Re: [win-pv-devel] v9.0.0 released

[Steffan Cline <steffan@xxxxxxxxx>]

I used the add or remove software to remove the drivers one at a time. Once 
that finished, I did a full reboot. I had to VNC rather than RDP to get access 
and did the install of the new. All went well. It was after the reboot this 
came up. I was finally able to get back in by selecting to boot using “last 
known good configuration” in Windows. I’m checking for disk errors or anything 
that would explain the issue. 

The only config changes I tried is commenting out the USB options but because 
the new drivers didn’t load, I have no cursor but the keyboard works. I’ll 
revert the changes and try again. 

I’ll check out the size of the grant table too and see if I can get this worked 
out and back up normally. Thankfully it’s a test VM with a full LVM backup. 


Thanks,
Steffan Cline
steffan@xxxxxxxxx
602-793-0014

> On Dec 10, 2019, at 1:31 AM, Durrant, Paul <pdurrant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  I've been using the same basic config for a long time so there should be no 
> need for anything new. How did you go about removing the 8.2 drivers? That 
> should not be necessary; the 9.0 drivers should be a simple upgrade. Do you 
> have any log output?
>  As a pure guess, have you tried increasing the size of your grant table? The 
> Xen default of 32 frames is not really big enough these days.
> 
>  Paul
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: win-pv-devel <win-pv-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
>> Of Steffan Cline
>> Sent: 09 December 2019 21:21
>> To: win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [win-pv-devel] v9.0.0 released
>> 
>> Does anyone have a specific config file they'd like to share that performs
>> well with these newest drivers?
>> 
>> On my Win 2016 Server, I removed the 8.2 drivers, rebooted, installed
>> these and rebooted. It's been loading for about 30 minutes with the
>> spinning dots non-stop.
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Steffan Cline
>> steffan@xxxxxxxxx
>> 602-793-0014
>> 
>> 
>> On 12/9/19, 1:56 AM, "win-pv-devel on behalf of Durrant, Paul" <win-pv-
>> devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of pdurrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>    All,
>> 
>>      Now that all master branches have had their version bumped to 9.1.0,
>> and the latest builds of 9.0.0 have passed sanity tests, I can announce
>> that I have signed those builds and they are officially released.
>> (Available directly at https://xenbits.xen.org/pvdrivers/win/9.0.0).
>> 
>>      With this new major version of the drivers comes a new console
>> driver (XENCONS). With this installed, it is now possible to run 'xl
>> console' from dom0 and access a shell inside a Windows guest. There are
>> also a new pair of drivers (XENVKBD and XENHID) which provide support for
>> PV keyboard and pointing device (nominally mouse, but actually with
>> absolute co-ordinates) which means that USB emulation may be turned off
>> after installation without any degradation of the guest (VNC) console user
>> experience. This is advantageous as USB emulation places a significant
>> load on the host, compromising the maximum number of Windows guests that
>> may be run.
>> 
>>      Cheers,
>> 
>>        Paul
>> 
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