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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GT

To: "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ????????? of Singapore" <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] VGA passthrough problems with GeForce GTS 250 and P7Q57-M DO (also: LGA1156 boards with working VT-d)
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:11:02 +0300
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On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:52:12AM +0800, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 
????????? of Singapore" wrote:
> Dear Pasi,
>
> Were instability issues with Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA  
> passthrough in Xen 4.0.1 fixed with Xen 4.0.2-rc-pre?
>

I don't think I've seen anything related to that..

See the changelogs for yourself:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenRepositories

Check both Xen hypervisor and qemu-dm changelogs.

-- Pasi

> Thank you very much.
>
> -- 
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ????????? Dip(Mechatronics) 
> BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
> Alma Maters:
> [1] Singapore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998)
> [2] National University of Singapore (Graduated 2006)
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> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
> ZIP: 470103
> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 
> 28 August 2010):-
> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ????????? of Singapore: 
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>
>
>
>
>
> On 09/20/2010 09:19 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 06:32:44PM +0800, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 
>> ?????? of Singapore" wrote:
>>    
>>> Dear Weidong, Pasi, and Xen developers,
>>>
>>> The report from Andrew confirms my reports that Intel integrated
>>> graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough with Xen 4.0.1 and pv-ops dom0 kernel
>>> 2.6.32.21 is unstable.
>>>
>>>      
>> Ok.
>>
>>    
>>> Please check the previous emails that I have sent to all of you.
>>>
>>>      
>> I wonder what's the best way to troubleshoot this..
>>
>> - Is it only the HVM guest crashing?
>>    
>
> Yes. Only Windows XP HVM domU is crashing.
>
>> - No problems on dom0/hypervisor?
>>    
>
> No. I was still able to access dom0 through Xen serial console after  
> Windows XP HVM domU has crashed. I was able to execute the reboot  
> command in dom0.
>
>> - Can you re-start the crashed windows?
>>    
>
> No. I have to do a hard reboot of dom0.
>
>> -- Pasi
>>
>>    
>>> -- 
>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>
>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) 
>>> BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
>>> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
>>> Alma Maters:
>>> [1] Singapore Polytechnic (Graduated 1998)
>>> [2] National University of Singapore (Graduated 2006)
>>> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
>>> Facebook photos: 
>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
>>> Facebook videos: 
>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
>>> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
>>> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
>>> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
>>> ZIP: 470103
>>> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders (Updated 
>>> 28 August 2010):-
>>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
>>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
>>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
>>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore: 
>>> http://i53.tinypic.com/207tamp.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/20/2010 04:58 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
>>>      
>>>> I tried passing the integrated graphics adapter to the Windows domU,
>>>> and the monitor goes into standby when the domU is started. If I
>>>> enable the virtual graphics adapter, I see that Windows is
>>>> bluescreening on boot (this only happens if the Intel graphics driver
>>>> is installed). I suspect that the VT-d-related parts of the ACPI
>>>> tables are broken because passthrough doesn't work properly for either
>>>> the graphics or sound adapters (that, and Xen reports that the
>>>> motherboard supports none of the "optional" VT-d features like DMA
>>>> passthrough, etc.).
>>>>
>>>> On 9/17/10, "Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore"
>>>> <space.time.universe@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>> Dear Andrew,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have briefly glimpsed through the technical specifications of your
>>>>> ASUS motherboard.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=XSm0g8qR5qb7UN30
>>>>>
>>>>> At present, Xen 4.0.1 only supports Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA
>>>>> passthrough. Add-on PCI Express x16 graphics cards are not supported
>>>>> yet. Patches, which are currently unavailable, have to be applied to Xen
>>>>> 4.0.1. You may wish to passthrough your onboard VGA instead of your
>>>>> NVIDIA GeForce GTS display card.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am getting stability issues in VGA passthrough with Intel integrated
>>>>> graphics (IGD), Xen 4.0.1, and pv-ops dom0 kernel 2.6.32.21 on my Intel
>>>>> Desktop Board DQ45CB. Windows XP HVM domU crashes with a BSOD within 2
>>>>> minutes after booting up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please try out Intel integrated graphics (IGD) VGA passthrough and let
>>>>> me know whether you encounter any stability issues (Xen 4.0.1).
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? Dip(Mechatronics) 
>>>>> BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
>>>>> Engineering)
>>>>> Citizenship: Singapore Citizen/Singaporean
>>>>> Facebook account: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>>>> Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982
>>>>> Facebook photos:
>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982#!/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=photos
>>>>> Facebook videos:
>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000750083982&v=app_2392950137
>>>>> Mobile Phone (Starhub pre-paid): +65-8369-2618
>>>>> Windows Live Messenger: teoenming-at-hotmail.com
>>>>> Location: Bedok Reservoir Road, Singapore
>>>>> ZIP: 470103
>>>>> My Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders 
>>>>> (Updated
>>>>> 28 August 2010):-
>>>>> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2010-August/007811.html
>>>>> http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-August/295952.html
>>>>> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_f6a341d9623fda17880159b137c07335.xml
>>>>> Photo of Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) ?????? of Singapore:
>>>>> http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5052/mrteoenmingzhangenmingo.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/18/2010 12:08 PM, Andrew Warkentin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>> I am trying to pass an eVGA GeForce GTS 250 to a Windows XP 32-bit
>>>>>> domU. I am using an ASUS P7Q57-M DO motherboard (with the BIOS updated
>>>>>> to the latest version) with a Core i5-660 processor. I am using the
>>>>>> current unstable version of Debian as dom0 (kernel version
>>>>>> 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64), with the current Debian unstable package of Xen
>>>>>> 4.0.1. When I boot the XP domU with graphics passthrough enabled,
>>>>>> nothing happens (the domU starts up, but all I see are the last boot
>>>>>> messages from Xen).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also tried passing through the onboard audio adapter to Windows XP,
>>>>>> and the driver loads and recognizes the adapter, but actually playing
>>>>>> sounds doesn't appear to work. I am not sure if the graphics
>>>>>> passthrough failure is related to the problem with the onboard audio
>>>>>> (and therefore a motherboard/CPU problem), or if it has to do with the
>>>>>> graphics card itself. I know that some NVIDIA cards require Xen
>>>>>> patches to be passed through, but I am not sure where to find patches
>>>>>> that will work with Xen 4.0.1 (the ones that I found were from August
>>>>>> 2009, and I get failed hunks when I try to apply them to Xen 4.0.1).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anybody know if there are vBAR=pBAR patches available for Xen
>>>>>> 4.0.1 (or if they have been integrated into the current Xen
>>>>>> development tree)? Alternatively, if this is a motherboard problem,
>>>>>> does anybody know of any LGA1156 motherboards that definitely have
>>>>>> working VT-d?
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>
>>>
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