Hi all, I noticed that the VGA passthrough code which was in XCI is not there anymore. Does anyone know if it has been removed? Thanks. - BH _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
2009/5/28 Beng Heng, Ng <bengheng@eecs.umich.edu>:> Hi all, > > I noticed that the VGA passthrough code which was in XCI is not there > anymore. Does anyone know if it has been removed? Thanks. >Hi, We recently rebase our tree to xen-3.4, and we''ve decided to switch to patch queues for 3 components (xen, ioemu, linux-2.6.27). The patch queues are located here: - http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb?p=xenclient/xen-pq.git;a=summary - http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb?p=xenclient/ioemu-pq.git;a=summary BTW, the build system based on builroot takes care to apply the patch queue on the top of the snapshots we have. For more information you can go to http://xenbits.xen.org/xenclient/. Thanks, -- Jean Guyader _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Carsten Schiers
2009-May-29 14:03 UTC
[Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1
Dear all, just to sumarize the "different" behavior when changing from 3.3.1 to 3.4: - as already reported, ondemand manager in dom0-kernel doesn''t step, manual setting works so it seems a bit like the communication between dom0 and hypervisor regarding idle time is not working - all beside one domu use Xen 3.4.0 kernel, the one who uses it''s customized kernel won''t start up as first domu. It simply hangs and this prevents also all other domus (I all auto start them, no save/restore) don''t come up. When I start the chain with a different one and this (with the different kernel) is started as #2 or #3, not problem - one domu is for vdr with three dvb pci cards passed trough. This one, when started as the first one, will cause xentop to show 20% load. When restarted or started as #2, the load is like with 3.3.1 at roughly 3-5%. Any ideas how to further trace down the problems is welcome, as I am not very good with xentrace or enabling debug. I should add: the only difference in config is enabling MSI. Some files are attached. Just tell me what you need and I send others. Best Regards, Carsten. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Keir Fraser
2009-May-29 15:02 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1
On 29/05/2009 15:03, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote:> - as already reported, ondemand manager in dom0-kernel doesn''t step, > manual > setting works so it seems a bit like the communication between dom0 > and > hypervisor regarding idle time is not workingCould be an interaction with C-state support, preferring deep sleep to running at lower voltage/frequency? You could try no-cpuidle on Xen''s command line at boot time and see if that changes things. -- Keir> - all beside one domu use Xen 3.4.0 kernel, the one who uses it''s > customized > kernel won''t start up as first domu. It simply hangs and this > prevents also > all other domus (I all auto start them, no save/restore) don''t come > up. When > I start the chain with a different one and this (with the different > kernel) > is started as #2 or #3, not problem > > - one domu is for vdr with three dvb pci cards passed trough. This > one, when > started as the first one, will cause xentop to show 20% load. When > restarted > or started as #2, the load is like with 3.3.1 at roughly 3-5%._______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Carsten Schiers
2009-May-29 16:47 UTC
AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1
Thanks Keir, I tried it out but there is no difference. And by the way: it is in lowest p-state and doesn''t come up, even if under heavy load. Hmm. BR, Carsten. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 17:02 An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel Betreff: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1 On 29/05/2009 15:03, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote:> - as already reported, ondemand manager in dom0-kernel doesn''t step, > manual > setting works so it seems a bit like the communication betweendom0> and > hypervisor regarding idle time is not workingCould be an interaction with C-state support, preferring deep sleep to running at lower voltage/frequency? You could try no-cpuidle on Xen''s command line at boot time and see if that changes things. -- Keir> - all beside one domu use Xen 3.4.0 kernel, the one who uses it''s > customized > kernel won''t start up as first domu. It simply hangs and this > prevents also > all other domus (I all auto start them, no save/restore) don''tcome> up. When > I start the chain with a different one and this (with thedifferent> kernel) > is started as #2 or #3, not problem > > - one domu is for vdr with three dvb pci cards passed trough. This > one, when > started as the first one, will cause xentop to show 20% load. When > restarted > or started as #2, the load is like with 3.3.1 at roughly 3-5%._______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Keir Fraser
2009-May-29 21:30 UTC
Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1
