James Harper
2009-Apr-03 12:03 UTC
[Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read this email before installing. The downloads can be found at http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads There is now one download per platform/architecture, named as follows: gplpv_<chk/fre>_<platform>_<arch>_<version>.msi chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these if you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bits Please uninstall any 0.9.x.x or older version completely before installing this one. Some users have reported that uninstalling has caused problems so make sure you back up your DomU first. The major changes are: . Using WiX instead of NSIS to build the installer . Each platform/arch is in a separate installer . As per recent 0.9.x releases, no need for /GPLPV on the boot.ini file . Drivers are disabled when booting in safe mode . Add /NOGPLPV to the boot.ini file to disable drivers . Add /PATCHTPR to the boot.ini file to make XP run faster . Hiding of qemu devices with Xen 3.4 (or patched prior version) Please make sure your system is backed up before testing, and please test on a spare DomU first too - it is possible that the version of Xen that ships with your distribution of choice is not compatible with these drivers for some reason. Please do let me know if that is the case though as I can probably fix it. James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Vladislav Karpenko
2009-Apr-03 12:45 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
dear James! Great news! But u didnt say how to uninstall older driver, showld I use instructions from here for Xen PV Drivers 0.9.12-pre13? http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv/Installing 3 апр. 2009, в 15:03, James Harper написал(а):> New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > this email before installing. > > The downloads can be found at http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads > There is now one download per platform/architecture, named as follows: > gplpv_<chk/fre>_<platform>_<arch>_<version>.msi > > chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these > if > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) > fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info > platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 > arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bits > > Please uninstall any 0.9.x.x or older version completely before > installing this one. Some users have reported that uninstalling has > caused problems so make sure you back up your DomU first. > > The major changes are: > . Using WiX instead of NSIS to build the installer > . Each platform/arch is in a separate installer > . As per recent 0.9.x releases, no need for /GPLPV on the boot.ini > file > . Drivers are disabled when booting in safe mode > . Add /NOGPLPV to the boot.ini file to disable drivers > . Add /PATCHTPR to the boot.ini file to make XP run faster > . Hiding of qemu devices with Xen 3.4 (or patched prior version) > > Please make sure your system is backed up before testing, and please > test on a spare DomU first too - it is possible that the version of > Xen > that ships with your distribution of choice is not compatible with > these > drivers for some reason. Please do let me know if that is the case > though as I can probably fix it. > > James > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Andrew Lyon
2009-Apr-03 13:55 UTC
[Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:03 PM, James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> wrote:> New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > this email before installing. > > The downloads can be found at http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads > There is now one download per platform/architecture, named as follows: > gplpv_<chk/fre>_<platform>_<arch>_<version>.msi > > chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these if > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) > fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info > platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 > arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bits > > Please uninstall any 0.9.x.x or older version completely before > installing this one. Some users have reported that uninstalling has > caused problems so make sure you back up your DomU first. > > The major changes are: > . Using WiX instead of NSIS to build the installer > . Each platform/arch is in a separate installer > . As per recent 0.9.x releases, no need for /GPLPV on the boot.ini file > . Drivers are disabled when booting in safe mode > . Add /NOGPLPV to the boot.ini file to disable drivers > . Add /PATCHTPR to the boot.ini file to make XP run faster > . Hiding of qemu devices with Xen 3.4 (or patched prior version) > > Please make sure your system is backed up before testing, and please > test on a spare DomU first too - it is possible that the version of Xen > that ships with your distribution of choice is not compatible with these > drivers for some reason. Please do let me know if that is the case > though as I can probably fix it. > > James > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >James, I completely removed 0.10.0.43 from my 2008 hvm and tried to install the new version but it said that there was a error and the installation rolled back, I had to reinstall 0.10.0.43. Andy _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
David
2009-Apr-03 18:38 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
Great release. xm save/restore now works, xm shutdown doesnt seem to work though? Many thanks and great work. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@gmail.com> wrote:> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:03 PM, James Harper > <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> wrote: > > New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > > this email before installing. > > > > The downloads can be found at http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads > > There is now one download per platform/architecture, named as follows: > > gplpv_<chk/fre>_<platform>_<arch>_<version>.msi > > > > chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these if > > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) > > fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info > > platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 > > arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bits > > > > Please uninstall any 0.9.x.x or older version completely before > > installing this one. Some users have reported that uninstalling has > > caused problems so make sure you back up your DomU first. > > > > The major changes are: > > . Using WiX instead of NSIS to build the installer > > . Each platform/arch is in a separate installer > > . As per recent 0.9.x releases, no need for /GPLPV on the boot.ini file > > . Drivers are disabled when booting in safe mode > > . Add /NOGPLPV to the boot.ini file to disable drivers > > . Add /PATCHTPR to the boot.ini file to make XP run faster > > . Hiding of qemu devices with Xen 3.4 (or patched prior version) > > > > Please make sure your system is backed up before testing, and please > > test on a spare DomU first too - it is possible that the version of Xen > > that ships with your distribution of choice is not compatible with these > > drivers for some reason. Please do let me know if that is the case > > though as I can probably fix it. > > > > James > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > James, > > I completely removed 0.10.0.43 from my 2008 hvm and tried to install > the new version but it said that there was a error and the > installation rolled back, I had to reinstall 0.10.0.43. > > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Andrew Lyon
2009-Apr-03 19:03 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:38 PM, David <admin@dmarkey.com> wrote:> Great release. > > > xm save/restore now works, xm shutdown doesnt seem to work though?I found that when upgrading the drivers the shutdownmon service ended up not working, what fixed it for me was stopping the service before reinstalling/upgrading the drivers, then try starting the service and "xm shutdown", that worked for me on one system but on another I had to use shutdownmon -u (remove service) and shutdownmon -i (install service) to get it working, I''ve also noticed that you can use shutdownmon -o to remove the older .net version of the service if you have older gplpv drivers installed. I''ve CC''ed James as I have a feeling that the installer doesn''t stop the service before trying to upgrade it? Andy> > > Many thanks and great work. > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:03 PM, James Harper >> <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> wrote: >> > New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read >> > this email before installing. >> > >> > The downloads can be found at http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads >> > There is now one download per platform/architecture, named as follows: >> > gplpv_<chk/fre>_<platform>_<arch>_<version>.msi >> > >> > chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these if >> > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) >> > fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info >> > platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 >> > arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bits >> > >> > Please uninstall any 0.9.x.x or older version completely before >> > installing this one. Some users have reported that uninstalling has >> > caused problems so make sure you back up your DomU first. >> > >> > The major changes are: >> > . Using WiX instead of NSIS to build the installer >> > . Each platform/arch is in a separate installer >> > . As per recent 0.9.x releases, no need for /GPLPV on the boot.ini file >> > . Drivers are disabled when booting in safe mode >> > . Add /NOGPLPV to the boot.ini file to disable drivers >> > . Add /PATCHTPR to the boot.ini file to make XP run faster >> > . Hiding of qemu devices with Xen 3.4 (or patched prior version) >> > >> > Please make sure your system is backed up before testing, and please >> > test on a spare DomU first too - it is possible that the version of Xen >> > that ships with your distribution of choice is not compatible with these >> > drivers for some reason. Please do let me know if that is the case >> > though as I can probably fix it. >> > >> > James >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Xen-users mailing list >> > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> > >> >> James, >> >> I completely removed 0.10.0.43 from my 2008 hvm and tried to install >> the new version but it said that there was a error and the >> installation rolled back, I had to reinstall 0.10.0.43. >> >> >> Andy >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Fajar A. Nugraha
2009-Apr-04 00:33 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:03 PM, James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> wrote:> New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > this email before installing.Hi James, Are these drivers signed? I see weird results in that : - windows 2008 x64 refuses to start without "disable driver signing enforcement" because xenpci.sys is not signed - device manager -> Xen PCI device driver says "Digital Signer: www.meadowcourt.org", but driver details shows three files (xenhide.sys, xenpci.sys, WdfCoInstaller01007.dll) and none of them are signed. Similar thing goes for Xen Net and Xen Block Device. Perhaps you need to sign those files as well? Comparing to drivers for Qemu disk drive, all of its files are signed. Installation-wise, I had to do the same workaround as with 0.9.12-pre13 in terms of several reboots and selecting "NOGPLV" first (probably because Windows still consider the drivers as not digitally signed). Functionality-wise, networking does NOT work, even after disabling LSO (which is enough to make 0.9.12-pre13 work). This is on opensolaris snv_110. I''ll try Linux dom0 later. Regards, Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
James Harper
2009-Apr-04 01:01 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:03 PM, James Harper > <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> wrote: > > New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Pleaseread> > this email before installing. > > Hi James, > > Are these drivers signed? I see weird results in that : > - windows 2008 x64 refuses to start without "disable driver signing > enforcement" because xenpci.sys is not signed > - device manager -> Xen PCI device driver says "Digital Signer: > www.meadowcourt.org", but driver details shows three files > (xenhide.sys, xenpci.sys, WdfCoInstaller01007.dll) and none of them > are signed. Similar thing goes for Xen Net and Xen Block Device. > Perhaps you need to sign those files as well? Comparing to drivers for > Qemu disk drive, all of its files are signed. > > Installation-wise, I had to do the same workaround as with > 0.9.12-pre13 in terms of several reboots and selecting "NOGPLV" first > (probably because Windows still consider the drivers as not digitally > signed). > > Functionality-wise, networking does NOT work, even after disabling LSO > (which is enough to make 0.9.12-pre13 work). > > This is on opensolaris snv_110. I''ll try Linux dom0 later. >Please let me know how you go with Linux. All the drivers _should_ be signed, but it''s possible my signing script has bugs in it... James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Fajar A. Nugraha
2009-Apr-04 07:53 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 8:01 AM, James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> wrote:>> Are these drivers signed? I see weird results in that : >> - windows 2008 x64 refuses to start without "disable driver signing >> enforcement" because xenpci.sys is not signed> Please let me know how you go with Linux. > > All the drivers _should_ be signed, but it''s possible my signing script > has bugs in it...So I just tried it on Linux dom0, Windows 2008 x64, and found out two things: - Your signing script is correct, but Windows needs additional setting.>From http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/02/26/unable-to-disable-integrity-checks-cause-drivers-not-found-in-64-bit-vista-x64/, I have to run "bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON" to have Windows honor testsign drivers. Perhaps you should update instructions on http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv/Installing - Xen vbd works, but Xen Net doesn''t work. It says "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing (Code 39)". Realtek NIC is also not working (which is correct when GPLV active), which leaves me no NIC. This is on RHEL 5.3 with Xen 3.3.1 from Gitco. I haven''t test Windows 2003 x86 yet (they''re still using 0.9.12-pre13, which works correctly), so it might be Windows 2008 x64 specific issue. Regards, Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Fajar A. Nugraha
2009-Apr-04 14:27 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha <fajar@fajar.net> wrote:> So I just tried it on Linux dom0, Windows 2008 x64, and found out two things: > - Your signing script is correct, but Windows needs additional setting. > From http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/02/26/unable-to-disable-integrity-checks-cause-drivers-not-found-in-64-bit-vista-x64/ > , I have to run "bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON" to have Windows > honor testsign drivers. Perhaps you should update instructions on > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv/Installing > - Xen vbd works, but Xen Net doesn''t work. It says "Windows cannot > load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted > or missing (Code 39)". Realtek NIC is also not working (which is > correct when GPLV active), which leaves me no NIC.Upon further testing on Linux dom0, I find out that "testsigning" behaves differently from "Disable driver signing enforcement" for GPLV. - With "testsigning" : Xen vbd works, Xen net does not work (which is what I posted above) - With "Disable driver signing enforcement": both Xen vbd and Xen net works. Is it possible that perhaps with "testsigning" Xen net (incorrectly) assume that it''s on safe mode and thus refused to start? WIth Opensolaris dom0, the behavior is somewhat similar to Linux dom0 with the difference that : - with "testsigning": Xennet refused to start (with yellow exclamantion mark) on both 0.9.12-pre13 and 0.10.0.47 while Xen vbd works correctly (the same behavior as Linux dom0) - with 0.9.12-pre13 and "Disable driver signing enforcement" : xen net works if I set LSO off - with 0.10.0.47 and "Disable driver signing enforcement" : xen net seems to start, but no packet pass through. Perhaps I need to disable some more offload, will check later. Regards, Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
