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



Il 08/02/2013 08:32, Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen ha scritto:

-----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?

I don't used vnc but Spice (basic without qxl), no error or warning in log.
Tried also with vnc but same problem.
The problem seem general domU performance.
Have you tried ovmf adding its vgabios?
Can you tell me your ovmf revision, build parameter and qemu version?

Are there any others specific task to do?

Thanks for any reply.

Thanks for any reply.




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