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[Xen-users] Issues using nouveau driver as Dom0 machine

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Subject: [Xen-users] Issues using nouveau driver as Dom0 machine
From: Mike Viau <viaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:28:09 -0500
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Hello xenners,

It has recently been brought to my attention that linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (2.6.32-30) was released in the Debian sid repositories [1]. Urgency is set to high so I'd imagine the migration to squeeze will not take long as well. The changelog shows [2]:

xen: backport TTM patches to use PCI API. Fixes PCIe GPU (specifically
     Radeon and Nouveau) on Xen (Closes: #601341).

Previously I was successful using the nouveau video driver with Xen on my laptop with nvidia graphic when using the Debian 2.6.32-29+xen0 kernel from the ianc (Ian Campbells) xenbits folder.

When I tried the new sid kernel (-30), I found that I was able to boot natively (bare-metal) with full functionality; meaning X with gnome desktop manager was working, able to suspended and woken up, etc. (did not test sound).

When I tried to boot the kernel through the Xen hypervisor it hangs X & fb console like reported in a bug report [3]. My laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad R61 and my lspci -vvv -s 01:00.0 output is as followed:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84M [Quadro NVS 140M] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61
    Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
    Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
    Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
    Region 0: Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    Region 3: Memory at d4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
    Region 5: I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
    Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
    Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
        Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
        Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
    Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
    Capabilities: [78] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
        DevCap:    MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <4us
            ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
        DevCtl:    Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
            RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
            MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
        DevSta:    CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-
        LnkCap:    Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <4us
            ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
        LnkCtl:    ASPM L0s Enabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
            ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
        LnkSta:    Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
    Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel
        Caps:    LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
        Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
        Ctrl:    ArbSelect=Fixed
        Status:    InProgress-
        VC0:    Caps:    PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
            Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
            Ctrl:    Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=01
            Status:    NegoPending- InProgress-
    Capabilities: [128 v1] Power Budgeting <?>
    Capabilities: [600 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
    Kernel driver in use: nouveau



Please advise on how one should proceed. I'd like to know why 2.6.32-29+xen0 works but 2.6.52-30 does not work on my system.
[1]: http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 or
the source package at http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.html
[2] :  http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.32-30/changelog

[3] :  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=601341



-M





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