Xen users - Aug 2011 - Installing the GPLPV drivers in windows

Hi,

I''ve been trying to get the GPLPV drivers to install into a Windows 7
Ultimate HVM guest.
However, part way through it crashes with a BSOD and the error:

DRIVER_IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and something about xenvbd

After many attempts I am guessing that there is something wrong, perhaps
with my Dom0 kernel?

I''m using Jeremy 2.6.32 kernel and according to
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenKernelFeatures
It''s missing the scsi & usb frontend/backend modules.

So with that I thought about trying the 2.6.18-xen kernel from
http://xenbits.xen.org/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg
However, this is missing ext4 support and my xen Dom0 needs ext4 (it''s
installed on that).

I suppose my first question is are the missing scsi & usb frontend/backend
modules essential for installing the
PV drivers or something?

Do I need to specify anything in the configuration file when creating the
DomU guest?  I''ve attached it.

cheers,  Matthew



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What version of drivers? I think I fixed a bug similar to this.

Do you get a crash dump or mini-dump?

If you are installing the debug version there might be something useful
in /var/log/xen/qemu-dm-<domu name>.log

James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-
> bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Hook
> Sent: Friday, 19 August 2011 11:44
> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: [Xen-users] Installing the GPLPV drivers in windows
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I''ve been trying to get the GPLPV drivers to install into a
Windows 7
Ultimate
> HVM guest.
> However, part way through it crashes with a BSOD and the error:
> 
> DRIVER_IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and something about xenvbd
> 
> After many attempts I am guessing that there is something wrong,
perhaps with
> my Dom0 kernel?
> 
> I''m using Jeremy 2.6.32 kernel and according to
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenKernelFeatures
> It''s missing the scsi & usb frontend/backend modules.
> 
> So with that I thought about trying the 2.6.18-xen kernel from
> http://xenbits.xen.org/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg
> However, this is missing ext4 support and my xen Dom0 needs ext4
(it''s
> installed on that).
> 
> I suppose my first question is are the missing scsi & usb
frontend/backend
> modules essential for installing the
> PV drivers or something?
> 
> Do I need to specify anything in the configuration file when creating
the DomU
> guest?  I''ve attached it.
> 
> cheers,  Matthew
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> Hi,
> 
> I''ve been trying to get the GPLPV drivers to install into a
Windows 7
Ultimate
> HVM guest.
> However, part way through it crashes with a BSOD and the error:
> 
> DRIVER_IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and something about xenvbd
> 
> After many attempts I am guessing that there is something wrong,
perhaps with
> my Dom0 kernel?
> 
I think I''ve fixed the bug. Please try
http://www.meadowcourt.org/private/gplpv_Vista2008x64_0.11.0.312_debug.m
si or
http://www.meadowcourt.org/private/gplpv_Vista2008x64_0.11.0.312.msi
(the latter hasn''t uploaded yet)

James

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Thanks James,

That PVOPS driver is better. It now installs properly without any errors.
New device is correctly detected after the initial reboot.
I also didn''t need to reboot into safe mode as some people claim to
have to
do.

The version I installed is the debug version.

Matt

On 23 August 2011 01:34, James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au>
wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I''ve been trying to get the GPLPV drivers to install into a
Windows 7
> Ultimate
> > HVM guest.
> > However, part way through it crashes with a BSOD and the error:
> >
> > DRIVER_IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and something about xenvbd
> >
> > After many attempts I am guessing that there is something wrong,
> perhaps with
> > my Dom0 kernel?
> >
>
> I think I''ve fixed the bug. Please try
> http://www.meadowcourt.org/private/gplpv_Vista2008x64_0.11.0.312_debug.m
> si or
> http://www.meadowcourt.org/private/gplpv_Vista2008x64_0.11.0.312.msi
> (the latter hasn''t uploaded yet)
>
> James
>

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