Hello,
I use Xen without any trouble for a long time. Last week, I have
installed a new Xen system from sources :
- base system : Linux debian as host with backported kernel (4.8.15) ;
- Xen 4.8 built from sources.
On this dom0, I have to start two domUs :
- Windows 7 POS (with VGA passthrough)
- Linux debian/stable
Linux domU runs like a charm and network runs as expected. But I'm
not able to obtain a running network in Windows domU. It's the first
time I have this kind of trouble...
Of course, I have installed XEN domU drivers for Windows host and I
can see a network adapter in Windows (XEN net device driver). I have
tried to obtain a running network interface with default Realtek
emulation with no success.
My windows.cfg configuration file is :
builder = 'hvm'
device_model_version="qemu-xen-traditional"
device_model_override = "/usr/local/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
memory = 3200
vcpus = 4
cpus = ["0", "1", "2", "3"]
acpi = 1
apic = 1
name = "Windows"
vif = ['bridge=xenbr0,mac=01:23:45:67:89:ab']
disk =
['phy:/dev/mapper/XEN_VMS-Windows,hda,w','file:/root/windows7emb64.iso,hdc:cdrom,r','file:/root/PV_driver_w7.iso,hdd:cdrom,r']
boot = "c"
vnc = 0
sdl = 0
serial = 'pty'
keymap = 'fr'
vif = ['bridge=xenbr0,mac=01:23:45:67:89:ab']
disk =
['phy:/dev/mapper/XEN_VMS-Windows,hda,w','file:/root/windows7emb64.iso,hdc:cdrom,r','file:/root/PV_driver_w7.iso,hdd:cdrom,r']
boot = "c"
vnc = 0
sdl = 0
serial = 'pty'
keymap = 'fr'
pci = ['00:02.0','00:03.0','00:1b.0']
gfx_passthru = "igd"
viridian = 1
xen_platform_pci = 1
stdvga = 0
usb = 1
#usbdevice = ['tablet','host:3.5','host:3.6']
usbdevice = ['tablet','host:413c:2011','host:046d:c050']
#soundhw = "ac97"
pci_power_mgmt = 0
on_poweroff = "destroy"
on_reboot = "restart"
on_watchdog = "restart"
on_crash = "destroy"
Windows indicates correct MAC address (01:23:45:67:89:ab), tries to
send packets over interface, but no packet is received.
I suppose I have done a mistake (maybe in XEN configuration). Any
idea ?
