From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" Subject: Re: Dear Tobias Geiger, I Need Help with Xen VGA Passthrough to Windows 8 Consumer Preview/ XP (Xen 4.2-unstable) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:22:44 +0800 Message-ID: <4F71E954.10100@gmail.com> References: <4F718CE9.6020202@gmail.com><201203271534.01308.tobias.geiger@vido.info><4F71C98A.8060209@gmail.com> <201203271653.33267.tobias.geiger@vido.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: djmagee@mageenet.net Cc: Tobias Geiger , "Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" , xen-devel@lists.xen.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org With ATI VGA cards, you still need to patch Xen 4.2-unstable? I thought Tob= ia Geiger said that patches are not required? Thank you very much. -- = Yours sincerely, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Singapore On 28/03/2012 00:07, djmagee@mageenet.net wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-devel- >> bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Tobias Geiger >> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:54 AM >> To: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) >> Cc: xen-users@lists.xen.org; Ren,Yongjie; David TECHER; Zhang,Xiantao; >> xen-devel@lists.xen.org >> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Dear Tobias Geiger,I Need Help with Xen VGA >> Passthrough to Windows 8 Consumer Preview/ XP (Xen 4.2-unstable) >> >> i can only say for sure that it works with a "Radeon HD 6970" - thats >> what i'm >> using. stay away from dual-gpu cards, they have a more complex pci-bus >> structure which may not work when passed-through. >> The newer 7XXX may also work, i also think i read something about 5XXX >> cards >> working - but don't take any older ones. > I've had a working configuration for a few months now with a 4770. > >> that said i can only tell for sure it works with the mentioned 6970 - >> simply >> because i haven't tested any other cards yet myself. >> >> regarding the patches - they should be the same, as he claims somewhere >> that >> he took mine and forward-ported them to a then recent xen version. >> >> With the ati card above you don't need any patches at all. none from >> david >> techer, none from ati. pure vanilla xen (4.X or unstable) is enough. > However, this configuration lacks the VBIOS passthrough, so one needs to = use VNC to install the drivers. There is an old patch floating around that= does ATI bios passthrough, but it would need to be forward ported. That = being said, I never cared too much, since I can't use my passthrough'd USB = keyboard to do anything in the guest until an OS loads with USB support. > > Hmmm, actually, I wonder if seabios supports USB keyboards... > >> Greetings >> Tobias >> >> >> Am Dienstag, 27. M=E4rz 2012, 16:07:06 schrieb Teo En Ming (Zhang >> Enming): >>> Dear Tobias Geiger, >>> >>> One final request from me: Can you check whether the Xen VGA >> Passthrough >>> patches hosted at David TECHER's official blog are the same as yours? >>> >>> David Techer told me it's a NVIDIA driver issue, which I don't think >> so. >>> I seriously wonder what's wrong with the glitch. I am using NVIDIA >>> driver version 296.17 for Windows 8 Consumer Preview. >>> >>> Xen VGA Passthrough to Windows 8 Consumer Preview: I can watch >> Youtube >>> videos with audio/sound and surf the internet as well. But I just >> can't >>> run 3d graphics benchmarks. Only 2d graphics benchmarks can be run. >>> >>> By the way, I have only recently bought this Palit NVIDIA Geforce >> 8400 >>> GS at SGD$44. If I buy an ATI card, what would you recommend that is >>> CHEAP? Must be PCI Express x16. Then do you think the Xen VGA >>> Passthrough patches are necessary any more? >>> >>> Please refer to the computer hardware pricelist here >>> http://www.fuwell.com.sg/uploads/misc/Fuwell240312.pdf and recommend >> me >>> a cheap ATI card. Preferably SGD$50. >>> >>> Finally, Xen VGA Passthrough to Windows XP Home Edition also has the >>> yellow exclamation mark glitch with NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS. With Xen >>> 4.2-unstable. >>> >>> Thank you very much. >>> >>>> Hi Teo, >>>> >>>> sorry to hear that it didn't help. >>>> >>>> Unfortunatly thats all the hints i'm able to give you - from now on >>>> you're out there alone so to speak :) >>>> >>>> Good luck - or (even on the danger of repeating myself:) just buy >> an ATI >>>> card... >>>> >>>> Greetings >>>> Tobias >>>> >>>> Am Dienstag, 27. M=E4rz 2012, 15:10:00 schrieb Teo En Ming (Zhang >> Enming): >>>>> On 27/03/2012 19:55, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: >>>>>> Dear Tobias Geiger, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you for reading through my Xen VGA Passthrough Version 1.6 >>>>>> documentation. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am now trying out your suggestion, i.e. expose the 4th memory >> range. >>>>>> When I refer to David Techer's official blog and his emails, he >> only >>>>>> mention the first 3 memory ranges. When I asked David Techer what >>>>>> about the 4th memory range, he said nothing. >>>>>> >>>>>> Let's hope I get lucky and get the yellow exclamation mark with >> NVIDIA >>>>>> Geforce 8400 GS (ie Xen VGA Passthrough to Windows 8 Consumer >> Preview >>>>>> *PARTIAL* success) FIXED. >>>>>> >>>>>> By the way, what is the problem with my Xen WIKI? Xen.org >>>>>> administrator Mr. Lars Kurth edited my Xen Wiki pages for me. >>>>>> >>>>>> If it works, I will have Xen VGA Passthrough Version 1.7 >> documentation >>>>>> and FINAL as well. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you very much for reading through my documentation and >> giving me >>>>>> suggestions. I hope it works now. >>>>> Dear Tobias Geiger, >>>>> >>>>> I have just exposed the 4th memory region, patched dsdt.asl, >> recompiled >>>>> and reinstalled Xen 4.2-unstable but IT STILL DOESN'T WORK. There >> is >>>>> still a yellow exclamation mark besides NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS in >> Xen >>>>> VGA Passthrough to Windows 8 Consumer Preview. >>>>> >>>>> I still cannot run 3d graphics benchmarks. Only 2d graphics >> benchmarks >>>>> can run. >>>>> >>>>> Please read through my Xen VGA Passthrough Version 1.6 >> documentation >>>>> again to see if there are any mistakes. Please. Please. Please. I >> want >>>>> to fix that glitch. Any more ideas? >>>>> >>>>> I hope some expert engineers at Intel Corporation (Han Weidong, >> Zhang >>>>> Xiantao, and Ren Yongjie) can fix this glitch with Xen VGA >> Passthrough >>>>> to Windows 8 Consumer Preview. They are after all the original >>>>> authors/developers who wrote the Xen VGA Passthrough patches. But >> Han >>>>> Weidong has left Intel Corp, I think. He was still at Intel 3 >> years ago. >>>>> Thank you very much. Eagerly awaiting your reply. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-devel mailing list >> Xen-devel@lists.xen.org >> http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel