Hi Stefan, What version of OVMF are you using? There were a bunch of bugs related to FADT in OVMF which were fixed back in March. Specifically, commits 072060a, 78807f6, and 198a46d. If your version of OVMF doesn't include these fixes, that's a likely source for your problems.
Hope that helps. Phil On 6 September 2017 at 16:34, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 06:42:06PM -0000, Chris Unsworth wrote: > > I think my issue looks like the same. Sometimes I just get spinning > > dots, and sometimes there is the message about doing an automatic repair > > below the spinning dots before it stops and uses 100% cpu. I just did a > > git bisect: > > Perfect, thanks Chris! > > I have CCed Phil and Paolo regarding the commit you identified. > > > > > # git bisect log > > # bad: [1ab5eb4efb91a3d4569b0df6e824cc08ab4bd8ec] Update version for > v2.10.0 release > > # good: [6c02258e143700314ebf268dae47eb23db17d1cf] Update version for > v2.9.0 release > > git bisect start 'v2.10.0' 'v2.9.0' > > # bad: [269c20b2bbd2aa8531e0cdc741fb166f290d7a2b] tests/qdict: check > more get_try_int() cases > > git bisect bad 269c20b2bbd2aa8531e0cdc741fb166f290d7a2b > > # bad: [eba0161990af8509608332450ee7e338273cf5df] Merge remote-tracking > branch 'rth/tags/pull-s390-20170512' into staging > > git bisect bad eba0161990af8509608332450ee7e338273cf5df > > # good: [9ea5ada76f34a0ef048b131c3a166d8564199bdb] audio: Use > ARRAY_SIZE from qemu/osdep.h > > git bisect good 9ea5ada76f34a0ef048b131c3a166d8564199bdb > > # bad: [1effe6ad5eac1b2e50a077695ac801d172891d6a] Merge remote-tracking > branch 'danpb/tags/pull-qcrypto-2017-05-09-1' into staging > > git bisect bad 1effe6ad5eac1b2e50a077695ac801d172891d6a > > # good: [f03f9f0c10dcfadee5811d43240f0a6af230f1ce] Merge > remote-tracking branch 'cohuck/tags/s390x-3270-20170504' into staging > > git bisect good f03f9f0c10dcfadee5811d43240f0a6af230f1ce > > # good: [6c02258e143700314ebf268dae47eb23db17d1cf] > qobject-input-visitor: Document full_name_nth() > > git bisect good 6c02258e143700314ebf268dae47eb23db17d1cf > > # bad: [95615ce5a1beffff1a5dd3597d8cb6ba83f0010e] vhost-scsi: create a > vhost-scsi-common abstraction > > git bisect bad 95615ce5a1beffff1a5dd3597d8cb6ba83f0010e > > # bad: [31f5a726b59bda5580e2f9413867893501dd7d93] trace: add qemu mutex > lock and unlock trace events > > git bisect bad 31f5a726b59bda5580e2f9413867893501dd7d93 > > # bad: [49e00a18708e27c815828d9440d5c9300d19547c] use _Static_assert in > QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON > > git bisect bad 49e00a18708e27c815828d9440d5c9300d19547c > > # bad: [6103451aeb749e92bf7d730429985189c6921c32] hw/i386: Build-time > assertion on pc/q35 reset register being identical. > > git bisect bad 6103451aeb749e92bf7d730429985189c6921c32 > > # bad: [77af8a2b95b79699de650965d5228772743efe84] hw/i386: Use Rev3 > FADT (ACPI 2.0) instead of Rev1 to improve guest OS support. > > git bisect bad 77af8a2b95b79699de650965d5228772743efe84 > > # first bad commit: [77af8a2b95b79699de650965d5228772743efe84] hw/i386: > Use Rev3 FADT (ACPI 2.0) instead of Rev1 to improve guest OS support. > > > > > > 77af8a2b95b79699de650965d5228772743efe84 is the first bad commit > > commit 77af8a2b95b79699de650965d5228772743efe84 > > Author: Phil Dennis-Jordan <p...@philjordan.eu> > > Date: Wed Mar 15 19:20:26 2017 +1300 > > > > hw/i386: Use Rev3 FADT (ACPI 2.0) instead of Rev1 to improve guest > > OS support. > > > > This updates the FADT generated for x86/64 machine types from > > Revision 1 to 3. (Based on ACPI standard 2.0 instead of 1.0) The > > intention is to expose the reset register information to guest operating > > systems which require it, specifically OS X/macOS. Revision 1 FADTs do > > not contain the fields relating to the reset register. > > > > The new layout and contents remains backwards-compatible with > > operating systems which only support ACPI 1.0, as the existing fields > > are not modified by this change, as the 64-bit and 32-bit variants are > > allowed to co-exist according to the ACPI 2.0 standard. No regressions > > became apparent in tests with a range of Windows (XP-10) and Linux > > versions. > > > > The BIOS tables test suite's FADT checksum test has also been > > updated to reflect the new FADT layout and content. > > > > Signed-off-by: Phil Dennis-Jordan <p...