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Hello, I'm looking for an example configuration for a PVHVM domU that works with 4.3.1. The one at http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Linux_PV_on_HVM_drivers causes 3 warnings and some errors: WARNING: ignoring "kernel" directive for HVM guest. Use "firmware_override" instead if you really want a non-default firmware WARNING: ignoring device_model directive. WARNING: Use "device_model_override" instead if you really want a non-default device_model xc: info: VIRTUAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT: Loader: 0000000000100000->000000000019ed04 Modul...

Hello, I hope that I am posting the correct list with this question. I have been trying to get VGA passthrough working on my system for some time now without success. I do not have the system with me right now, so I will not be able to provide any logs or error messages right now. I will be able to to do so in a couple of hours. I have a VT-d enabled system (Motherboard and CPU) on which I wish

Hello, I hope that I am posting the correct list with this question. I have been trying to get VGA passthrough working on my system for some time now without success. I do not have the system with me right now, so I will not be able to provide any logs or error messages right now. I will be able to to do so in a couple of hours. I have a VT-d enabled system (Motherboard and CPU) on which I wish

...gration target: Ready to receive domain. Saving to migration stream new xl format (info 0x0/0x0/1450) Loading new save file <incoming migration stream> (new xl fmt info 0x0/0x0/1450) Savefile contains xl domain config WARNING: ignoring "kernel" directive for HVM guest. Use "firmware_override" instead if you really want a non-default firmware xc: progress: Reloading memory pages: 56320/1114193 5% xc: progress: Reloading memory pages: 1003520/1114193 90% DEBUG libxl__blktap_devpath 37 aio:/mnt/gtc_disk_p1/nathanwin/drive_c DEBUG libxl__blktap_devpath 40 /dev/xen/blktap-2/ta...

...ments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:0 .... --------------------------DomU configuration file------------------------ name = "winxp" #kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" firmware_override = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" builder=''hvm'' #device_model_stubdomain_override = 1 #device_model=''qemu-dm'' #device_model=''stubdom'' #device_model=''stubdom-dm'' #device_model=''qemu-xen'' memory = 3096...

...), diff -r adcd6ab160fa -r 3c10ba854d37 tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c --- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c Thu Feb 23 10:29:27 2012 +0000 +++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c Wed Feb 29 13:00:06 2012 +0000 @@ -704,6 +704,12 @@ static void parse_config_data(const char xlu_cfg_replace_string (config, "firmware_override", &b_info->u.hvm.firmware, 0); + if (!xlu_cfg_get_string(config, "bios", &buf, 0) && + libxl_bios_type_from_string(buf, &b_info->u.hvm.bios)) { + fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: invalid value \&q...

The following series flushes my documentation queue and replaces previous postings of those patches. The main difference is that the xl cfg file is now formatted using POD instead of markdown and presented as a manpage. I have setup a cron job to build docs/html and publish it at http://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/ (it''s a bit bare right now). The motivation for some of these patches