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RE: [Xen-users] Stop 8E with GPL PV Drivers

To: "Nick Couchman" <Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Stop 8E with GPL PV Drivers
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:53:04 +1100
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Thread-topic: [Xen-users] Stop 8E with GPL PV Drivers
Actually make that update4

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Harper
> Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2008 14:22
> To: 'Nick Couchman'
> Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Pekka.Panula@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Stop 8E with GPL PV Drivers
> 
> Please give update3 a go. It will still crash, but should dump out the
mdl
> list associated with the packet. I guess Windows is giving me
something
> unexpected...
> 
> Thanks
> 
> James
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nick Couchman [mailto:Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2008 00:42
> > To: James Harper
> > Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Pekka.Panula@xxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Stop 8E with GPL PV Drivers
> >
> > James,
> > Well, the output after copying in the updated xennet.sys driver is
about
> > the same:
> > XenVbd     stat_no_shadows = 0
> > XenVbd     stat_no_grants = 0
> > XenVbd     stat_outstanding_requests = 1
> >
> > *** Assertion failed: !in_mdl
> > ***   Source File: c:\projects\win-pvdrivers.hg\xennet\xennet_tx.c,
line
> > 188
> >
> > Break repeatedly, break Once, Ignore, terminate Process, or
terminate
> > Thread (boipt)? p
> > p
> > XenVbd     stat_interrupts = 474358
> > XenVbd     stat_interrupts_for_me = 202752
> > XenVbd     stat_reads = 119170
> >
> > The line number changed, but I'm guessing that's because of the code
you
> > added.  I've also attached the full debug output from bootup to
> > shutdown, including the crash, if that's any help at all.
> >
> > I'm not real familiar with the Windows Debugger, so if there's
another
> > option I should be setting, something I should add to a Watch list,
> > etc., let me know.
> >
> > -Nick
> >
> > On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 20:20 +1100, James Harper wrote:
> > > > I have just uploaded a xennet_2k3_x86_0.9.11-pre18-update.zip
which
> > > > contain a check for the return of
NdisGetFirstBufferFromPacketSafe.
> > > > Please try it and see what happens - just copy the sys file
directly
> > > > into c:\windows\system32\drivers and then reboot
> > >
> > > Actually, please try xennet_2k3_x86_0.9.11-pre18-update2.zip
instead.
> It
> > > has one extra check that I just thought of.
> > >
> > > James
> > --
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