Xen devel - Mar 2011 - Windows7 Home, PV drivers (x32_0.11.0.238) stuck during install (image attached)

Hey James,

I just installed a Windows 7 Home Premium version under QEMU (xen-unstable)
with a 2.6.38 dom0. Installing and running it under QEMU works quite well.

I decided to install the PV drivers and followed the criteria for
allowing self-signed drivers to be installed:

Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON

And then I tried to install the non-debug and debug version of the
GPL drivers. The version I picked was 0.11.0.238 - and it just sits
there doing nothing. The Windows 7 install is stock + Kaspersky AntiVirus 2011 +
Everest Ultimate. Both of them (non-debug and debug) hang at the same point.

Any ideas what I ought to try? Where are the log files for the install located?



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> Hey James,
> 
> I just installed a Windows 7 Home Premium version under QEMU
(xen-unstable)
> with a 2.6.38 dom0. Installing and running it under QEMU works quite
well.
> 
> I decided to install the PV drivers and followed the criteria for
> allowing self-signed drivers to be installed:
> 
> Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON
> 
> And then I tried to install the non-debug and debug version of the
> GPL drivers. The version I picked was 0.11.0.238 - and it just sits
> there doing nothing. The Windows 7 install is stock + Kaspersky
AntiVirus 2011
> +
> Everest Ultimate. Both of them (non-debug and debug) hang at the same
point.
> 
> Any ideas what I ought to try? Where are the log files for the install
> located?
I think I''ve seen this once before but couldn''t reproduce it.
The
installer waits for all the devices to be ready before asking for a
reboot, otherwise you''ll end up with the 0x7B "boot device
inaccessible"
BSoD next boot.

When it is hung like that, can you go into device manager and tell me
what xen devices are loaded?

Thanks

James

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On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 09:16:53AM +1100, James Harper
wrote:
> > Hey James,
> > 
> > I just installed a Windows 7 Home Premium version under QEMU
> (xen-unstable)
> > with a 2.6.38 dom0. Installing and running it under QEMU works quite
> well.
> > 
> > I decided to install the PV drivers and followed the criteria for
> > allowing self-signed drivers to be installed:
> > 
> > Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON
> > 
> > And then I tried to install the non-debug and debug version of the
> > GPL drivers. The version I picked was 0.11.0.238 - and it just sits
> > there doing nothing. The Windows 7 install is stock + Kaspersky
> AntiVirus 2011
> > +
> > Everest Ultimate. Both of them (non-debug and debug) hang at the same
> point.
> > 
> > Any ideas what I ought to try? Where are the log files for the install
> > located?
> 
> I think I''ve seen this once before but couldn''t reproduce
it. The
> installer waits for all the devices to be ready before asking for a
> reboot, otherwise you''ll end up with the 0x7B "boot device
inaccessible"
> BSoD next boot.
> 
> When it is hung like that, can you go into device manager and tell me
> what xen devices are loaded?
Nothing shows up as Xen. I ran Lavasys Everest to do a report and scanned
for anything that said ''Xen''. The only things I found were the
DMI fields.

Interestingly enough, if I click "Cancel" it is still hung. Are there
any installation logs of what it tried to load/install?

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> > When it is hung like that, can you go into device manager and tell me
> > what xen devices are loaded?
> 
> Nothing shows up as Xen. I ran Lavasys Everest to do a report and scanned
> for anything that said ''Xen''. The only things I found
were the DMI fields.
> 
> Interestingly enough, if I click "Cancel" it is still hung. Are
there
> any installation logs of what it tried to load/install?
It does Cancel, just takes a bit of time. Found out that running
the installer with /l* Logfile.txt did the trick and saw this:

.. snip..
DIFXAPP: INFO:   No matching devices found in INF
"C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xenpci.inf_x86_neutral_232bc49777803725\xenpci.inf"
on the Machine.
DIFXAPP: INFO:   No drivers installed. No devices found that match driver(s)
contained in
''C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xenpci.inf_x86_neutral_232bc49777803725\xenpci.inf''.
DIFXAPP: INFO:   RETURN: DriverPackageInstallW  (0xE000020B)
DIFXAPP: INFO: The device(s) for which the driver is being installed has not
been plugged into the computer.
DIFXAPP: INFO:   ENTER:  DriverPackageGetPathW
DIFXAPP: INFO:   RETURN: DriverPackageGetPathW  (0x7A)
DIFXAPP: INFO:   ENTER:  DriverPackageGetPathW
DIFXAPP: INFO:   RETURN: DriverPackageGetPathW  (0x0)
DIFXAPP: INFO: driver store entry for ''C:\Program Files\Xen PV
Drivers\drivers\xenpci\xenpci.inf'' is
''C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xenpci.inf_x86_neutral_232bc49777803725\xenpci.inf''.
DIFXAPP: INFO: The component Id
''{D6BB9B5F-61F9-4B6E-8FAD-289706F5EBEB}'' is now set to point
to driver store:
''C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xenpci.inf_x86_neutral_232bc49777803725\xenpci.inf''
DIFXAPP: INFO: A reboot is not needed to install the component
''{D6BB9B5F-61F9-4B6E-8FAD-289706F5EBEB}''.
DIFXAPP: RETURN: InstallDriverPackages() 0 (0x0)
Action 1:11:12: WaitForDevices. 

And sure enough I did not have a Xen PCI platform device.
The reason being that I had this in my guest configuration file:

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#   Enable/disable xen platform PCI device, default=1 (enabled)
xen_platform_pci=0

Changing it to 1 made the installer work. After two reboots
my Windows 7 guest is running with the PV drivers.


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Is that a safe way to temporarily disable gplpv? If we hide the
platform device then gplpv shouldn''t start, correct?

chris

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
<konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote:
>> > When it is hung like that, can you go into device manager and tell
me
>> > what xen devices are loaded?
>>
>> Nothing shows up as Xen. I ran Lavasys Everest to do a report and
scanned
>> for anything that said ''Xen''. The only things I found
were the DMI fields.
>>
>> Interestingly enough, if I click "Cancel" it is still hung.
Are there
>> any installation logs of what it tried to load/install?
>
> It does Cancel, just takes a bit of time. Found out that running
> the installer with /l* Logfile.txt did the trick and saw this:
>
> .. snip..
> DIFXAPP: INFO:   No matching devices found in INF
"C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xenpci.inf_x86_neutral_232bc49777803725\xenpci.inf"
on the Machine.
> DIFXAPP: INFO:   No drivers installed. No devices found that match
driver(s) contained in
''C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xenpci.inf_x86_neutral_232bc49777803725\xenpci.inf''.
> DIFXAPP: INFO:   RETURN: DriverPackageInstallW  (0xE000020B)
> DIFXAPP: INFO: The device(s) for which the driver is being installed has
not been plugged into the computer.
> DIFXAPP: INFO:   ENTER:  DriverPackageGetPathW
> DIFXAPP: INFO:   RETURN: DriverPackageGetPathW  (0x7A)
> DIFXAPP: INFO:   ENTER:  DriverPackageGetPathW
> DIFXAPP: INFO:   RETURN: DriverPackageGetPathW  (0x0)
> DIFXAPP: INFO: driver store entry for ''C:\Program Files\Xen PV
Drivers\drivers\xenpci\xenpci.inf'' is
''C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xenpci.inf_x86_neutral_232bc49777803725\xenpci.inf''.
> DIFXAPP: INFO: The component Id
''{D6BB9B5F-61F9-4B6E-8FAD-289706F5EBEB}'' is now set to point
to driver store:
''C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xenpci.inf_x86_neutral_232bc49777803725\xenpci.inf''
> DIFXAPP: INFO: A reboot is not needed to install the component
''{D6BB9B5F-61F9-4B6E-8FAD-289706F5EBEB}''.
> DIFXAPP: RETURN: InstallDriverPackages() 0 (0x0)
> Action 1:11:12: WaitForDevices.
>
> And sure enough I did not have a Xen PCI platform device.
> The reason being that I had this in my guest configuration file:
>
>
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #   Enable/disable xen platform PCI device, default=1 (enabled)
> xen_platform_pci=0
>
> Changing it to 1 made the installer work. After two reboots
> my Windows 7 guest is running with the PV drivers.
>
>
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> 
> Is that a safe way to temporarily disable gplpv? If we hide the
> platform device then gplpv shouldn''t start, correct?
> 
Hmmm... the driver will still load, and will try to disable the qemu
devices. If xen_platform_pci=0 disables the qemu device disabling
mechanism then it may work.

Otherwise, putting /NOGPLPV in your boot.ini (or BCD) or just booting in
safe mode should do the trick.

James

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> And sure enough I did not have a Xen PCI platform device.
> The reason being that I had this in my guest configuration file:
> 
> #----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------
> #   Enable/disable xen platform PCI device, default=1 (enabled)
> xen_platform_pci=0
> 
> Changing it to 1 made the installer work. After two reboots
> my Windows 7 guest is running with the PV drivers.
Konrad, 

What version of Xen are you running? Just curious because I had to perform 2
reboots with Win2k8 R2 under Xen 3.1. James and I concluded this was because
of the version of Xen I was running.

Thanks,
AP
 
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On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 10:12:27AM -0800, AP Xen wrote:
> > And sure enough I did not have a Xen PCI platform device.
> > The reason being that I had this in my guest configuration file:
> > 
> >
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------
> > #   Enable/disable xen platform PCI device, default=1 (enabled)
> > xen_platform_pci=0
> > 
> > Changing it to 1 made the installer work. After two reboots
> > my Windows 7 guest is running with the PV drivers.
> 
> Konrad, 
> 
> What version of Xen are you running? Just curious because I had to perform
2

xen_major              : 4
xen_minor              : 1
xen_changeset          : Thu Jan 20 17:04:06 2011 +0000 22787:003acf02d416

> reboots with Win2k8 R2 under Xen 3.1. James and I concluded this was
because
> of the version of Xen I was running.
Uhh, in my case Windows was telling me that I needed to restart. I think the
drivers
installed themselves fine (it had the icon saying it installed
them).
> 
> Thanks,
> AP
>  
> > 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [mailto:konrad.wilk@oracle.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 12:47 PM
> To: AP Xen
> Cc: ''James Harper''; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] RE: Windows7 Home, PV drivers (x32_0.11.0.238)
> stuck during install (image attached)
> 
> On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 10:12:27AM -0800, AP Xen wrote:
> > > And sure enough I did not have a Xen PCI platform device.
> > > The reason being that I had this in my guest configuration file:
> > >
> > >
#------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> > > -------
> > > #   Enable/disable xen platform PCI device, default=1 (enabled)
> > > xen_platform_pci=0
> > >
> > > Changing it to 1 made the installer work. After two reboots
> > > my Windows 7 guest is running with the PV drivers.
> >
> > Konrad,
> >
> > What version of Xen are you running? Just curious because I had to
> perform 2
> 
> 
> xen_major              : 4
> xen_minor              : 1
> xen_changeset          : Thu Jan 20 17:04:06 2011 +0000
> 22787:003acf02d416
> 
> 
> > reboots with Win2k8 R2 under Xen 3.1. James and I concluded this was
> because
> > of the version of Xen I was running.
> 
> Uhh, in my case Windows was telling me that I needed to restart. I
> think the drivers
> installed themselves fine (it had the icon saying it installed them).
Yes, it was Windows asking me to reboot too. Except that only one reboot
should have been required given that it was R2.

http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2011-03/msg00113.html

> > Thanks,
> > AP
> >
> > >
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