I''ve just uploaded 0.10.0.50 which fixes a few bugs related to high network load (BSoD''s & packet corruption). It should upgrade any previous 0.10.x.x. Additionally, I''ve also uploaded uninstall_0.9.x.txt (rename it to .bat) which will uninstall 0.9.x drivers. After running that, reboot and they should be gone. Please do a backup first though as I have only tested it on a standard installation of 0.9.x. James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
James Harper
2009-Apr-12 09:29 UTC
[Xen-devel] RE: [Xen-users] GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.50
> > I''ve just uploaded 0.10.0.50 which fixes a few bugs related to high > network load (BSoD''s & packet corruption). It should upgrade any > previous 0.10.x.x. > > Additionally, I''ve also uploaded uninstall_0.9.x.txt (rename it to.bat)> which will uninstall 0.9.x drivers. After running that, reboot andthey> should be gone. Please do a backup first though as I have only testedit> on a standard installation of 0.9.x. >Oops. Meant to include the url. http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads James _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
John McMonagle
2009-May-04 18:51 UTC
[Xen-users] GPL PV drivers for Windows and cdrom Problems
I''m running Xen 3.2-1 from Debian lenny. I tried GPL PV drivers for Windows 10.0.55. Seemed to be working OK but noticed that all cdrom devices were missing. I tried version 0.9.11 and it seems OK. Is this a bug or an in incompatibility with older xen? What should I do? Thanks John On Sunday 12 April 2009 04:26:52 am James Harper wrote:> I''ve just uploaded 0.10.0.50 which fixes a few bugs related to high > network load (BSoD''s & packet corruption). It should upgrade any > previous 0.10.x.x. > > Additionally, I''ve also uploaded uninstall_0.9.x.txt (rename it to .bat) > which will uninstall 0.9.x drivers. After running that, reboot and they > should be gone. Please do a backup first though as I have only tested it > on a standard installation of 0.9.x. > > 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, is there any option for a graceful HVM shutdown without PV drivers? There was a patch on th xen list which enabled acpi power off for HVM domains, but is it already included in Xen 3.3.1 or Xen 3.4? Or is there any other nice way for shutting down hvm guests from dom0? Thanks, Stefan _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Stefan Below <stefanbelow@gmx.de> wrote:> Hi, > > is there any option for a graceful HVM shutdown without PV drivers? > > There was a patch on th xen list which enabled acpi power off for HVM > domains, but is it already included in Xen 3.3.1 or Xen 3.4? > > Or is there any other nice way for shutting down hvm guests from dom0?For Windows HVM guest you can try James Harper''s GPLPV. You can choose to install only the shutdown monitor service (without xen-net and xen-vbd drivers) if you want, but I suggest you install all of them as the PV drivers increase performance greatly. For Linux HVM domUs, you need to find PV drivers. On RHEL5.3 it''s included on standard kernel. I believe the one responsible for monitoring Xen shutdown request is xen-platform-pci.ko Regards, Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Fajar A. Nugraha schrieb:> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Stefan Below <stefanbelow@gmx.de> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> is there any option for a graceful HVM shutdown without PV drivers? >> >> There was a patch on th xen list which enabled acpi power off for HVM >> domains, but is it already included in Xen 3.3.1 or Xen 3.4? >> >> Or is there any other nice way for shutting down hvm guests from dom0? >> > > For Windows HVM guest you can try James Harper''s GPLPV. You can choose > to install only the shutdown monitor service (without xen-net and > xen-vbd drivers) if you want, but I suggest you install all of them as > the PV drivers increase performance greatly. >I know, but i did a try with the gplpv drivers and windows xp and i had some strange performance issues ( DomU locked up for a couple of seconds, IO performace was very worde and so one). Its a productive system, so i need a stable version.> For Linux HVM domUs, you need to find PV drivers. On RHEL5.3 it''s > included on standard kernel. I believe the one responsible for > monitoring Xen shutdown request is xen-platform-pci.ko >Thanks, i will give it a try.> Regards, > > Fajar > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Stefan Below <stefanbelow@gmx.de> wrote:>> For Windows HVM guest you can try James Harper''s GPLPV. You can choose >> to install only the shutdown monitor service (without xen-net and >> xen-vbd drivers) if you want, but I suggest you install all of them as >> the PV drivers increase performance greatly. >> > > I know, but i did a try with the gplpv drivers and windows xp and i had some > strange performance issues ( DomU locked up for a couple of seconds, IO > performace was very worde and so one).Odd. What xen version and GPLPV was it? I recall having a low performance problem on old GPLPV and Xen versions (as in the one in RHEL 5.0), but with RHEL5.3''s Xen 3.1+ or Xen 3.3.1 combined with GPLPV 0.9.12-pre13 I have been able to get a stable system with MUCH higher I/O throughput (disk and network) compared to the qemu-emulated devices. It might also be SMP problem though, last time I check using vcpus > 1 on domU reduce GPLPV performance significantly (although it should still be higher than qemu-emulated devices).> Its a productive system, so i need a > stable version.... and you''re willing to put up with the low I/O performance without PV drivers? Seriously? IMHO if you''re unable to use PV drivers for windows domU, you should stick with other virtualization instead (vmware, virtualbox, etc.). Part of the reason why I even considered having windows domU on Xen was the availability of GPLPV. Before that I had to use a vmware server especially for Windows virtualization because I could only get acceptable performance with their guest additions. But hey, that''s just me :) You should be able to get shutdown monitor service running without xen-vbd and xen-net if you want. I believe Xen 3.3 also has stubdom, which can be used to increase I/O performance without having to use PV drivers. Regards, Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users