John McMonagle
2009-May-01 16:02 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
I''m trying some installations of xp and server 2003. Looks very good so far. I''d like to try 64 bit XP. I do not see a driver? Will the wnet version work? Thanks John On Friday 03 April 2009 07:03:55 am James Harper wrote:> New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > this email before installing. > > The downloads can be found at http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads > There is now one download per platform/architecture, named as follows: > gplpv_<chk/fre>_<platform>_<arch>_<version>.msi > > chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these if > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) > fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info > platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 > arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bits > > Please uninstall any 0.9.x.x or older version completely before > installing this one. Some users have reported that uninstalling has > caused problems so make sure you back up your DomU first. > > The major changes are: > . Using WiX instead of NSIS to build the installer > . Each platform/arch is in a separate installer > . As per recent 0.9.x releases, no need for /GPLPV on the boot.ini file > . Drivers are disabled when booting in safe mode > . Add /NOGPLPV to the boot.ini file to disable drivers > . Add /PATCHTPR to the boot.ini file to make XP run faster > . Hiding of qemu devices with Xen 3.4 (or patched prior version) > > Please make sure your system is backed up before testing, and please > test on a spare DomU first too - it is possible that the version of Xen > that ships with your distribution of choice is not compatible with these > drivers for some reason. Please do let me know if that is the case > though as I can probably fix it. > > James > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
David
2009-May-01 20:41 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
is 2k supported at all? On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 5:02 PM, John McMonagle <johnm@advocap.org> wrote:> I''m trying some installations of xp and server 2003. > > Looks very good so far. > I''d like to try 64 bit XP. > I do not see a driver? > Will the wnet version work? > > Thanks > > John > > On Friday 03 April 2009 07:03:55 am James Harper wrote: > > New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > > this email before installing. > > > > The downloads can be found at http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads > > There is now one download per platform/architecture, named as follows: > > gplpv_<chk/fre>_<platform>_<arch>_<version>.msi > > > > chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these if > > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) > > fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info > > platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 > > arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bits > > > > Please uninstall any 0.9.x.x or older version completely before > > installing this one. Some users have reported that uninstalling has > > caused problems so make sure you back up your DomU first. > > > > The major changes are: > > . Using WiX instead of NSIS to build the installer > > . Each platform/arch is in a separate installer > > . As per recent 0.9.x releases, no need for /GPLPV on the boot.ini file > > . Drivers are disabled when booting in safe mode > > . Add /NOGPLPV to the boot.ini file to disable drivers > > . Add /PATCHTPR to the boot.ini file to make XP run faster > > . Hiding of qemu devices with Xen 3.4 (or patched prior version) > > > > Please make sure your system is backed up before testing, and please > > test on a spare DomU first too - it is possible that the version of Xen > > that ships with your distribution of choice is not compatible with these > > drivers for some reason. Please do let me know if that is the case > > though as I can probably fix it. > > > > James > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
John McMonagle
2009-May-01 21:11 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
