Re: [Xen-users] WIndows PV driver problem (from XCP 0.5) with XEN 3.4.3 and 4.0.1-rc6(-pre)

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:41:08PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 03:08:16PM +0000, Giovanni Bellac wrote:
> >    Hello
> > 
> >    I have a Supermicro system with Intel XEON cpu with VT enabled.
> >    HVM, without Windows PV driver, works great.
> > 
> >    I am trying to use Windows PV driver from XCP 0.5, it is in the .iso file
> >    of XCP 0.5
> >    Filename: windows-pvdrivers-xensetup.exe
> > 
> >    I have tried
> > 
> >    - XEN 3.4.3 (Linux 2.6.18.8)
> >    - XEN 4.0.1-rc6-pre (Linux 2.6.31.x and Linux 2.6.32.x from Jeremys GIT)
> >    and
> >    - XEN 4.0.1-rc6 (Linux 2.6.31.x and Linux 2.6.32.x from Jeremys GIT)
> > 
> >    After installing the Windowsa PV driver, Windows is starting up and
> >    hanging around at the loading bar.
> > 
> >    /var/log/xen/qemu-dm-windows.log says:
> > 
> >    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/4/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >     XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/4/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >     XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/4/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >     XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/4/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >     XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/4/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >     XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/4/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >     XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/4/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> > 
> >    This does not ends, I have waited alot.
> > 
> >    Yes, there is a mail at xen-users about this issue, but I want to accent
> >    this problem.
> > 
> >    Regards and thanks
> > 
> 
> Hmm.. iirc you have to set some registry setting in Windows if you want to
> use these drivers with the traditional Xen (not XCP).
> 
> See the Xen changelog entry for tips about that.
> 

http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648

-- Pasi


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