[Xen-users] Re: Xen 3.5-unstable, pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.31.4, Windows XP Home HVM Virtual Machine, PCI Express x16 Graphics Passthrough, Firewire Controller Passthrough, HD Audio Controller Passthrough, 3D Video and Disk I/O Benchmark Results

["Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>]

VGA Passthrough:

3D graphics performance of nVidia GeForce 8400 GS PCI Express x16
under Xen-based Windows XP Home Edition SP3 HVM virtual machine.

Attached screenshot of benchmark results for Unigine Heaven DX11 Benchmark.

-- 
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@xxxxxxxxx
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
Republic of Singapore



On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
<space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I can't run both 3dmark03 and 3dmark06 3D graphics benchmarks in my
> Windows XP Home SP3 HVM domU.
>
> Both resulted in the following error:
>
> System Info error:
>
> Anybody has this problem?
>
> --
> 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@xxxxxxxxx
> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
> Republic of Singapore
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 3:17 AM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I wrote the following linux shell script which I can run in the
>> background in dom0 just before starting my Windows XP Home HVM guest.
>> This script collects xm dmesg output, pipes it to a file and also
>> copies qemu-dm, xend.log and other Xen logs to my home directory 10
>> minutes after my winxp home domU has started. It avoids the need to
>> ssh or serial console into dom0 to collect the logs.
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> KERNELVER=`uname -r`
>> DATESTAMP=23oct2009
>> TIMESTAMP=2026
>> DELAY=10m
>>
>> sleep $DELAY
>>
>> xm dmesg > ~enming/xm-dmesg-$KERNELVER-$DATESTAMP-$TIMESTAMP.txt
>> mkdir ~enming/xen-logs/$DATESTAMP-$TIMESTAMP
>> cp -f /var/log/xen/* ~enming/xen-logs/$DATESTAMP-$TIMESTAMP
>>
>> --
>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>> Republic of Singapore
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I have to stop the boinc-client daemon in dom0 before starting Windows
>>> XP Home domU because running SETI@home in dom0 while Windows XP HVM
>>> guest is starting causes the following BSOD:
>>>
>>> The device driver got stuck in an infinite loop.
>>>
>>> STOP 0x000000EA (0x8ADF8260, 0x8ACBF008, 0xB84DBCBC, 0x00000001)
>>>
>>> nv4_disp
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Linux bash shell scripts for PCI device passthrough:
>>>>
>>>> (1) passthru-nvidia.sh
>>>>
>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>> echo "10de 06e4" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
>>>> echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind
>>>> echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
>>>>
>>>> (2) passthru-firewire.sh
>>>>
>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>> echo "11c1 5811" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
>>>> echo "0000:02:01.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:01.0/driver/unbind
>>>> echo "0000:02:01.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
>>>>
>>>> #Unload firewire driver
>>>> rmmod firewire_ohci
>>>> rmmod firewire_core
>>>>
>>>> (3) passthru-audio.sh
>>>>
>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>> echo "8086 3a6e" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id
>>>> echo "0000:00:1b.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1b.0/driver/unbind
>>>> echo "0000:00:1b.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind
>>>>
>>>> rmmod snd_hda_intel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Windows XP Home Edition SP3 32-bit HVM virtual machine configuration
>>>> file /etc/xen/winxphome32:
>>>>
>>>> #import os, re
>>>> #arch = os.uname()[4]
>>>> #if re.search('64', arch):
>>>> #    arch_libdir = 'lib64'
>>>> #else:
>>>> #    arch_libdir = 'lib'
>>>>
>>>> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
>>>> builder='hvm'
>>>> memory = 3072
>>>>
>>>> # Should be at least 2KB per MB of domain memory, plus a few MB per vcpu.
>>>> #shadow_memory = 8
>>>> name = "winxphome32"
>>>> vif = [ 'bridge=eth0' ]
>>>> acpi = 1
>>>> apic = 1
>>>> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/virtualmachines/winxphome32,hda,w',
>>>> 'phy:/dev/sr0,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
>>>>
>>>> #device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
>>>> #device_model = '/usr/' + 'lib' + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
>>>> device_model = 'qemu-dm'
>>>>
>>>> #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> # boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c) or CD-ROM (d)
>>>> # default: hard disk, cd-rom, floppy
>>>> boot="cd"
>>>> sdl=0
>>>> vnc=1
>>>> vnclisten="192.168.1.2"
>>>> vncdisplay=1
>>>> vncunused=1
>>>> vncconsole=0
>>>> vncpasswd=''
>>>>
>>>> #serial='pty'
>>>> #usbdevice='tablet'
>>>> # onboard
>>>> #pci = [ '00:02.0' ]
>>>> # nVidia Geforce 8400 GS & firewire controller & HD audio controller
>>>> pci = [ '01:00.0','02:01.0','00:1b.0' ]
>>>> vcpus=2
>>>> # No passthrough
>>>> #gfx_passthru=0
>>>> # onboard
>>>> #gfx_passthru=1
>>>> # nvidia
>>>> gfx_passthru=2
>>>>
>>>> # Can only pass through one usb device at a time
>>>> usb=1
>>>> # USB Unity Green Mouse
>>>> #usbdevice = 'host:1bcf:0007'
>>>> # USB A1pro Black Mouse
>>>> usbdevice = 'host:15d9:0a41'
>>>> # USB Keyboard
>>>> #usbdevice = 'host:0603:00f2'
>>>> # USB Sony IC Recorder
>>>> #usbdevice = 'host:054c:0271'
>>>> # USB Lexmark X1270 Color Printer
>>>> #usbdevice = 'host:043d:00ff'
>>>> # USB Lexmark X1270 Photo Scanner
>>>> #usbdevice = 'host:043d:007d'
>>>> # USB Lexmark X1270 Generic Hub
>>>> #usbdevice = 'host:043d:007a'
>>>>
>>>> All-in-one script to call the above-mentioned scripts and HVM config:
>>>>
>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>>
>>>> # Stops the BOINC Core Client
>>>> service boinc-client stop
>>>>
>>>> # Passthrough NVIDIA graphics card
>>>> /etc/xen/scripts/passthru-nvidia.sh
>>>> # Passthrough Firewire port
>>>> /etc/xen/scripts/passthru-firewire.sh
>>>> # Passthrough Audio Controller
>>>> /etc/xen/scripts/passthru-audio.sh
>>>>
>>>> ls -ltr /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/
>>>> sleep 10
>>>>
>>>> # Start Windows XP guest domain
>>>> xm create winxphome32
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Configuration for pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.31.4:
>>>>>
>>>>> ---snipped---
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> Multiple USB devices passthrough to Windows XP Home HVM domU status:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1st USB device can be specified in HVM configuration file. As a matter
>>>>>> of fact, only 1 USB device can be specified in HVM config. Subsequent
>>>>>> USB devices (2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on) can be passed through to Win XP
>>>>>> Home HVM virtual machine by using "usb_add host:vendorid:productid"
>>>>>> command in QEMU monitor of the VNC server built into QEMU itself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> Attached screenshots for the disk drives and network adapters in
>>>>>>> device manager after installation of the Xen GPLPV drivers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>>>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>>>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Intel DQ45CB HD Audio Controller Passthrough Status: Successful
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Attached screenshots for the HD audio controller in Device Manager.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>>>>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>>>>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>>>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> OHCI IEEE 1394 Firewire Controller passthrough status: Not Successful
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Attached screenshots for the firewire controller in device manager.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>>>>>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>>>>>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>>>>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Version of Xen GPL PV Drivers Installed: 07/15/2009 0.10.0.86
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> VGA / GFX pass-through status: Successful
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Attached screenshots for nVidia GeForce 8400 GS PCI Express x16
>>>>>>>>>> passthrough in Win XP Home DomU device manager.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>>>>>>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>>>>>>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>>>>>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Attached screenshots for Passmark PerformanceTest 7.0 3D Graphics
>>>>>>>>>>> benchmark results.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>>>>>>>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>>>>>>>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>>>>>>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Attached screenshots for Passmark Performance Test 7.0 Disk I/O
>>>>>>>>>>>> benchmark results.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>>>>>>>>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>>>>>>>>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>>>>>>>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Host Operating System Domain 0: Fedora 11 Linux x86-64 64-bit
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Domain U: Windows XP Home Edition SP3 32-bit HVM Virtual Machine
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Xen Hypervisor Version: 3.5-unstable changeset 20143
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Paravirt-Operations Dom0 Kernel: 2.6.31.4 (Jeremy Fitzhardinge's 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> git tree)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Intel GFX Passthrough Patches Applied: Version 1 (Provided by Han 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Weidong Intel)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Motherboard: Intel DQ45CB
>>>>>>>>>>>>> BIOS Version: 0093
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E6300
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce 8400 GS PCI Express x16
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Memory: 8GB DDR2-800
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Attached screenshots for 3 iterations of the hdtach disk I/O 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> benchmark
>>>>>>>>>>>>> test results.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>>>> MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Street: Bedok Reservoir Road
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Republic of Singapore
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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