Is lowest p-state lowest or highest frequency/voltage? -- Keir On 29/05/2009 17:47, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote:> Thanks Keir, I tried it out but there is no difference. And by the way: > it > is in lowest p-state and doesn''t come up, even if under heavy load. Hmm. > > BR, > Carsten. > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] > Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 17:02 > An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel > Betreff: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen > 3.3.1 > > On 29/05/2009 15:03, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote: > >> - as already reported, ondemand manager in dom0-kernel doesn''t step, >> manual >> setting works so it seems a bit like the communication between > dom0 >> and >> hypervisor regarding idle time is not working > > Could be an interaction with C-state support, preferring deep sleep to > running at lower voltage/frequency? You could try no-cpuidle on Xen''s > command line at boot time and see if that changes things. > > -- Keir > >> - all beside one domu use Xen 3.4.0 kernel, the one who uses it''s >> customized >> kernel won''t start up as first domu. It simply hangs and this >> prevents also >> all other domus (I all auto start them, no save/restore) don''t > come >> up. When >> I start the chain with a different one and this (with the > different >> kernel) >> is started as #2 or #3, not problem >> >> - one domu is for vdr with three dvb pci cards passed trough. This >> one, when >> started as the first one, will cause xentop to show 20% load. When >> restarted >> or started as #2, the load is like with 3.3.1 at roughly 3-5%. > > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Carsten Schiers
2009-May-30 06:59 UTC
AW: Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1
Sorry, it''s lowest frequency (1.0 out of 1.0, 1.8, 2.0, and 2.1 GHz). When booting, the CPU will be at 2.1 GHz, when switching the governor from performance to ondemand, this one will set it to 1.0 GHz, where it''s sort of fixed. I can set it manually with cpufreq-set when switching to userspace governor, though. So my guess is that the ondemand governor donesn''t get te right information about idle time though the according hypercall. I recompiled with CPUFREQ DEBUG set. But as said earlier, I don''t have that much knowledge about how to debug kernels. BR, Carsten. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 23:31 An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel Betreff: Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1 Is lowest p-state lowest or highest frequency/voltage? -- Keir On 29/05/2009 17:47, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote:> Thanks Keir, I tried it out but there is no difference. And by theway:> it > is in lowest p-state and doesn''t come up, even if under heavy load.Hmm.> > BR, > Carsten. > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] > Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 17:02 > An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel > Betreff: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen > 3.3.1 > > On 29/05/2009 15:03, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote: > >> - as already reported, ondemand manager in dom0-kernel doesn''tstep,>> manual >> setting works so it seems a bit like the communication between > dom0 >> and >> hypervisor regarding idle time is not working > > Could be an interaction with C-state support, preferring deep sleep to > running at lower voltage/frequency? You could try no-cpuidle on Xen''s > command line at boot time and see if that changes things. > > -- Keir > >> - all beside one domu use Xen 3.4.0 kernel, the one who uses it''s >> customized >> kernel won''t start up as first domu. It simply hangs and this >> prevents also >> all other domus (I all auto start them, no save/restore) don''t > come >> up. When >> I start the chain with a different one and this (with the > different >> kernel) >> is started as #2 or #3, not problem >> >> - one domu is for vdr with three dvb pci cards passed trough. This >> one, when >> started as the first one, will cause xentop to show 20% load.When>> restarted >> or started as #2, the load is like with 3.3.1 at roughly 3-5%. > > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Keir Fraser
2009-May-30 09:30 UTC
Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1
Are you using the exact same dom0 kernel as before, when it worked? One theory would be that dom0 is looking at its own idle stats, and it probably is pretty idle. So then it steps down the CPUs and keeps them down. When you work the CPUs, are you working dom0 hard? -- Keir On 30/05/2009 07:59, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote:> Sorry, it''s lowest frequency (1.0 out of 1.0, 1.8, 2.0, and 2.1 GHz). > When booting, > the CPU will be at 2.1 GHz, when switching the governor from performance > to ondemand, > this one will set it to 1.0 GHz, where it''s sort of fixed. I can set it > manually with > cpufreq-set when switching to userspace governor, though. > > So my guess is that the ondemand governor donesn''t get te right > information about idle > time though the according hypercall. I recompiled with CPUFREQ DEBUG > set. But as said > earlier, I don''t have that much knowledge about how to debug kernels. > > BR, > Carsten. > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] > Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 