Processor #21 6:12 APIC version 21
(XEN) IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 8, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
(XEN) Enabling APIC mode: Phys. Using 1 I/O APICs
(XEN) Table is not found!
(XEN) Using scheduler: SMP Credit Scheduler (credit)
(XEN) Detected 2800.163 MHz processor.
(XEN) Initing memory sharing.
(XEN) Intel VT-d Snoop Control not enabled.
(XEN) Intel VT-d Dom0 DMA Passthrough not enabled.
(XEN) Intel VT-d Queued Invalidation enabled.
(XEN) Intel VT-d Interrupt Remapping enabled.
(XEN) Intel VT-d Shared EPT tables not enabled.
(XEN) I/O virtualisation enabled
(XEN) - Dom0 mode: Relaxed
(XEN) Enabled directed EOI with ioapic_ack_old on!
(XEN) ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
(XEN) -> Using old ACK method
(XEN) Platform timer is 14.318MHz HPET
(XEN) Allocated console ring of 32 KiB.
(XEN) VMX: Supported advanced features:
(XEN) - APIC MMIO access virtualisation
(XEN) - APIC TPR shadow
(XEN) - Extended Page Tables (EPT)
(XEN) - Virtual-Processor Identifiers (VPID)
(XEN) - Virtual NMI
(XEN) - MSR direct-access bitmap
(XEN) - Unrestricted Guest
(XEN) EPT supports 1GB super page.
(XEN) EPT supports 2MB super page.
(XEN) HVM: ASIDs enabled.
(XEN) HVM: VMX enabled
(XEN) HVM: Hardware Assisted Paging detected.
(XEN) Brought up 12 CPUs
(XEN) *** LOADING DOMAIN 0 ***
(XEN) Xen kernel: 64-bit, lsb, compat32
(XEN) Dom0 kernel: 64-bit, lsb, paddr 0x1000000 -> 0x16c0000
(XEN) PHYSICAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
(XEN) Dom0 alloc.: 0000000324000000->0000000326000000 (3057929 pages to be allocated)
(XEN) Init. ramdisk: 000000032fbb6000->0000000330000000
(XEN) VIRTUAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
(XEN) Loaded kernel: ffffffff81000000->ffffffff816c0000
(XEN) Init. ramdisk: 0000000000000000->0000000000000000
(XEN) Phys-Mach map: ffffea0000000000->ffffea0001766a98
(XEN) Start info: ffffffff816c0000->ffffffff816c04b4
(XEN) Page tables: ffffffff816c1000->ffffffff816d0000
(XEN) Boot stack: ffffffff816d0000->ffffffff816d1000
(XEN) TOTAL: ffffffff80000000->ffffffff81800000
(XEN) ENTRY ADDRESS: ffffffff81000000
(XEN) Dom0 has maximum 12 VCPUs
(XEN) Scrubbing Free RAM: .done.
(XEN) Xen trace buffers: disabled
(XEN) Std. Loglevel: Errors and warnings
(XEN) Guest Loglevel: Nothing (Rate-limited: Errors and warnings)
(XEN) Xen is relinquishing VGA console.
(XEN) *** Serial input -> DOM0 (type \047CTRL-a\047 three times to switch input to Xen)
(XEN) Freed 216kB init memory.
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host : kali
release : 2.6.38-xen-kali
version : #6 SMP Tue Sep 13 23:10:53 CEST 2011
machine : x86_64
nr_cpus : 12
nr_nodes : 1
cores_per_socket : 6
threads_per_core : 2
cpu_mhz : 2800
hw_caps : bfebfbff:2c100800:00000000:00003f40:029ae3bf:00000000:00000001:00000000
virt_caps : hvm hvm_directio
total_memory : 12277
free_memory : 15
free_cpus : 0
xen_major : 4
xen_minor : 1
xen_extra : .1
xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
xen_scheduler : credit
xen_pagesize : 4096
platform_params : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset : unavailable
xen_commandline : iommu=1
cc_compiler : gcc version 4.5.3 (Gentoo 4.5.3-r1 p1.0, pie-0.4.5)
cc_compile_by : root
cc_compile_domain : ninth-art.net
cc_compile_date : Fri Sep 9 21:36:17 CEST 2011
xend_config_format : 4
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* Re: Several issues with Xen 4.1.1 regarding Windows guests (and more...)
2011-09-13 22:09 Several issues with Xen 4.1.1 regarding Windows guests (and more...) Georg Bege
@ 2011-09-13 23:14 ` Nathan March
2011-09-14 15:06 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nathan March @ 2011-09-13 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: therion; +Cc: xen-devel
On 9/13/2011 3:09 PM, Georg Bege wrote:
> Hello
>
> Im experiencing serveral issues right now, Im not well Xen experienced -
> I tried it first in '06 and staid off from it since last week.
