Re: [Xen-devel] [Qemu-devel] Test report for xen-unstable and qemu-xen

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

CC'ing Gerd and the seabios list:

On 08/13/13 11:16, Fabio Fantoni wrote:
> Il 12/08/2013 17:04, Fabio Fantoni ha scritto:
>> Dom0:
>> Wheezy 64 bit with kernel from package linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64
>> version 3.2.46-1 and all dependency packages for xen, spice and usb
>> redirection.
>> Seabios 1.7.3-1, qemu 1.5.0+dfsg-5 (1.5.1), spice 0.12.4-0nocelt1 and
>> usbredir 0.6-2 compiled from debian unstable sources.
>> -------------------------
>> git clone git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git (in this build commit is
>> 73f18583dd824f0e49f65149ef603600ce31b8ee)
>> -------------------------
>> Added some patches:
>> - tools-configure-qemu-for-spice-and-usbredir
>> - libxl-Add-spice-vdagent-support-for-upstream-qemu v3
>> - libxl: usb2 and usb3 controller support for upstream qemu v4
>> - tools-firmware-seabios-packaged
>> - tools: Improve make deb v3
>> - tools: remove or disable old/useless/unused/unmainted stuff (the
>> whole series of 9 patches)
>> -------------------------
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-xend
>> -------------------------
>> make debball
>>
>> -------------------------
>> New issue:
>> - domU not start with qemu 1.5.1 and more that 2 gb of ram:
>>   tested on w7 64 bit domU with 4 gb of ram, with built-in qemu 1.3 it
>> works,
>>   while with qemu 1.5.1 doesn't (stops at the beginning, spice client
>> show only the lines of seabios version and machine UUID;
>>   qemu log show nothing more that 2 gb test), while with 2 gb of ram
>> works also with qemu 1.5.1
>> -------------------------
> 
> Added qemu-devel and debian maintainers to cc for this regression about
> upstream qemu.
> If you need more details and tests tell me and I'll do/post them.

As a superficial guess, this could be fixed by the seabios-1.7.3.1 release:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/227536

http://code.coreboot.org/p/seabios/source/commit/2a9aeabdfb34374ecac25e7a8d21c9e368618cd4/

Laszlo

> 
>>
>> -------------------------
>> Old issue:
>> - Network is not working after restore on Windows domU with qemu-xen
>> and gplpv
>>   Workaround: fixed mac address
>> -------------
>> - Starting xendomain with "xl create" show some debug options:
>>   Starting auto Xen domains: W7.cfgxc: info: VIRTUAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
>>   Loader:        0000000000100000->000000000019eb68
>>   Modules:       0000000000000000->0000000000000000
>>   TOTAL:         0000000000000000->000000007f000000
>>   ENTRY ADDRESS: 0000000000100000
>> xc: info: PHYSICAL MEMORY ALLOCATION:
>>   4KB PAGES: 0x0000000000000200
>>   2MB PAGES: 0x00000000000003f7
>>   1GB PAGES: 0x0000000000000000
>> [done].
>> I think it is would be better hiding them here
>> -------------
>> - on W7 pro 64 bit domU error in the begin of qemu log, while domU
>> seem to work:
>> xc: error: linux_gnttab_set_max_grants: ioctl SET_MAX_GRANTS failed
>> (22 = Invalid argument): Internal error
>> xen be: qdisk-832: xc_gnttab_set_max_grants failed: Invalid argument
>> -------------
>> - nested hvm was bugged: started test it on windows 7 pro 64 domU on
>> qemu-xen,
>>   xpmode crashed on install without show error, no error on logs and
>> havdetection works
>>   Now xpmode install and start correctly except integration features
>>   (disks,printers,clipboard sharing) and usb passthrough (of xpmode)
>> -------------------------


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