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

[Giovanni Bellac <giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Paul

I am using "normal" opensource XEN 4.0.1, not XCP.

I am creating the VM manually, lvcreate, manually creating .sxp and than xm create windows.xp

Best regards
Gio

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Von: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
An: Giovanni Bellac <giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Gesendet: Dienstag, den 7. September 2010, 10:13:51 Uhr
Betreff: RE: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

Gio,

 

  What tools are you using to create your VM? I’m guessing xm/xend. What happens if you use xl?

 

  Paul

 

From: Giovanni Bellac [mailto:giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 September 2010 08:53
To: Paul Durrant
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: AW: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

 

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.

Best regards
Gio

 

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Von: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
An: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>; Giovanni Bellac <giovannib1979@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Gesendet: Montag, den 6. September 2010, 17:45:57 Uhr
Betreff: RE: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

The problem is that your tools are creating a /local/domain/vfb/0 node in xenstore. The PV drivers try to gracefully close down the backend for this using the same fe closing -> be closing -> fe closed -> be closed state dance that it uses for vifs and this is not working.
Since these is actually no fe driver for vfb, I suggest you just make sure this node does not exist.

  Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-devel-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pasi Kärkkäinen
> Sent: 06 September 2010 16:31
> To: Giovanni Bellac
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for
> Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers
>
> On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 03:23:31PM +0000, Giovanni Bellac wrote:
> >    Hello
> >
> >    I have done some new tests:
> >
> >    - XEN 4.0.1 (self compiled, "make world") + 2.6.32.21 from
> Jeremy
> >    - Windows 2008 R2 64Bit
> >    with windows PV drivers from XCP 0.5 and the regedit change
> from here:
> >    [1]http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648
> >
> >    Same error:
> >    ...
> >    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange:
> /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange:
> /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange:
> /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange:
> /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange:
> /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
> >    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange:
> /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
> >    INITIALISING; retry.
> >    ...
> >
> >    I can not download XCP 0.1.1 to test the windows PV drivers
> from it,
> >    because it is not downloadable anymore.
> >    But I have read here in the lists, that the XCP 0.1.1 drivers
> are not
> >    fully signed.
> >
> >    So the feature
> >
> >    "Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers, included
> in XCP
> >    (Xen Cloud Platform). Xen Cloud Platform:
> >    [2]http://www.xen.org/products/cloudxen.html"
> >
> >    is not really working... :(
> >
>
> Added xen-devel to CC list.. maybe someone from Citrix
> has an idea why it doesn't work.
>
> -- Pasi
>
>
>
> >    Best regards
> >    Gio
> >
> >    ---------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------
> >
> >    Von: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
> >    An: Keith Coleman <list.keith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >    CC: Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; benco
> <benco@xxxxxxx>; Xen List
> >    <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Mark Adams <mark@campbell-
> lange.net>
> >    Gesendet: Freitag, den 3. September 2010, 9:26:17 Uhr
> >    Betreff: Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-
> certified
> >    Windows PV drivers
> >    On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 05:14:53PM -0400, Keith Coleman wrote:
> >    > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen
> <[3]pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >    > > On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 05:21:02PM +0100, Mark Adams wrote:
> >    > >> Xen 4.0.1 rc3, didn't change any registry settings. Can
> you confirm
> >    what
> >    > >> needs to be changed or send a link?
> >    > >>
> >    > >
> >    > > It's mentioned in the xen-4.0 hg changelog:
> >    > > [4]http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-
> testing.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648
> >    > >
> >    >
> >    > The signed windows drivers from XCP 0.5 are not ready for
> normal xen.
> >    > Use the windows drivers from XCP 0.1.1, instead.
> >    >
> >
> >    Are there some additional changes required to Xen 4.0 to
> support XCP 0.5
> >    winpv drivers?
> >
> >    -- Pasi
> >
> >    _______________________________________________
> >    Xen-users mailing list
> >    [5]Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >    [6]http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> >
> > References
> >
> >    Visible links
> >    1. http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648
> >    2. http://www.xen.org/products/cloudxen.html
> >    3. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx
> >    4. http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648
> >    5. mailto:Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >    6. http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>
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