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RE: [Xen-users] GPLPV + 32-bit Win2003R2 + Xen-3.3 unstable

To: "Nick Couchman" <Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] GPLPV + 32-bit Win2003R2 + Xen-3.3 unstable
From: "Iyer, Anoop" <anoop.iyer@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:19:04 -0600
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Nick, here's my DomU config:

# Begin Anoop's DomU config
name="template0"
uuid="d6c89e78-fe81-b5eb-d230-d9a17f19e108"
memory=1024
vcpus=2
on_poweroff="destroy"
on_reboot="restart"
on_crash="destroy"
localtime=1

builder="hvm"
extid=0
device_model="/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
boot="c"
disk=[ 'file:/VMs/template0/template0_xen.img,hda,w', ]
vif=[ 'mac=00:16:3e:67:78:55,bridge=eth1',]
stdvga=0
vnc=1
vncunused=1
apic=1
acpi=1
pae=1

usb=1
usbdevice='tablet'

serial="pty"
# End Anoop's DomU config

- Anoop



From: Nick Couchman [mailto:Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:15 PM
To: Iyer, Anoop; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] GPLPV + 32-bit Win2003R2 + Xen-3.3 unstable

Could you post your domU config?

>>> "Iyer, Anoop" <anoop.iyer@xxxxxxx> 2008/12/11 14:45 >>>
I'm using the GPLPV drivers 0.9.11 with excellent network speedup on a
64-bit Windows 2003 R2 VM.

When I try the same under a 32-bit Windows 2003 R2 VM, the VM locks up
at the first sign of network traffic; even a ping from an external
client will bring it down. Using xentop I can see 100% cpu utilization
for that VM, and the vnc console becomes unresponsive.

With 0.9.12-pre4, the VM can take ping traffic from an external client.
When I load it up with ttcp from that client, it locks up again with the
same symptoms.

Removing /gplpv from boot.ini and restoring the qemu NIC makes the
problem disappear.

My s/w config is

Xen-3.3.0 release, 64-bit
SLES10 SP2 Dom0, 64-bit
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise with SP2, 32-bit
GPLPV 0.9.11 / 0.9.12-pre4

Any pointers will be appreciated.

Thanks!

--
Anoop Iyer
MTS Product Development Engineer
AMD Performance CoE | Virtualization

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