Re: [Xen-devel] Crash w/ bios="ovmf"

[jdickens <jdickens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This turned out to be a xen install problem. The default install 
location for the build was /usr/local but my system was using /usr.  The 
root cause was hvmloader created by the new build was not actually the 
one being used.

On 2017-02-27 11:59, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 03:50:28PM -0500, Jason Dickens wrote:
> > I'm trying to find a solution to an immediate VM crash which occurs 
> > by
> > simply adding "bios='ovmf' to my configuration?
> >
> > I started with a standard Ubuntu install which contained Xen 4.6.0 
> > and had
> > the crash. The VM works fine booting w/ SeaBIOS once the 
> > configuration line
> > is removed. It also works fine with OVMF using just QEMU.
> >
> > Then I was led to believe that i needed to rebuild Xen with 
> > --enable-ovmf ,
> > using the source from apt-get source, this proved to be difficult 
> > and
> > ultimately I had to disable stub domains to get it to work. (in 
> > case, that
> > is relevant)
> >
> > Still I get the crash almost immediately after the VM is launched. 
> > With
> > sdl=1 I can see the window flash up and disappear.
> > I should mention that ultimately I plan to use a non-standard build 
> > of the
> > OVMF kernel, but for now I'm happy to get it working with any one.
> Can you try
> pci_platform=0 in your guest config pleae?
>
> > At this point, I have been studying the source to try and determine 
> > where
> > things diverge. I find very little use of LIBXL_BIOS_TYPE_OVMF and 
> > can't
> > find  exactly where setting hvm.bios that even matters?
> >
> > In any case, I would appreciate help on how to avoid the crash 
> > and/or
> > understanding the Xen modifications for OVMF.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
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