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Re: [Xen-devel] RE: [RFC][QEMU] ATI graphics VBIOS passthru support



Hi,

ATI gpu passthru should already works as a secondary display adapter (along
with the cirrus/stdvga in the guest).

This patch is to use an ATI gpu passthru without any other display
adapter in the guest.

Jean

On 7 December 2010 11:00, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 04:37:10PM -0500, Huang2, Wei wrote:
>>    Sorry, hold on a second. This fix seems corrupt my pci config space after
>>    several runs.
>>
>
> Hello,
>
> Any updates to these patches? Many users have been asking about amd/ati vga 
> passthru stuff..
>
> -- Pasi
>
>>
>>
>>    -Wei
>>
>>
>>
>>    From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>    [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Huang2, Wei
>>    Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 3:47 PM
>>    To: djmagee@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Kay, Allen M; Ian Jackson
>>    Cc: Wang2, Wei; Xen-devel
>>    Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] RE: [RFC][QEMU] ATI graphics VBIOS passthru
>>    support
>>
>>
>>
>>    Hi Allen and Doug,
>>
>>
>>
>>    Could you fix the following line in save_pci_conf_space() of
>>    tools/python/xen/util/pci.py?
>>
>>
>>
>>            "for i in range(0, 256, 4):" to "for i in range(0, 512, 4):"
>>
>>
>>
>>    This solves my black screen issue. Please let me know the results.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    Thanks,
>>
>>    -Wei
>>
>>
>>
>>    From: djmagee@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:djmagee@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>    Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 10:53 AM
>>    To: Huang2, Wei; Kay, Allen M; Ian Jackson
>>    Cc: Xen-devel; Wang2, Wei
>>    Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] RE: [RFC][QEMU] ATI graphics VBIOS passthru
>>    support
>>
>>
>>
>>    Wei,
>>
>>                    These were guests that had never seen the catalyst driver
>>    before.  I booted each three with the graphics device and usb devices
>>    assigned, they worked fine using the basic VGA driver, then installed
>>    fresh Catalyst 10.9, rebooted, and each one crashed.
>>
>>
>>
>>                    Let me know if there's any other info I can provide that
>>    will help you debug.  The motherboard is a DQ45CB, running xen-unstable
>>    c/s 22155 using `dom0_mem=768M iommu=1' on the grub line, and using pvops
>>    Dom0 from stable-2.6.32.x commit 179eca50.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Doug Magee
>>
>>
>>
>>    From: Huang2, Wei [mailto:Wei.Huang2@xxxxxxx]
>>    Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 11:41 AM
>>    To: djmagee@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Kay, Allen M; Ian Jackson
>>    Cc: Xen-devel; Wang2, Wei
>>    Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] RE: [RFC][QEMU] ATI graphics VBIOS passthru
>>    support
>>
>>
>>
>>    Hi Doug,
>>
>>
>>
>>    Regarding Catalyst driver, we never saw guest crashing. Was it a fresh
>>    Catalyst installation or an existing guest image? We felt this VBIOS patch
>>    might not provide all necessary resources to driver, which got upset.
>>    Currently we are debugging it with our driver team and will let you know
>>    the update.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Thanks,
>>
>>    -Wei
>>
>>
>>
>>    From: djmagee@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:djmagee@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>    Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:41 AM
>>    To: Huang2, Wei; Kay, Allen M; Ian Jackson
>>    Cc: Xen-devel
>>    Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] RE: [RFC][QEMU] ATI graphics VBIOS passthru
>>    support
>>
>>
>>
>>    Wei,
>>
>>                    I've tested with a Radeon 4770 and it the VBIOS works
>>    without a problem, through many guest (re)boots, so it seems pretty
>>    solid.  I tested a linux guest (fairly standard Fedora 12), Windows XP,
>>    and Windows 7 (without accelerated drivers).  The open radeon linux driver
>>    works fine.
>>
>>
>>
>>    The Catalyst driver fails in Windows XP (STOP 0x000000EA, thread stuck in
>>    device driver), windows 7 (STOP 0x00000116, driver fails to properly
>>    reset?), and linux (total system freeze).  This seems to be different than
