RE: [Xen-users] first binary release of GPL Windows PV drivers

["James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Posting back to the list. I have just managed to put together a Xen
3.1.2 for Debian, and have found that it works just fine under that.

How many CPU's are you giving the DomU? I've only tested with a single
CPU.

Also, are you running PAE? I'm pretty sure I'm not, so PAE is most
likely untested.

Thanks

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Valentan [mailto:Robert.Valentan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2007 03:06
> To: James Harper
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] first binary release of GPL Windows PV
drivers
> 
> Hallo!
> 
> I have tested your binary (0.1.0a) on my system (dual xeon 5320 with
> 8GB RAM, xen 3.1.2) guest is win-2k3 32bit standard, 1,5GB RAM
> 
> Installation has worked.
> 
> When i start with /gplpv i got 'error_1.jpg' when starting win2003.
> 
> Without /gplpv my system come up, but a
>    'xm block-attach Win-2k3 phy:/dev/hda hdb:cdrom r '
> give 'error_2.jpg'. Before the block-attach the system is working.
> 
> Should it work with 3.1.2, or will it be better to go back to 3.1.1 ?
> 
> When you want some additional testing, feel free to send it!
> 
> regards
> Robert Valentan
> 
> PS: Sorry for the german-windows ;-)
> 
> 
> James Harper schrieb:
> > I've just uploaded the first binary "it works for me" release of the
GPL
> > Windows PV drivers I've been developing. The binary was compiled for
> > windows 2003 32-bit, so it will probably only work on that. It also
> > definitely doesn't work under Xen 3.0.4, so you'll probably need
3.1.0
> > or 3.1.1.
> >
> > Compiling for XP 32-bit will probably 'just work'. Compiling for
2000
> > might work. Anything 64-bit just hasn't been tested.
> >
> > You can download it at
http://www.meadowcourt.org/WindowsXenPV-0.1.0.zip
> >
> > Please read the README and INSTALL documents in the zip file and
please
> > don't try it on any production environment (I'd even be wary of
trying
> > it on a physical machine that has production DomU's on it)... it
just
> > hasn't had that much testing yet, although it hasn't wrecked any of
my
> > filesystems in a very long time (weeks) or crashed any DomU's in a
while
> > (days). I've only just convinced Windows to put a swap file on there
> > too...
> >
> > I'd be very interested to hear about any performance testing anyone
does
> > (real numbers or just "it feels faster/slower with PV than
without").
> >>From the testing I've done, large-block-size benchmarks appear a bit
> > faster and with heaps less CPU load. My test machine isn't
particularly
> > fast though.
> >
> > Don't be afraid to ask questions if you have any trouble
installing...
> > I'm not known for writing good documentation :) Please keep
> > install-related questions to the -users list though.
> >
> > Someone is working on PV network drivers too.
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> > James
> >
> >
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