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RE: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQ

To: Giovanni Bellac <giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx>, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers
From: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 13:26:04 +0100
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Thread-topic: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

Presumably the tools are creating a /local/domain/3/console/0 entry if you don’t specify VNC; it’s another example of the same issue you saw before.

The Citrix PV drivers are not routinely tested on xen-unstable; you need to tweak your tools to give them the environment they expect (which is that the only thing under /local/domain/XXX/device are vbd and vif nodes).

 

  Paul

 

From: Giovanni Bellac [mailto:giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 September 2010 11:40
To: Ian Campbell
Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Paul Durrant
Subject: AW: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

 

Hello Ian

there is no "vfb" in the .sxp

Here is it:
(Node: XEN 4.0.1 + 2.6.32.21 pvops)
I have found out one interesting point, I have described it under the config file.

name = 'windows'
kernel = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
builder = 'hvm'
device_model = '/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
memory = 4096
vcpus=4
acpi=1
apic=1
vif = [ 'bridge=eth0' ]
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vserv/windows,hda,w',
         'file:/root/SW_DVD5_Windows_Svr_DC_EE_SE_Web_2008R2_64-bit_German_X15-59762.ISO,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
boot='c'
usbdevice='tablet'
vnc=1
vncunused=0
vnclisten = '10.10.10.137'
vncdisplay=2
vncconsole=1
vncpasswd=''
vncviewer=0
sdl=0
stdvga=0
serial='pty'
ne2000 = "0"

on_reboot   = 'restart'
on_crash    = 'restart'



After removing all statements with "vnc" out of the sxp file and restarting the windows domU, I get in the qemu logs:

 XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/console/3/0 in state INITIALISING; retry.

Now it is not vfb, it is CONSOLE.

Best regards
Gio

 


Von: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
An: Giovanni Bellac <giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>; "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Gesendet: Dienstag, den 7. September 2010, 11:57:13 Uhr
Betreff: Re: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 08:53 +0100, Giovanni Bellac wrote:
> Hello
>
> > Since these is actually no fe driver for vfb, I suggest you just
> make sure this node does not exist.
>
> sorry, but I do not understand that 100%
> I have one domU with one LVM partition created. There is no other domU
> or LVM partition on this system.

vfb is the virtual frame buffer.

The frontend/backend protocol for VFB is a different to most other
device types and is incompatible with the Windows PV drivers.

You should remove any "vfb" configuration items from your domain
configuration file, I think.

Ian.

 

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