23:31 > An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel > Betreff: Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared > to Xen 3.3.1 > > Is lowest p-state lowest or highest frequency/voltage? > > -- Keir > > On 29/05/2009 17:47, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote: > >> Thanks Keir, I tried it out but there is no difference. And by the > way: >> it >> is in lowest p-state and doesn''t come up, even if under heavy load. > Hmm. >> >> BR, >> Carsten. >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] >> Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 17:02 >> An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel >> Betreff: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen >> 3.3.1 >> >> On 29/05/2009 15:03, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote: >> >>> - as already reported, ondemand manager in dom0-kernel doesn''t > step, >>> manual >>> setting works so it seems a bit like the communication between >> dom0 >>> and >>> hypervisor regarding idle time is not working >> >> Could be an interaction with C-state support, preferring deep sleep to >> running at lower voltage/frequency? You could try no-cpuidle on Xen''s >> command line at boot time and see if that changes things. >> >> -- Keir >> >>> - all beside one domu use Xen 3.4.0 kernel, the one who uses it''s >>> customized >>> kernel won''t start up as first domu. It simply hangs and this >>> prevents also >>> all other domus (I all auto start them, no save/restore) don''t >> come >>> up. When >>> I start the chain with a different one and this (with the >> different >>> kernel) >>> is started as #2 or #3, not problem >>> >>> - one domu is for vdr with three dvb pci cards passed trough. This >>> one, when >>> started as the first one, will cause xentop to show 20% load. > When >>> restarted >>> or started as #2, the load is like with 3.3.1 at roughly 3-5%. >> >> >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Carsten Schiers
2009-May-30 13:30 UTC
AW: Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1
No it''s the kernel of Xen 3.4.0 with the same config. I will try later with the older kernel, which is the one of 06.04.2009 (I have not realy understood the tagging or versioning of the Xen kernel). The other combination would be Xen 3.3.1 with the latest kernel. That''s how we narrow it down to hypervisor vs. kernel. As I use cpufreq=dom0-kernel and enable cpufreq modules in drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig, I guess it should use the hypercall for idle time. But to double check, I generated load in dom0. No difference. It simply doesn''t step upwards. The kernel with cpufreq debugging is enabled. I will also try it, maybe it''s loging something usefull. BR, Carsten. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] Gesendet: Samstag, 30. Mai 2009 11:30 An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel Betreff: Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1 Are you using the exact same dom0 kernel as before, when it worked? One theory would be that dom0 is looking at its own idle stats, and it probably is pretty idle. So then it steps down the CPUs and keeps them down. When you work the CPUs, are you working dom0 hard? -- Keir On 30/05/2009 07:59, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote:> Sorry, it''s lowest frequency (1.0 out of 1.0, 1.8, 2.0, and 2.1 GHz). > When booting, > the CPU will be at 2.1 GHz, when switching the governor fromperformance> to ondemand, > this one will set it to 1.0 GHz, where it''s sort of fixed. I can setit> manually with > cpufreq-set when switching to userspace governor, though. > > So my guess is that the ondemand governor donesn''t get te right > information about idle > time though the according hypercall. I recompiled with CPUFREQ DEBUG > set. But as said > earlier, I don''t have that much knowledge about how to debug kernels. > > BR, > Carsten. > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] > Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 23:31 > An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel > Betreff: Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared > to Xen 3.3.1 > > Is lowest p-state lowest or highest frequency/voltage? > > -- Keir > > On 29/05/2009 17:47, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote: > >> Thanks Keir, I tried it out but there is no difference. And by the > way: >> it >> is in lowest p-state and doesn''t come up, even if under heavy load. > Hmm. >> >> BR, >> Carsten. >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] >> Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 17:02 >> An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel >> Betreff: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen >> 3.3.1 >> >> On 29/05/2009 15:03, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote: >> >>> - as already reported, ondemand manager in dom0-kernel doesn''t > step, >>> manual >>> setting works so it seems a bit like the communication between >> dom0 >>> and >>> hypervisor regarding idle time is not working >> >> Could be an interaction with C-state support, preferring deep sleepto>> running at lower voltage/frequency? You could try no-cpuidle on Xen''s >> command line at boot time and see if that changes things. >> >> -- Keir >> >>> - all beside one domu use Xen 3.4.0 kernel, the one who uses it''s >>> customized >>> kernel won''t start up as first domu. It simply hangs and this >>> prevents also >>> all other domus (I all auto start them, no save/restore) don''t >> come >>> up. When >>> I start the chain with a different one and this (with the >> different >>> kernel) >>> is started as #2 or #3, not problem >>> >>> - one domu is for vdr with three dvb pci cards passed trough. This >>> one, when >>> started as the first one, will cause xentop to show 20% load. > When >>> restarted >>> or started as #2, the load is like with 3.3.1 at roughly 3-5%. >> >> >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Carsten Schiers