>>    the `Blank Screen' problem you report, as the driver is clearly not
>>    functioning properly.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Doug Magee
>>
>>
>>
>>    From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>    [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Huang2, Wei
>>    Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:57 AM
>>    To: Kay, Allen M; Ian Jackson
>>    Cc: Xen-devel
>>    Subject: [Xen-devel] RE: [RFC][QEMU] ATI graphics VBIOS passthru support
>>
>>
>>
>>    Hi Allen,
>>
>>
>>
>>    Yes, Catalyst driver is the one from public website. The driver still has
>>    a  minor issue with this VBIOS patch. The purpose of submitting VBIOS
>>    patch is to get community feedbacks. After we figure out the root cause of
>>    black screen, I will formally submit a patch for inclusion.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Thanks,
>>
>>    -Wei
>>
>>
>>
>>    From: Kay, Allen M [mailto:allen.m.kay@xxxxxxxxx]
>>    Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 2:21 AM
>>    To: Huang2, Wei; Ian Jackson
>>    Cc: Xen-devel
>>    Subject: RE: [RFC][QEMU] ATI graphics VBIOS passthru support
>>
>>
>>
>>    Hi Wei,
>>
>>
>>
>>    Is Catalyst driver the one on AMD website?  I think that's what I have in
>>    my win7 guest and it matches the symptom you are describing.  "lspci"
>>    reports my ATI card is a V5700 - although it says v3750 on the box.  Where
>>    can I get a working driver?
>>
>>
>>
>>    The patch looks reasonable to me in general.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Allen
>>
>>
>>
>>    From: Huang2, Wei [mailto:Wei.Huang2@xxxxxxx]
>>    Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:06 PM
>>    To: Kay, Allen M; Ian Jackson
>>    Cc: Xen-devel
>>    Subject: RE: [RFC][QEMU] ATI graphics VBIOS passthru support
>>
>>
>>
>>    Hi Allen,
>>
>>
>>
>>    Thanks for testing it out. We have tested this patch with Radeon 4850,
>>    4870, FirePro V5700 and FirePro M5800. Unfortunately we don't have V3750
>>    at hand. It is very possible this patch isn't compatible with V3750. We
>>    will try to get hold of one for debugging. For graphics which work with
>>    this path, users should be able to get rid of emulated gfx (such as
>>    Cirrus). I have successfully installed a Windows guest VM using this
>>    patch.
>>
>>
>>
>>    I also want to point out that there is still an issue. Users will see a
>>    black screen after installing Catalyst driver. Even though the screen
>>    appears to be black, the driver is actually functioning correctly (3DMark
>>    can be run with external monitor). Our driver team is currently debugging
>>    it and they believe this is easy to fix.
>>
>>
>>
>>    What is your opinion on this patch (and the solution) in general?
>>
>>
>>
>>    -Wei
>>
>>
>>
>>    From: Kay, Allen M [mailto:allen.m.kay@xxxxxxxxx]
>>    Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 6:58 PM
>>    To: Huang2, Wei; Ian Jackson
>>    Cc: Xen-devel
>>    Subject: RE: [RFC][QEMU] ATI graphics VBIOS passthru support
>>
>>
>>
>>    Hi Wei,
>>
>>
>>
>>    This patch did not cause any problems with Intel IGD passthrough for me.
>>    However, the monitor remained blank if I pass through ATI Firepro V3750
>>    either as the primary display device or the secondary device
>>    (gfx_passthru=1/0).  Passing it through as the secondary device used to
>>    work.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Have you tested the patch with this graphics card?
>>
>>
>>
>>    Allen
>>
>>
>>
>>    From: Huang2, Wei [mailto:Wei.Huang2@xxxxxxx]
>>    Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:57 AM
>>    To: Ian Jackson
>>    Cc: Xen-devel; Kay, Allen M
>>    Subject: [RFC][QEMU] ATI graphics VBIOS passthru support
>>
>>
>>
>>    Hi Ian,
>>
>>
>>
>>    There have been a lot of interest on gfx passthru recently. This patch
>>    enables ATI VBIOS in passthru mode. The guest VM system BIOS (including
>>    Windows boot logo) can now show in passthru screen. We have tested with
>>    various Windows and Linux guest VMs. Please help review it. We are also
>>    looking forward to comments and suggestions from Xen community users.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Signed-off-by: Wei Huang <wei.huang2@xxxxxxx>
>>
>>    Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <wei.wang2@xxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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