Re: [Xen-devel] [edk2] Windows 8 64bit Guest BSOD when using OVMF to boot and *install* from CDROM(when configured with more than 4G memory)

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/07/15 08:47, lidonglin wrote:
> Dear all：
>       New issue：
>       Guest BSOD and restart when using OVMF to boot and install windows8 
> 64bit OS(which owns more than 4G memmory)。
> My environment as below:
> xen 4.5.0
> qemu 2.2.1
> ovmf git clone from git://xenbits.xen.org/ovmf.git (commit 
> a065efc7c7ce8bb3e5cb3e463099d023d4a92927)
> 
> I just git clone xen from git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git. configure it and 
> parameters as below:
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/ --libdir=/usr/lib/  --enable-ovmf then make && 
> make install, after that I reboot my host OS(SuSE 11.3).
> I write a cfg file win8.cfg as below:
> builder = "hvm"
> name = "win8"
> memory = 2048
> maxmem = 2048
> vcpus = 4
> bios = "ovmf"
> boot = "d"
> disk = [ 
> '/test/Windows8-ReleasePreview-64bit-ChineseSimplified.iso,,hdc,cdrom','/test/win8.img,raw,xvda,rw'
>  ] usb = 1 usbdevice="tablet"
> vnc = 1
> vnclisten = '9.61.1.3'
> vncdisplay = 0
> 
> # xl create win8.cfg
> after the command I use vnc client to connect guest, win8 guest works 
> normally.
> then I modify the memory size and change it to 8192MB, save and start win8 
> guest again.
> after ovmf bios logo, windows8 logo appears, go on for a while, the guest 
> stops and restart, then stop （sometimes BSOD，but no error code on the screen) 
> and restart ....repeat the process
> 
> I tried some different memory sizes, the result is guest can work normally 
> when it has 4320MB memory at most, but it stop and restart when it has lager 
> than 4320MB memory

CC'ing the xen-devel mailing list, as I have no environment to reproduce
this in. (Plus, you are cloning a git repo that may or may not be
identical to the (semi-)official edk2 git repo.)

Thanks
Laszlo


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