Dear XEN Developers,
Sorry for my English. I would like to use my PCI TV tuners under Win XP
virtual images (the specified tuner software works under windows only)
on Ubuntu 8.04.3 with XEN 3.2.1-rc1. I got an error message, when I
start the image.. In this message found your e-mail address. Maybe you
will be found something useful for this e-mail.
I used Ubuntu original XEN packages. Maybe my motherboard not good for
PCI passthrough (ASUS P5QL Pro /Intel P43 + ICH10/) or my CPU (Intel
Core2 Quad Q9650 3GHz) not allowed this virtual functions.
Here are configuration parameters and some result messages:
/boot/grub/menu.lst
title Xen 3.2 / Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel 2.6.24-24-xen
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/xen-3.2.gz vtd=1 pci=nommconf dom0_mem=524288
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-xen root=/dev/hda1 ro console=tty0
pciback.permissive pciback.hide=(00:1b.0)(05:00.0)(05:01.0)(05:02.0)
module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-xen quiet
I would like the following PCI devices to use under winxp (from lspci):
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio
Controller
05:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135 Video
Broadcast Decoder (rev d0)
05:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135 Video
Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
05:02.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135 Video
Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
Xen DMESG message:
~# xm dmesg
__ __ _____ ____ _ _
\ \/ /___ _ __ |___ / |___ \ / | _ __ ___/ | _ __ _ __ ___
\ // _ \ ''_ \ |_ \ __) | | |__| ''__/ __| |__|
''_ \| ''__/ _ \
/ \ __/ | | | ___) | / __/ _| |__| | | (__| |__| |_) | | | __/
/_/\_\___|_| |_| |____(_)_____(_)_| |_| \___|_| | .__/|_| \___|
|_|
(XEN) Xen version 3.2.1-rc1-pre (buildd@buildd) (gcc version 4.2.4 (Ubuntu
4.2.4-1ubuntu4)) Sat Feb 21 03:01:02 UTC 2009
(XEN) Latest ChangeSet: unavailable
(XEN) Command line: vtd=1 pci=nommconf dom0_mem=524288
(XEN) Video information:
(XEN) VGA is text mode 80x25, font 8x16
(XEN) VBE/DDC methods: V2; EDID transfer time: 1 seconds
(XEN) EDID info not retrieved because of reasons unknown
(XEN) Disc information:
(XEN) Found 1 MBR signatures
(XEN) Found 1 EDD information structures
(XEN) Xen-e820 RAM map:
(XEN) 0000000000000000 - 000000000009cc00 (usable)
(XEN) 000000000009cc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
(XEN) 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
(XEN) 0000000000100000 - 00000000cff80000 (usable)
(XEN) 00000000cff80000 - 00000000cff8e000 (ACPI data)
(XEN) 00000000cff8e000 - 00000000cffd0000 (ACPI NVS)
(XEN) 00000000cffd0000 - 00000000d0000000 (reserved)
(XEN) 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
(XEN) 00000000fff00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
(XEN) 0000000100000000 - 0000000130000000 (usable)
(XEN) System RAM: 4095MB (4193392kB)
(XEN) Xen heap: 14MB (14952kB)
(XEN) Domain heap initialised: DMA width 32 bits
(XEN) Processor #0 7:7 APIC version 20
(XEN) Processor #1 7:7 APIC version 20
(XEN) Processor #2 7:7 APIC version 20
(XEN) Processor #3 7:7 APIC version 20
(XEN) IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 4, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
(XEN) Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs
(XEN) [VT-D]ACPI DMAR:No DMAR devices found
(XEN) Using scheduler: SMP Credit Scheduler (credit)
(XEN) Detected 2997.118 MHz processor.
(XEN) HVM: VMX enabled
(XEN) CPU0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9650 @ 3.00GHz stepping 0a
(XEN) Booting processor 1/1 eip 8c000
(XEN) CPU1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9650 @ 3.00GHz stepping 0a
(XEN) Booting processor 2/2 eip 8c000
(XEN) CPU2: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9650 @ 3.00GHz stepping 0a
(XEN) Booting processor 3/3 eip 8c000
(XEN) CPU3: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9650 @ 3.00GHz stepping 0a
(XEN) Total of 4 processors activated.
(XEN) ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
(XEN) -> Using old ACK method
(XEN) Platform timer overflows in 14998 jiffies.
(XEN) Platform timer is 14.318MHz HPET
(XEN) Brought up 4 CPUs
(XEN) xenoprof: Initialization failed. Intel processor model 23 for P6 class
family is not supported
(XEN) AMD IOMMU: Disabled
(XEN) *** LOADING DOMAIN 0 ***
(XEN) Xen kernel: 64-bit, lsb, compat32
(XEN) Dom0 kernel: 64-bit, lsb, paddr 0xffffffff80200000 ->
0xffffffff806d68c8
(XEN) PHYSICAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
(XEN) Dom0 alloc.: 000000012a000000->000000012c000000 (122880 pages to be
allocated)
(XEN) VIRTUAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
(XEN) Loaded kernel: ffffffff80200000->ffffffff806d68c8
(XEN) Init. ramdisk: ffffffff806d7000->ffffffff81bb5e00
(XEN) Phys-Mach map: ffffffff81bb6000->ffffffff81cb6000
(XEN) Start info: ffffffff81cb6000->ffffffff81cb64a4
(XEN) Page tables: ffffffff81cb7000->ffffffff81cca000
(XEN) Boot stack: ffffffff81cca000->ffffffff81ccb000
(XEN) TOTAL: ffffffff80000000->ffffffff82000000
(XEN) ENTRY ADDRESS: ffffffff80200000
(XEN) Dom0 has maximum 4 VCPUs
(XEN) Initrd len 0x14dee00, start at 0xffffffff806d7000
(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 ''CTRL-a'' three times
to switch input to Xen)
(XEN) Freed 100kB init memory.
(XEN) mtrr: type mismatch for d0000000,10000000 old: write-back new:
write-combining
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/pciback/quirks I found the following:
05:02.0
1131:7133:1043:4845
00000004:2:00000000
0000003c:1:00000000
0000003d:1:00000000
0000000c:1:00000000
0000000d:1:00000000
0000000f:1:00000000
00000010:4:00000000
00000014:4:00000000
00000018:4:00000000
0000001c:4:00000000
00000020:4:00000000
00000024:4:00000000
00000030:4:00000000
00000040:2:00000000
00000042:2:00000000
00000044:2:00000000
00000046:1:00000000
00000047:1:00000000
05:01.0
1131:7133:1043:4876
00000004:2:00000000
0000003c:1:00000000
0000003d:1:00000000
0000000c:1:00000000
0000000d:1:00000000
0000000f:1:00000000
00000010:4:00000000
00000014:4:00000000
00000018:4:00000000
0000001c:4:00000000
00000020:4:00000000
00000024:4:00000000
00000030:4:00000000
00000040:2:00000000
00000042:2:00000000
00000044:2:00000000
00000046:1:00000000
00000047:1:00000000
05:00.0
1131:7133:1043:4876
00000004:2:00000000
0000003c:1:00000000
0000003d:1:00000000
0000000c:1:00000000
0000000d:1:00000000
0000000f:1:00000000
00000010:4:00000000
00000014:4:00000000
00000018:4:00000000
0000001c:4:00000000
00000020:4:00000000
00000024:4:00000000
00000030:4:00000000
00000040:2:00000000
00000042:2:00000000
00000044:2:00000000
00000046:1:00000000
00000047:1:00000000
00:1b.0
8086:3a3e:1043:82fe
00000004:2:00000000
0000003c:1:00000000
0000003d:1:00000000
0000000c:1:00000000
0000000d:1:00000000
0000000f:1:00000000
00000010:4:00000000
00000014:4:00000000
00000018:4:00000000
0000001c:4:00000000
00000020:4:00000000
00000024:4:00000000
00000030:4:00000000
00000050:2:00000000
00000052:2:00000000
00000054:2:00000000
00000056:1:00000000
00000057:1:00000000
My first test XEN image: winxp1.cfg (I would like to dedicate
"05:00.0"
PCI device for this image):
kernel = ''/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader''
device_model = ''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
builder = ''hvm''
memory = ''786''
cpus = ''2''
vcpus = ''1''
name = ''winxp1''
disk =
[''tap:aio:/xen/winxp1.img,hda,w'',''phy:/dev/scd0,hdc:cdrom,r'']
dhcp = ''off''
vif =
[''type=ioemu,ip=192.168.0.21,mac=00:16:3E:1A:2B:21,bridge=xenbr0,vifname=vif1.0'']
netmask = ''255.255.255.0''
gateway = ''192.168.0.1''
hostname = ''winxp.localtest''
pci = [''05:00.0'']
boot=''c''
vnc=1
vncviewer=1
vncdisplay=0
sdl=0
Without "pci" directives the winxp image works well, but when I
enabled
the "pci = [''05:00.0'']" row, I got an error message
on create:
~# xm create winxp1.cfg
Using config file "/etc/xen/winxp1.cfg".
VNC= 1
Unexpected error: <type ''exceptions.OSError''>
Please report to xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/xm", line 10, in <module>
main.main(sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xm/main.py", line 2535,
in main
_, rc = _run_cmd(cmd, cmd_name, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xm/main.py", line 2559,
in _run_cmd
return True, cmd(args)
File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xm/main.py", line 1309,
in xm_importcommand
cmd.main([command] + args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xm/create.py", line 1190,
in main
dom = make_domain(opts, config)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xm/create.py", line 1053,
in make_domain
os.kill(vncpid, signal.SIGKILL)
OSError: [Errno 3] No such process
If you found something, I can do tests.
Regards,
William
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William Eder wrote:> Dear XEN Developers, > > Sorry for my English. I would like to use my PCI TV tuners under Win XP > virtual images (the specified tuner software works under windows only) > on Ubuntu 8.04.3 with XEN 3.2.1-rc1. I got an error message, when I > start the image.. In this message found your e-mail address. Maybe you > will be found something useful for this e-mail. > I used Ubuntu original XEN packages. Maybe my motherboard not good for > PCI passthrough (ASUS P5QL Pro /Intel P43 + ICH10/) or my CPU (Intel > Core2 Quad Q9650 3GHz) not allowed this virtual functions.For PCI passthrough to HVM (Windows) guests you''ll need a VT-d capable setup. The P43 chipset does not have the capabilities, so you''ll need another board or you''ll have run PV (i.e. Linux) guests and see if you can get drivers for your TV card there (which is very likely). Further info about VT-d and compatible hardware can be found here: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo Best regards, Christian _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
2009-Oct-20 14:04 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: PCI tuners with XEN
Alternately you may like to try linux-based TV tuner applications like mythtv (http://www.mythtv.org) which I am using, or xawtv, or kdetv. -- Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Alma Maters: (1) Singapore Polytechnic (2) National University of Singapore Blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com Email: space.time.universe@gmail.com MSN: teoenming@hotmail.com Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798 Street: Bedok Reservoir Road Republic of Singapore 2009/10/20 Christian Tramnitz <chris.ace@gmx.net>:> William Eder wrote: >> >> Dear XEN Developers, >> >> Sorry for my English. I would like to use my PCI TV tuners under Win XP >> virtual images (the specified tuner software works under windows only) on >> Ubuntu 8.04.3 with XEN 3.2.1-rc1. I got an error message, when I start the >> image.. In this message found your e-mail address. Maybe you will be found >> something useful for this e-mail. >> I used Ubuntu original XEN packages. Maybe my motherboard not good for PCI >> passthrough (ASUS P5QL Pro /Intel P43 + ICH10/) or my CPU (Intel Core2 Quad >> Q9650 3GHz) not allowed this virtual functions. > > For PCI passthrough to HVM (Windows) guests you''ll need a VT-d capable > setup. The P43 chipset does not have the capabilities, so you''ll need > another board or you''ll have run PV (i.e. Linux) guests and see if you can > get drivers for your TV card there (which is very likely). > > Further info about VT-d and compatible hardware can be found here: > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo > > > Best regards, > Christian > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:> Alternately you may like to try linux-based TV tuner applications like > mythtv (http://www.mythtv.org) which I am using, or xawtv, or kdetv.This is exactly what I had in mind when suggesting: > [...] or you''ll have run PV (i.e. Linux) guests and see if you can > get drivers for your TV card there (which is very likely) And once again Teo, please don''t reply to all, just to the list. Thanks, Christian _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
2009-Oct-20 14:40 UTC
Re: [Xen-devel] Re: PCI tuners with XEN
Sorry Christian. Actually I am thinking William Eder may not need to go to the extent of creating para-virtualized linux guests and passing through the PCI TV tuner card to the linux guest. I am suspecting that TV tuner card drivers may not be available or be able to work properly under a Xen kernel. But since William is already running Ubuntu linux, he has the option of loading a Xen or a non-Xen kernel in GRUB. In that scenario, he should be able to load the conventional Ubuntu supplied non-Xen kernel and install the appropriate drivers for his PCI TV tuner card. PCI TV tuner cards with the BT848 and BT878 chipsets are very well supported in linux. I am using the Hauppage WinTV PVR USB2 TV tuner box. pvrusb2 drivers get automatically loaded when the USB cable of the TV tuner is plugged into my machine (working under non-Xen kernel). I use it in conjunction with mythtv. When I need to use Win XP virtual machine, then I reboot into Xen pvops dom0 kernel. For William''s case, he needs to check what the chipset on his PCI TV tuner card is. -- Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Alma Maters: (1) Singapore Polytechnic (2) National University of Singapore Blog URL: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com Email: space.time.universe@gmail.com MSN: teoenming@hotmail.com Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798 Street: Bedok Reservoir Road Republic of Singapore On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Christian Tramnitz <chris.ace@gmx.net> wrote:> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: >> >> Alternately you may like to try linux-based TV tuner applications like >> mythtv (http://www.mythtv.org) which I am using, or xawtv, or kdetv. > > > > This is exactly what I had in mind when suggesting: >> [...] or you''ll have run PV (i.e. Linux) guests and see if you can >> get drivers for your TV card there (which is very likely) > > And once again Teo, please don''t reply to all, just to the list. > > > Thanks, > Christian > > > _______________________________________________ > 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