2009-May-31 20:39 UTC
Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen 3.3.1
By the way: in the forum of my favorite distro (c''t Server), I found another guy with exactly the same problem. 3.3.1 working, 3.4 no stepping up. BR, Carsten. Carsten Schiers schrieb:> No it''s the kernel of Xen 3.4.0 with the same config. I will try later > with the > older kernel, which is the one of 06.04.2009 (I have not realy > understood the > tagging or versioning of the Xen kernel). The other combination would be > Xen 3.3.1 > with the latest kernel. That''s how we narrow it down to hypervisor vs. > kernel. > > As I use cpufreq=dom0-kernel and enable cpufreq modules in > drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig, > I guess it should use the hypercall for idle time. But to double check, > I generated > load in dom0. No difference. It simply doesn''t step upwards. The kernel > with cpufreq > debugging is enabled. I will also try it, maybe it''s loging something > usefull. > > BR, > Carsten. > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] > Gesendet: Samstag, 30. Mai 2009 11:30 > An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel > Betreff: Re: AW: Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as > compared to Xen 3.3.1 > > Are you using the exact same dom0 kernel as before, when it worked? One > theory would be that dom0 is looking at its own idle stats, and it > probably > is pretty idle. So then it steps down the CPUs and keeps them down. When > you > work the CPUs, are you working dom0 hard? > > -- Keir > > On 30/05/2009 07:59, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote: > > >> Sorry, it''s lowest frequency (1.0 out of 1.0, 1.8, 2.0, and 2.1 GHz). >> When booting, >> the CPU will be at 2.1 GHz, when switching the governor from >> > performance > >> to ondemand, >> this one will set it to 1.0 GHz, where it''s sort of fixed. I can set >> > it > >> manually with >> cpufreq-set when switching to userspace governor, though. >> >> So my guess is that the ondemand governor donesn''t get te right >> information about idle >> time though the according hypercall. I recompiled with CPUFREQ DEBUG >> set. But as said >> earlier, I don''t have that much knowledge about how to debug kernels. >> >> BR, >> Carsten. >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] >> Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 23:31 >> An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel >> Betreff: Re: AW: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared >> to Xen 3.3.1 >> >> Is lowest p-state lowest or highest frequency/voltage? >> >> -- Keir >> >> On 29/05/2009 17:47, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote: >> >> >>> Thanks Keir, I tried it out but there is no difference. And by the >>> >> way: >> >>> it >>> is in lowest p-state and doesn''t come up, even if under heavy load. >>> >> Hmm. >> >>> BR, >>> Carsten. >>> >>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>> Von: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com] >>> Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Mai 2009 17:02 >>> An: Carsten Schiers; xen-devel >>> Betreff: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 3.4 strange behaviour as compared to Xen >>> 3.3.1 >>> >>> On 29/05/2009 15:03, "Carsten Schiers" <carsten@schiers.de> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> - as already reported, ondemand manager in dom0-kernel doesn''t >>>> >> step, >> >>>> manual >>>> setting works so it seems a bit like the communication between >>>> >>> dom0 >>> >>>> and >>>> hypervisor regarding idle time is not working >>>> >>> Could be an interaction with C-state support, preferring deep sleep >>> > to > >>> running at lower voltage/frequency? You could try no-cpuidle on Xen''s >>> command line at boot time and see if that changes things. >>> >>> -- Keir >>> >>> >>>> - all beside one domu use Xen 3.4.0 kernel, the one who uses it''s >>>> customized >>>> kernel won''t start up as first domu. It simply hangs and this >>>> prevents also >>>> all other domus (I all auto start them, no save/restore) don''t >>>> >>> come >>> >>>> up. When >>>> I start the chain with a different one and this (with the >>>> >>> different >>> >>>> kernel) >>>> is started as #2 or #3, not problem >>>> >>>> - one domu is for vdr with three dvb pci cards passed trough. This >>>> one, when >>>> started as the first one, will cause xentop to show 20% load. >>>> >> When >> >>>> restarted >>>> or started as #2, the load is like with 3.3.1 at roughly 3-5%. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel