I''ve just uploaded another update to the GPLPV drivers - 0.9.11-pre11. Download from http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads There are some reported bugs that I''d really like to get fixed before I declare a 0.9.11 proper. These are: . xennet not working at all in some cases . one report of samba crashing when the PV drivers are active, but not when the qemu drivers are used. . lockups after heavy sustained network use (iSCSI) . live migration crashing either on resume or very shortly after I have not been able to reproduce any of those bugs so if you have seen any of the above with -pre10, please try this release. There are lots of little fixes which may or may not resolve the problems. Also, I have added some code to xenvbd which will fail to load if there are any other disks present in the system already. This could happen under the following circumstances: . Start with GPLPV drivers not installed. . Add /GPLPV in your boot.ini and boot from that entry . Install GPLPV drivers. I''ve given the above fix a small amount of testing but obviously still be careful - if it doesn''t work you will very quickly corrupt your filesystem to the point of requiring a format and reinstall! It all works flawlessly on my test systems, with the one exception that network performance doesn''t seem as good as it was previously. James _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
Hi James, I just updated from 0.9.11-pre10 to 0.9.11-pre11 and sadly this makes my German Windows XP Prof SP3 unbootable :-/ I see the Windows XP logo on black background with the blue progressbar which suddenly stops and both vcpu take 100%. Even after several minutes nothing changes, I don''t even see a BSOD? This leaves me with destroying domU and boot without /gplpv. Any idea what could cause this? But more important, any idea how to debug this? Tell me how I can provide you with more detailed info. Greetz Age_M James Harper schrieb:> I''ve just uploaded another update to the GPLPV drivers - 0.9.11-pre11. > Download from http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads > > There are some reported bugs that I''d really like to get fixed before I > declare a 0.9.11 proper. These are: > > . xennet not working at all in some cases > . one report of samba crashing when the PV drivers are active, but not > when the qemu drivers are used. > . lockups after heavy sustained network use (iSCSI) > . live migration crashing either on resume or very shortly after > > I have not been able to reproduce any of those bugs so if you have seen > any of the above with -pre10, please try this release. There are lots of > little fixes which may or may not resolve the problems. > > Also, I have added some code to xenvbd which will fail to load if there > are any other disks present in the system already. This could happen > under the following circumstances: > . Start with GPLPV drivers not installed. > . Add /GPLPV in your boot.ini and boot from that entry > . Install GPLPV drivers. > I''ve given the above fix a small amount of testing but obviously still > be careful - if it doesn''t work you will very quickly corrupt your > filesystem to the point of requiring a format and reinstall! > > It all works flawlessly on my test systems, with the one exception that > network performance doesn''t seem as good as it was previously. > > 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
> Hi James, > > I just updated from 0.9.11-pre10 to 0.9.11-pre11 and sadly this makesmy> German Windows XP Prof SP3 unbootable :-/ > I see the Windows XP logo on black background with the blueprogressbar> which suddenly stops and both vcpu take 100%. Even after severalminutes> nothing changes, I don''t even see a BSOD? > This leaves me with destroying domU and boot without /gplpv. > > Any idea what could cause this? But more important, any idea how to > debug this? Tell me how I can provide you with more detailed info. >Hmmm.... does it do it every time? I don''t have an XP DomU to test on but can make one pretty quickly. Also, please try with only one vcpu, although that''s unlikely to make a difference. There are some instructions for attaching the windows debugger on the wiki. If you could get the output of that it might be useful if I can''t otherwise reproduce it. James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> Hi James, > > I just updated from 0.9.11-pre10 to 0.9.11-pre11 and sadly this makesmy> German Windows XP Prof SP3 unbootable :-/ > I see the Windows XP logo on black background with the blueprogressbar> which suddenly stops and both vcpu take 100%. Even after severalminutes> nothing changes, I don''t even see a BSOD? > This leaves me with destroying domU and boot without /gplpv. > > Any idea what could cause this? But more important, any idea how to > debug this? Tell me how I can provide you with more detailed info.Under the debugger with XP I hang at the same point but the progress bar keeps going. I''ve only tested it twice though. Without the debugger, I have seen under XP: . Appears to boot okay but then explorer crashes and progressively everything else does too. . BSoD while the splash screen + progress bar is loading . Hang at the splash screen with the progress bar still moving So I can''t reproduce your situation but can definitely see that there is a problem with XP. 2003 works perfectly though... I''ll see what I can do. James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> So I can''t reproduce your situation but can definitely see that thereis> a problem with XP. 2003 works perfectly though... I''ll see what I can > do.Do you have a CDROM device defined? If I do this: disk = [ ''phy:/dev/vg00/virt-wxptest-0,hda,w'', ''file:/installmedia/Microsoft/WXP_x32_retail.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'' ] then I get crashes, but if I do this: disk = [ ''phy:/dev/vg00/virt-wxptest-0,hda,w'' ] then I don''t. thanks James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
James Harper schrieb:>> So I can''t reproduce your situation but can definitely see that there >> > is > >> a problem with XP. 2003 works perfectly though... I''ll see what I can >> do. >> > > Do you have a CDROM device defined? If I do this: > > disk = [ ''phy:/dev/vg00/virt-wxptest-0,hda,w'', > ''file:/installmedia/Microsoft/WXP_x32_retail.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'' ] > > then I get crashes, but if I do this: > > disk = [ ''phy:/dev/vg00/virt-wxptest-0,hda,w'' ] > > then I don''t. > > thanks > > James > >I don''t use cdrom in hvm xp domU, only one lvm-based disk partition as hda. Reducing vpcus did not work, still the blue progressbar on black windows logo, which suddenly stops :-/ I also tried to reinstall the 11-pre10 gplpv drivers, but this didn''t work. Will try to debug as soon as I can. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi James, The version 0.9.11-pre11 looks good so far; I haven''t seen any lockups. Going to kick-up the load and test some more; I''ll let you know. Bart> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:56:39 +1000> From: james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com> CC: > Subject: [Xen-users] Another GPLPV update> > I''ve just uploaded another update to the GPLPV drivers - 0.9.11-pre11.> Download from http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads> > There are some reported bugs that I''d really like to get fixed before I> declare a 0.9.11 proper. These are:> > . xennet not working at all in some cases> . one report of samba crashing when the PV drivers are active, but not> when the qemu drivers are used.> . lockups after heavy sustained network use (iSCSI)> . live migration crashing either on resume or very shortly after> > I have not been able to reproduce any of those bugs so if you have seen> any of the above with -pre10, please try this release. There are lots of> little fixes which may or may not resolve the problems.> > Also, I have added some code to xenvbd which will fail to load if there> are any other disks present in the system already. This could happen> under the following circumstances:> . Start with GPLPV drivers not installed.> . Add /GPLPV in your boot.ini and boot from that entry> . Install GPLPV drivers.> I''ve given the above fix a small amount of testing but obviously still> be careful - if it doesn''t work you will very quickly corrupt your> filesystem to the point of requiring a format and reinstall!> > It all works flawlessly on my test systems, with the one exception that> network performance doesn''t seem as good as it was previously.> > James> > > _______________________________________________> Xen-users mailing list> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _________________________________________________________________ Get Windows Live and get whatever you need, wherever you are. Start here. http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home_082008 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> I don''t use cdrom in hvm xp domU, only one lvm-based disk partition as > hda. > Reducing vpcus did not work, still the blue progressbar on blackwindows> logo, which suddenly stops :-/ > I also tried to reinstall the 11-pre10 gplpv drivers, but this didn''t > work. > Will try to debug as soon as I can.I can''t get it to crash with only one disk, but as soon as I add another (cdrom or disk) it fails pretty spectacularly - all sorts of strange things happen. I hope we are seeing the same bug... James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users