Re: [Xen-devel] Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs

[Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen <kristian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fabio Fantoni [mailto:fantonifabio@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 7. februar 2013 17:28
> To: Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen
> Cc: xen-devel; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs
> 
> Il 07/02/2013 13:48, Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen ha scritto:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-devel-
> >> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fabio Fantoni
> >> Sent: 7. februar 2013 13:28
> >> To: xen-devel; Ian Campbell; Stefano Stabellini
> >> Subject: [Xen-devel] Status of UEFI (ovmf) with hvm domUs
> >>
> >> I haven't seen mail about eufi support on hvm domUs (ovmf) for a long
> time.
> >> I'm interested in trying it with xen-unstable.
> >> Someone can tell me if there is something to add to have it working
> and/or
> >> ovmf git need to be updated?
> > I have been running Windows 8 and server 2012 HVM on OVMF for some
> time. I used the latest OVMF build from the edk2 source with xen-unstable.
> It works fine, except that the vnc connection doesn't update the picture, so I
> have to open and close the vnc window for updating the picture, until I have
> enabled remote desktop in windows. I also tried to pass through some USB
> ports with success, the passing through my intel hd 4000 gfx, does not work
> even in secondary mode.
> >
> > /Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen
> 
> Thanks for reply.
> I built successfull ovmf with xen-unstable with this changes:
> ./configure --enable-ovmf
> vi Config.mk
> OVMF_UPSTREAM_URL ?= git://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git
> OVMF_UPSTREAM_REVISION ?= master
> # Added patch for support gcc4.7 and rispective change in
> tools/firmware/ovmf-makefile
> 
> After that I tested it adding bios="ovmf" on domU's xl cfg.
> The domU starts but performance is very poor (similar to qemu without
> xen or kvm or worse).
> Tried with Windows 7 and Fedora 18: they start loading but never reach a
> complete boot (even after about 10 minutes).

When you say that they newer reach a complete boot, have you then tried to 
close your vnc and reconnect?

> 
> Are there any others specific task to do?
> 
> Thanks for any reply.
> 
> >> Thanks for any reply.
> >>
> 


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