>
> b) I managed to install Windows XP fine, however the performance (I/O in
> general) is quite poor compared to VirtualBox.
Can't comment on the rest, but have you installed the gplpv drivers?
http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads/
The wiki has some details but is quite out of date:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv
On win2008 I install the OS, do a "bcedit /set testsigning on", reboot,
then install the gplpv.
- Nathan
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* Re: Several issues with Xen 4.1.1 regarding Windows guests (and more...)
2011-09-13 23:14 ` Nathan March
@ 2011-09-14 15:06 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2011-09-15 9:28 ` Stefano Stabellini
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk @ 2011-09-14 15:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nathan March; +Cc: xen-devel, therion
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 04:14:19PM -0700, Nathan March wrote:
>
>
> On 9/13/2011 3:09 PM, Georg Bege wrote:
> >Hello
> >
> >Im experiencing serveral issues right now, Im not well Xen experienced -
> >I tried it first in '06 and staid off from it since last week.
> >
> >b) I managed to install Windows XP fine, however the performance (I/O in
> >general) is quite poor compared to VirtualBox.
> Can't comment on the rest, but have you installed the gplpv drivers?
>
> http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads/
>
> The wiki has some details but is quite out of date:
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv
>
> On win2008 I install the OS, do a "bcedit /set testsigning on",
> reboot, then install the gplpv.
Or you can installed the signed versions:
http://marc.info/?i=201109090950.05043.muehlenhoff@univention.de
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* Re: Several issues with Xen 4.1.1 regarding Windows guests (and more...)
2011-09-14 15:06 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
@ 2011-09-15 9:28 ` Stefano Stabellini
2011-09-15 9:50 ` Moritz Mühlenhoff
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stefano Stabellini @ 2011-09-15 9:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, Nathan March, therion@ninth-art.de
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 04:14:19PM -0700, Nathan March wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 9/13/2011 3:09 PM, Georg Bege wrote:
> > >Hello
> > >
> > >Im experiencing serveral issues right now, Im not well Xen experienced -
> > >I tried it first in '06 and staid off from it since last week.
> > >
> > >b) I managed to install Windows XP fine, however the performance (I/O in
> > >general) is quite poor compared to VirtualBox.
> > Can't comment on the rest, but have you installed the gplpv drivers?
> >
> > http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads/
> >
> > The wiki has some details but is quite out of date:
> > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv
> >
> > On win2008 I install the OS, do a "bcedit /set testsigning on",
> > reboot, then install the gplpv.
>
> Or you can installed the signed versions:
>
> http://marc.info/?i=201109090950.05043.muehlenhoff@univention.de
we should add them to the wiki
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* Re: Several issues with Xen 4.1.1 regarding Windows guests (and more...)
2011-09-15 9:28 ` Stefano Stabellini
@ 2011-09-15 9:50 ` Moritz Mühlenhoff
2011-09-15 13:33 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Moritz Mühlenhoff @ 2011-09-15 9:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xen-devel
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, therion@ninth-art.de, Nathan March,
Stefano Stabellini
Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > On win2008 I install the OS, do a "bcedit /set testsigning on",
> > > reboot, then install the gplpv.
> >
> > Or you can installed the signed versions:
> >
> > http://marc.info/?i=201109090950.05043.muehlenhoff@univention.de
>
> we should add them to the wiki
It's probably easiest if you just place a link to this web page:
http://wiki.univention.de/index.php?title=Installing-signed-GPLPV-drivers
We'll keep this page updated for new installation hints, updated driver builds
etc.
Cheers,
Moritz
--
Moritz Mühlenhoff muehlenhoff@univention.de
Open Source Software Engineer and Consultant
Univention GmbH Linux for Your Business fon: +49 421 22 232- 0
Mary-Somerville-Str.1 28359 Bremen fax: +49 421 22 232-99
http://www.univention.de
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* Re: Several issues with Xen 4.1.1 regarding Windows guests (and more...)
2011-09-15 9:50 ` Moritz Mühlenhoff
@ 2011-09-15 13:33 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen @ 2011-09-15 13:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Moritz Mühlenhoff
Cc: Stefano Stabellini, xen-devel, therion@ninth-art.de, Nathan March,
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:50:57AM +0200, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote:
> Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>
> > > > On win2008 I install the OS, do a "bcedit /set testsigning on",
> > > > reboot, then install the gplpv.
> > >
> > > Or you can installed the signed versions:
> > >
> > > http://marc.info/?i=201109090950.05043.muehlenhoff@univention.de
> >
> > we should add them to the wiki
>
> It's probably easiest if you just place a link to this web page:
> http://wiki.univention.de/index.php?title=Installing-signed-GPLPV-drivers
>
> We'll keep this page updated for new installation hints, updated driver builds
> etc.
>
Ok, will do.. I have some other stuff to fix first,
so I'll try to clean up the gplpv stuff next week or so.
-- Pasi
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