Thank you for the quick response!
My Hardware spec. is perfectly and with XCP 1.5beta a first look is working as expected. Only the Nvidia doesnÂt â but I am happy to read that itÂs generally possible.
Therefore I am a beginner und not a Linux crack, I preferred to use a distribution and not to patch sources. Your Patch isnÂt included in the XCP 1.5beta? Because I hadnÂt added the nvidia bios, maybe this will work also with XCP 1.5?
I am generally not a friend of patches, no one knows how long it works and in a few weeks Precise is online, so I normally didnÂt want to use Lucid any more. (If this is the only way to get a nvidia graphic working).
The next thing why I like o use xcp 1.5 is, that I need a graphical tool for managing Xen. Without it its very difficult for me. (I have not so much time like I want, itÂs just a private project). With XCP 1.5 I can use XenCenter or Convirt and setting up a virtual machine is easy with a management tool.
The next thing is finding information is very complicated. I never used a mailing list before and searching within wiki and mailinglist is not the best. A forum doesnÂt exist, which I would like to prefer.
Thx
Torsten
PS: I hope I answered now correctly
First of all could you CC Xen-users mailinglist each time you sent me a mail? Anyone on mailinglist could help you too :)
Xen 4.2 + VGA PassThrough (+ optionnal PVHVM) work like a charm with a Linux domU (Ubuntu Lucid 10.04)
There is no problem to start, shutdown, reboot the domU whereas it is not the case for Windows. (ATI is a better choice for Windows)
Mplayer with VDPAU and VLC 2.0 with hw acceleration work well :)
However if you are a new Xen user if is a little complicated to do all required steps.
I try to put all informations here:
a) It is not worth testing (and going on ...) if your processor is not a (vt-d / iommu) capable ( see google)
moreover you have to be sure that your motherboard is able to support Vt-d/IOMMU. (I mean that your motherboard has a BIOS version which allows Vt-d/IOMMU option for you processor.
my motherboard is H61MU-E35 B3 (7680)
I need to upgrade my BIOS/UEFI to allow Intel Vt-d feature.
if (a) is not Ok then stop here it is not worth trying b) , c) ....
if (a) = yes then let's go
b) if a= yes then you need to extract the EEPROM (VGA BIOS) from your graphic card. I did it for my GTX 560 TI. So it should work for your own card (GT530)
A few months ago I did my test for my old GT 440. So it should work for GT 530.
It implies that you have to use nvtools to extract VGA BIOS. So use google to see how to do that.
c) You have to build Xen from sources and apply the instructions from my first mail.
i am also trying to get an nvidia card (Quadro 600 or GT530) running under XCP 1.5 beta. No way ootb. IÂam new with xen so I thought at least, a good idea will be in trying latest kernel 3.2 with Ubuntu precise plus xen repo.
But when I understand you correctly, it is anyway necessary to build an nvidia bios and it is still not possible without modifikations?
I need it because I am using a yavdr distri Oneric with needs VDPAU â
Other thought was, to install Yavdr and add the repository for xen, so that the yavdr is running as DOM0 and the other systems doesnÂt need a native graficcard. Maybe this is easyer for a beginner?
Windows 7...no. to complicated when you install nvidia driver.
It should be better to use a ATI card for Windows 7.
De : Tim Stowell <stowellt@xxxxxxxxx>
à : David TECHER <davidtecher@xxxxxxxx>
Envoyà le : Lundi 27 fÃvrier 2012 18h39
Objet : Re: [Xen-users] Last pachs for Xen VGA PAssthrough NVIIDA (revision >=24798)
Thanks for this information, will it work with a Windows 7 guest?
Here are the last patchs.
My personal recommendation: If you have a ATI graphic card or if you have the intention to buy one, good choice :)
I maintain patches for NVIDIA because I like to play on Linux PVHVM domU for gaming and multimedia :)
So I could have one domU for gaming and another one for multimedia
Q:Why are there new patches?
R: A few modifications was introduced from revision 24782 to 24785. A new file is tools/firmware/hvmloader/rombios.c. It implies that this file has to be patched too.
Should work with Xen revision >=24798.
a) Exrtact EEPROM for your NVIDIA graphic card (nvtools ...)
b) Download Xen 4.2 unstable
c) make a first build for tools
cd xen-unstable.hg-rev-${rev}/
