Am 17.02.2014 10:46, schrieb Alexandre DERUMIER: >>> there's also nothing happending inside the guest. > > I think you need a really recent kernel for guest. > and also recent udev > > (I think that hotplugged memory need to be "onlined" through sysfs, maybe you > can do it manually without udev)
not these are not the problems. The dimms are advertised to the system but don't work. Kernel guest messages: ACPI Error: No object attached to node ffff88007b762b40 (20130328/exresnte-127) ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.MHPD.MESC] (Node ffff88007b762de8), AE_AML_NO_OPERAND (20130328/psparse-537) ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_GPE._E03] (Node ffff88007b7625c8), AE_AML_NO_OPERAND (20130328/psparse-537) ACPI Exception: AE_AML_NO_OPERAND, while evaluating GPE method [_E03] (20130328/evgpe-580) Seems i miss something sadly no idea what ;-) > ----- Mail original ----- > > De: "Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG" <[email protected]> > À: "Alexandre DERUMIER" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Envoyé: Lundi 17 Février 2014 10:22:45 > Objet: Re: [pve-devel] CPU and Memory hot add > > > Am 17.02.2014 10:16, schrieb Alexandre DERUMIER: >>>> yeah I've already added them but when I try to add a dimm I always get >>>> adding memory 'hotplug' disabled >> >> Do you have also updated seabios ? > > i could fix the "error" by using > > -m 2048,slots=32,maxmem=64G > > instead of > > -m 2048,slots=32,maxmem=65536 > > seems it wants a XG value for maxmem. > > Now adding memory and adding a new dimm device does not give an error > anymore but there's also nothing happending inside the guest. > > I applied: > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/292614/ > > and have then done > make bios in the rom directory of qemu > > Stefan > >> >> ----- Mail original ----- >> >> De: "Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG" <[email protected]> >> À: "Alexandre DERUMIER" <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Envoyé: Lundi 17 Février 2014 06:44:02 >> Objet: Re: [pve-devel] CPU and Memory hot add >> >> >> Am 17.02.2014 um 06:15 schrieb Alexandre DERUMIER <[email protected]>: >> >>>>> No they don't ;-) here an output of a running vm adding more memory: >>> >>> Could be interesting to see if they use acpi hotplug. >>> If yes, they should have somewhere an udev rules for memory hotplug. (and >>> cpu hotplug too) >>> >>> something like:" >>> " >>> # Hotplug physical memory >>> SUBSYSTEM=="memory", ACTION=="add", TEST=="state", ATTR{state}=="offline", >>> \ >>> ATTR{state}="online" >>> " >>> >>> maybe can you try to remove the udev rules, reboot, try to change memory >>> size, and see if it's working or not >> >> Yes these rules exist and they use acpi hot plug. >> >>> >>> last qemu memory acpi hotplug v7 patches are here >>> http://qemu.11.n7.nabble.com/PATCH-00-27-RFC-v7-ACPI-memory-hotplug-td234477.html >>> >>> >>> Don't known about the stability, but maybe can you try them ? >> >> Yeah I've already added them but when I try to add a dimm I always get >> adding memory 'hotplug' disabled >> >> But I don't know why. >> >> Stefan >> >>> >>> ----- Mail original ----- >>> >>> De: "Stefan Priebe" <[email protected]> >>> À: "Alexandre DERUMIER" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Envoyé: Dimanche 16 Février 2014 21:55:47 >>> Objet: Re: [pve-devel] CPU and Memory hot add >>> >>> >>> Am 15.02.2014 13:59, schrieb Alexandre DERUMIER: >>>> cpu hot add is already implemented. (even in proxmox ;) >>>> https://git.proxmox.com/?p=qemu-server.git;a=commit;h=838776ab650f0593b48c234070c1a189fdbd72c7 >>>> >>>> >>>> cpu hot del is not yet implemented. (but they are some prelimary patches >>>> in the qemu mailing list) >>>> >>>> memory hotplug is not yet implemented. (should be ok for next qemu 2.0 >>>> release I think) >>>> >>>> But maybe they are cheating, like I do : just use ballonning with a fixed >>>> size ? >>> >>> No they don't ;-) here an output of a running vm adding more memory: >>> >>> [ 356.984360] Hotplug Mem Device >>> [ 356.985973] init_memory_mapping: 0000000040000000-0000000080000000 >>> [ 356.986070] 0040000000 - 0080000000 page 1G >>> [ 356.988604] [ffffea0001000000-ffffea00011fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff88003ce00000-ffff88003cffffff] on node 0 >>> [ 356.997027] [ffffea0001200000-ffffea00013fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff88003c800000-ffff88003c9fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 356.998495] [ffffea0001400000-ffffea00015fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff88003c600000-ffff88003c7fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.000084] [ffffea0001600000-ffffea00017fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff88003b000000-ffff88003b1fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.001459] [ffffea0001800000-ffffea00019fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880034c00000-ffff880034dfffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.004401] [ffffea0001a00000-ffffea0001dfffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff88003c000000-ffff88003c3fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.007038] Hotplug Mem Device >>> [ 357.024941] Built 1 zonelists in Node order, mobility grouping on. >>> Total pages: 273785 >>> [ 357.024941] Policy zone: Normal >>> [ 357.038623] init_memory_mapping: 0000000080000000-00000000c0000000 >>> [ 357.038636] 0080000000 - 00c0000000 page 1G >>> [ 357.038782] [ffffea0001e00000-ffffea0001ffffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff88003b400000-ffff88003b5fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.040088] [ffffea0002000000-ffffea00021fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880047e00000-ffff880047ffffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.040756] [ffffea0002200000-ffffea00025fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff88007fc00000-ffff88007fffffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.044036] [ffffea0002600000-ffffea00029fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff88007f800000-ffff88007fbfffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.062995] [ffffea0002a00000-ffffea0002dfffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff88007f400000-ffff88007f7fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.072594] Hotplug Mem Device >>> [ 357.119388] init_memory_mapping: 0000000100000000-0000000140000000 >>> [ 357.119388] 0100000000 - 0140000000 page 1G >>> [ 357.121941] [ffffea0002e00000-ffffea00041fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff88007f000000-ffff88007f3fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.125199] [ffffea0004200000-ffffea00045fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880087800000-ffff880087bfffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.128890] [ffffea0004600000-ffffea00049fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880087400000-ffff8800877fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.132014] [ffffea0004a00000-ffffea0004dfffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880087000000-ffff8800873fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.135378] Hotplug Mem Device >>> [ 357.170010] init_memory_mapping: 0000000140000000-0000000180000000 >>> [ 357.170010] 0140000000 - 0180000000 page 1G >>> [ 357.170174] [ffffea0004e00000-ffffea00051fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880086c00000-ffff880086ffffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.172473] [ffffea0005200000-ffffea00055fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880127c00000-ffff880127ffffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.175795] [ffffea0005600000-ffffea00059fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880127800000-ffff880127bfffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.180010] [ffffea0005a00000-ffffea0005dfffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880127400000-ffff8801277fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.195142] Hotplug Mem Device >>> [ 357.195409] init_memory_mapping: 0000000180000000-00000001c0000000 >>> [ 357.195409] 0180000000 - 01c0000000 page 1G >>> [ 357.197770] [ffffea0005e00000-ffffea00061fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880127000000-ffff8801273fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.199525] [ffffea0006200000-ffffea00063fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880137e00000-ffff880137ffffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.202982] [ffffea0006400000-ffffea00067fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880137800000-ffff880137bfffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.206225] [ffffea0006800000-ffffea0006bfffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880137400000-ffff8801377fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.210314] Hotplug Mem Device >>> [ 357.280089] init_memory_mapping: 00000001c0000000-0000000200000000 >>> [ 357.280089] 01c0000000 - 0200000000 page 1G >>> [ 357.280295] [ffffea0006c00000-ffffea0006ffffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff880137000000-ffff8801373fffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.280898] [ffffea0007000000-ffffea00073fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff8801b7c00000-ffff8801b7ffffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.284138] [ffffea0007400000-ffffea00077fffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff8801b7800000-ffff8801b7bfffff] on node 0 >>> [ 357.290084] [ffffea0007800000-ffffea0007bfffff] PMD -> >>> [ffff8801b7400000-ffff8801b77fffff] on node 0 >>> >>> Stefan >>> >>>> >>>> ----- Mail original ----- >>>> >>>> De: "Stefan Priebe" <[email protected]> >>>> À: [email protected] >>>> Envoyé: Vendredi 14 Février 2014 21:18:47 >>>> Objet: [pve-devel] CPU and Memory hot add >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> while browsing the web, i found profitbricks, which is active in germany >>>> and the us (http://www.profitbricks.com/technical-info). >>>> >>>> They use KVM and offer memory and cpu hot add on the fly? Anybody an >>>> idea how this works if kvm does not already support it? >>>> >>>> Greets, >>>> Stefan >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> pve-devel mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel >>>> _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list [email protected] http://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel
