Re: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

[chris <tknchris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 01:26:04PM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
>>    Presumably the tools are creating a /local/domain/3/console/0 entry if you
>>    don't specify VNC; it's another example of the same issue you saw before.
>>
>>    The Citrix PV drivers are not routinely tested on xen-unstable; you need
>>    to tweak your tools to give them the environment they expect (which is
>>    that the only thing under /local/domain/XXX/device are vbd and vif nodes).
>>
>
> I guess the behaviour of Citrix PV drivers has changed recently?
> The drivers from XCP 0.1.x worked OK on Xen 4.0 earlier..
>
>
> -- Pasi
>
>>
>>
>>
>>    From: Giovanni Bellac [mailto:giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx]
>>    Sent: 07 September 2010 11:40
>>    To: Ian Campbell
>>    Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Paul
>>    Durrant
>>    Subject: AW: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for
>>    Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers
>>
>>
>>
>>    Hello Ian
>>
>>    there is no "vfb" in the .sxp
>>
>>    Here is it:
>>    (Node: XEN 4.0.1 + 2.6.32.21 pvops)
>>    I have found out one interesting point, I have described it under the
>>    config file.
>>
>>    name = 'windows'
>>    kernel = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
>>    builder = 'hvm'
>>    device_model = '/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
>>    memory = 4096
>>    vcpus=4
>>    acpi=1
>>    apic=1
>>    vif = [ 'bridge=eth0' ]
>>    disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vserv/windows,hda,w',
>>
>>   
>>  'file:/root/SW_DVD5_Windows_Svr_DC_EE_SE_Web_2008R2_64-bit_German_X15-59762.ISO,hdc:cdrom,r'
>>    ]
>>    boot='c'
>>    usbdevice='tablet'
>>    vnc=1
>>    vncunused=0
>>    vnclisten = '10.10.10.137'
>>    vncdisplay=2
>>    vncconsole=1
>>    vncpasswd=''
>>    vncviewer=0
>>    sdl=0
>>    stdvga=0
>>    serial='pty'
>>    ne2000 = "0"
>>    on_poweroff = 'destroy'
>>    on_reboot   = 'restart'
>>    on_crash    = 'restart'
>>
>>    After removing all statements with "vnc" out of the sxp file and
>>    restarting the windows domU, I get in the qemu logs:
>>
>>     XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
>>    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/console/3/0 in
>>    state INITIALISING; retry.
>>
>>    Now it is not vfb, it is CONSOLE.
>>
>>    Best regards
>>    Gio
>>
>>
>>
>>    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>    Von: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>    An: Giovanni Bellac <giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx>
>>    CC: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>;
>>    "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
>>    "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>    Gesendet: Dienstag, den 7. September 2010, 11:57:13 Uhr
>>    Betreff: Re: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for
>>    Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers
>>    On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 08:53 +0100, Giovanni Bellac wrote:
>>    > Hello
>>    >
>>    > > Since these is actually no fe driver for vfb, I suggest you just
>>    > make sure this node does not exist.
>>    >
>>    > sorry, but I do not understand that 100%
>>    > I have one domU with one LVM partition created. There is no other domU
>>    > or LVM partition on this system.
>>
>>    vfb is the virtual frame buffer.
>>
>>    The frontend/backend protocol for VFB is a different to most other
>>    device types and is incompatible with the Windows PV drivers.
>>
>>    You should remove any "vfb" configuration items from your domain
>>    configuration file, I think.
>>
>>    Ian.
>>
>>
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Besides being signed, how do these drivers compare to gplpv? Is there
any comparison information available?

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