I''m rather new to this, apparently windows 2000 is no longer supported but server 2003 and 2008 are. John On Friday 01 May 2009 03:41:47 pm David wrote:> is 2k supported at all? > > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 5:02 PM, John McMonagle <johnm@advocap.org> wrote: > > I''m trying some installations of xp and server 2003. > > > > Looks very good so far. > > I''d like to try 64 bit XP. > > I do not see a driver? > > Will the wnet version work? > > > > Thanks > > > > John > > > > On Friday 03 April 2009 07:03:55 am James Harper wrote: > > > New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > > > this email before installing. > > > > > > The downloads can be found at http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads > > > There is now one download per platform/architecture, named as follows: > > > gplpv_<chk/fre>_<platform>_<arch>_<version>.msi > > > > > > chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these if > > > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) > > > fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info > > > platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 > > > arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bits > > > > > > Please uninstall any 0.9.x.x or older version completely before > > > installing this one. Some users have reported that uninstalling has > > > caused problems so make sure you back up your DomU first. > > > > > > The major changes are: > > > . Using WiX instead of NSIS to build the installer > > > . Each platform/arch is in a separate installer > > > . As per recent 0.9.x releases, no need for /GPLPV on the boot.ini file > > > . Drivers are disabled when booting in safe mode > > > . Add /NOGPLPV to the boot.ini file to disable drivers > > > . Add /PATCHTPR to the boot.ini file to make XP run faster > > > . Hiding of qemu devices with Xen 3.4 (or patched prior version) > > > > > > Please make sure your system is backed up before testing, and please > > > test on a spare DomU first too - it is possible that the version of Xen > > > that ships with your distribution of choice is not compatible with > > > these drivers for some reason. Please do let me know if that is the > > > case though as I can probably fix it. > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xen-users mailing list > > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Nick Couchman
2009-May-01 21:40 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
No, not in the newest versions of the drivers. If you go back and look for James'' posts where he announces the 0.10.x versions, I believe he states this. -Nick>>> On 2009/05/01 at 14:41, David <admin@dmarkey.com> wrote:is 2k supported at all? On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 5:02 PM, John McMonagle <johnm@advocap.org> wrote: I''m trying some installations of xp and server 2003. Looks very good so far. I''d like to try 64 bit XP. I do not see a driver? Will the wnet version work? Thanks John On Friday 03 April 2009 07:03:55 am James Harper wrote:> New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > this email before installing. > > The downloads can be found at http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads > There is now one download per platform/architecture, named as follows: > gplpv_<chk/fre>_<platform>_<arch>_<version>.msi > > chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these if > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) > fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info > platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 > arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bits > > Please uninstall any 0.9.x.x or older version completely before > installing this one. Some users have reported that uninstalling has > caused problems so make sure you back up your DomU first. > > The major changes are: > . Using WiX instead of NSIS to build the installer > . Each platform/arch is in a separate installer > . As per recent 0.9.x releases, no need for /GPLPV on the boot.ini file > . Drivers are disabled when booting in safe mode > . Add /NOGPLPV to the boot.ini file to disable drivers > . Add /PATCHTPR to the boot.ini file to make XP run faster > . Hiding of qemu devices with Xen 3.4 (or patched prior version) > > Please make sure your system is backed up before testing, and please > test on a spare DomU first too - it is possible that the version of Xen > that ships with your distribution of choice is not compatible with these > drivers for some reason. Please do let me know if that is the case > though as I can probably fix it. > > James > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users -------- This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If this email is not intended for you, or you are not responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient, please note that this message may contain SEAKR Engineering (SEAKR) Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you are strictly prohibited from downloading, photocopying, distributing or otherwise using this message, its contents or attachments in any way. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this e-mail and delete the message from your mailbox. Information contained in this message that does not relate to the business of SEAKR is neither endorsed by nor attributable to SEAKR. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
James Harper
2009-May-02 01:14 UTC
[Xen-devel] RE: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
> > is 2k supported at all? >No. There was an installer built for it in previous versions but all reports were that it didn''t work. James _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
John McMonagle
2009-May-02 12:30 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
On Friday 01 May 2009 08:14:51 pm James Harper wrote:> > is 2k supported at all? > > No. There was an installer built for it in previous versions but all > reports were that it didn''t work. > > James >James How about 64 bit xp? John _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
John McMonagle
2009-May-04 18:20 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
I just tried the 64 bit server 2003 0.9.11 driver with 64 bit xp and it seems to work OK. Is that what one should use? John On Saturday 02 May 2009 07:30:45 am John McMonagle wrote:> How about 64 bit xp? > > John >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Jody Belka
2009-Jun-09 12:26 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
On 03/04/2009 13:03, James Harper wrote:> New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > this email before installing. > > chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these if > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) > fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info > platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 > arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bitsHi James, I thought you''d be interested in this. I just tried loading the drivers (checked build) up on a 32-bit Windows 7 domain. Unfortunately, it results in a blue-screen during boot. I''ve attached a screen-grab of the blue-screen. If there''s anything I can do to help track this down let me know. Regards, Jody _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
James Harper
2009-Jun-09 13:24 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
> > On 03/04/2009 13:03, James Harper wrote: > > New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > > this email before installing. > > > > chk is a 'checked' build which contains debug info (please use these if > > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) > > fre is a 'free' build which contains no debug info > > platform is 'wxp' for XP, 'wnet' for 2003, and 'wlh' for Vista/2008 > > arch is 'x86' for 32 bit and 'AMD64' for 64 bits > > Hi James, > > I thought you'd be interested in this. I just tried loading the drivers > (checked build) up on a 32-bit Windows 7 domain. Unfortunately, it > results in a blue-screen during boot. > > I've attached a screen-grab of the blue-screen. If there's anything I > can do to help track this down let me know. >A few people have reported trying the drivers on W7 and met with the same sorts of errors. 0x7B is 'boot device not found' and will most likely be because the drivers haven't installed properly. You can try booting with /NOGPLPV in the W7 equivalent of the boot.ini file (I forget how to do that) and see if the install completes, but I don't do a W7 build at this time (you are using Vista/2008 I assume?) so unless you can build it yourself, you'll have to wait until I get around to it :) James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Jody Belka
2009-Jun-09 13:39 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 11:24:29PM +1000, James Harper wrote:> > > > On 03/04/2009 13:03, James Harper wrote: > > > New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read > > > this email before installing. > > > > > > chk is a ''checked'' build which contains debug info (please use these if > > > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :) > > > fre is a ''free'' build which contains no debug info > > > platform is ''wxp'' for XP, ''wnet'' for 2003, and ''wlh'' for Vista/2008 > > > arch is ''x86'' for 32 bit and ''AMD64'' for 64 bits > > > > Hi James, > > > > I thought you''d be interested in this. I just tried loading the drivers > > (checked build) up on a 32-bit Windows 7 domain. Unfortunately, it > > results in a blue-screen during boot. > > > > I''ve attached a screen-grab of the blue-screen. If there''s anything I > > can do to help track this down let me know. > > > > A few people have reported trying the drivers on W7 and met with the same sorts of errors. 0x7B is ''boot device not found'' and will most likely be because the drivers haven''t installed properly. You can try booting with /NOGPLPV in the W7 equivalent of the boot.ini file (I forget how to do that) and see if the install completes, but I don''t do a W7 build at this time (you are using Vista/2008 I assume?) so unless you can build it yourself, you''ll have to wait until I get around to it :)Booting with nogplpv does let things start up successfully. Doesn''t complete any installation though as far as I can see; rebooting without the flag by mistake resulted in the same crash. I am indeed using the Vista/2008 install, yes. Oh well, can live without for now :) Jody _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Jody Belka
2009-Aug-07 13:47 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 02:39:22PM +0100, Jody Belka wrote:> On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 11:24:29PM +1000, James Harper wrote: > > A few people have reported trying the drivers on W7 and met with the same sorts of errors. 0x7B is ''boot device not found'' and will most likely be because the drivers haven''t installed properly. You can try booting with /NOGPLPV in the W7 equivalent of the boot.ini file (I forget how to do that) and see if the install completes, but I don''t do a W7 build at this time (you are using Vista/2008 I assume?) so unless you can build it yourself, you''ll have to wait until I get around to it :) > > Booting with nogplpv does let things start up successfully. Doesn''t complete > any installation though as far as I can see; rebooting without the flag by > mistake resulted in the same crash. I am indeed using the Vista/2008 install, > yes. Oh well, can live without for now :)I was wondering if you''d had a chance to work on W7 just yet? It''s not too much of a hardship running qemu, the performance is decent enough for a dev platform, but would obviously be nice to use gplpv. J _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users