@philjordan.eu> > > Message-Id: <1489558827-28971-2-git-send-email-p...@philjordan.eu> > > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> > > > > :040000 040000 40063761c0b86f87e798e03ea48eff9ea0753425 > 6d2a94150cf1eafb16f0ccf6325281415fef64a6 M hw > > :040000 040000 fe3f1480a91b76fea238c765f0725e715932d96d > 68f9368d8d78fd3267f609b603f97e8a74bdf528 M include > > :040000 040000 895e961b0a160100aa95b2f557cfe6b87a7d9bff > 8ed08cef10fddee7814e38ad62be11371592a75a M tests > > > > -- > > You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- > > devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1714331 > > > > Title: > > Virtual machines not working anymore on 2.10 > > > > Status in QEMU: > > New > > > > Bug description: > > Using 2.10, my virtual machine(s) don't work anymore. This happens > > 100% of the times. > > > > ----- > > > > I use QEMU compiling it from source, on Ubuntu 16.04 amd64. This is > > the configure command: > > > > configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --enable-debug --enable-gtk > > --enable-spice --audio-drv-list=pa > > > > I have one virtual disk, with a Windows 10 64-bit, which I launch in > > two different ways; both work perfectly on 2.9 (and used to do on 2.8, > > but I haven't used it for a long time). > > > > This is the first way: > > > > qemu-system-x86_64 > > -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=/path/to/OVMF_CODE.fd > > -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=/tmp/OVMF_VARS.fd.tmp > > -enable-kvm > > -machine q35,accel=kvm,mem-merge=off > > -cpu host,kvm=off,hv_vendor_id=vgaptrocks,hv_relaxed,hv_ > spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_vapic,hv_time > > -smp 4,cores=4,sockets=1,threads=1 > > -m 4096 > > -display gtk > > -vga qxl > > -rtc base=localtime > > -serial none > > -parallel none > > -usb > > -device usb-host,vendorid=0xNNNN,productid=0xNNNN > > -device usb-host,vendorid=0xNNNN,productid=0xNNNN > > -device usb-host,vendorid=0xNNNN,productid=0xNNNN > > -device usb-host,vendorid=0xNNNN,productid=0xNNNN > > -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi > > -drive file=/path/to/image-diff.img, > id=hdd1,format=qcow2,if=none,cache=writeback > > -device scsi-hd,drive=hdd1 > > -net nic,model=virtio > > -net user > > > > On QEMU 2.10, I get the `Recovery - Your PC/Device needs to be > > repaired` windows screen; on 2.9, it boots regularly. > > > > This is the second way: > > > > qemu-system-x86_64 > > -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=/path/to/OVMF_CODE.fd > > -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=/tmp/OVMF_VARS.fd.tmp > > -enable-kvm > > -machine q35,accel=kvm,mem-merge=off > > -cpu host,kvm=off,hv_vendor_id=vgaptrocks,hv_relaxed,hv_ > spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_vapic,hv_time > > -smp 4,cores=4,sockets=1,threads=1 > > -m 10240 > > -vga none > > -rtc base=localtime > > -serial none > > -parallel none > > -usb > > -device vfio-pci,host=01:00.0,multifunction=on > > -device vfio-pci,host=01:00.1 > > -device usb-host,vendorid=0xNNNN,productid=0xNNNN > > -device usb-host,vendorid=0xNNNN,productid=0xNNNN > > -device usb-host,vendorid=0xNNNN,productid=0xNNNN > > -device usb-host,vendorid=0xNNNN,productid=0xNNNN > > -device usb-host,vendorid=0xNNNN,productid=0xNNNN > > -device usb-host,vendorid=0xNNNN,productid=0xNNNN > > -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi > > -drive file=/path/to/image-diff.img, > id=hdd1,format=qcow2,if=none,cache=writeback > > -device scsi-hd,drive=hdd1 > > -net nic,model=virtio > > -net user > > > > On QEMU 2.10, I get the debug window on the linux monitor, and blank > screen on VFIO one (no BIOS screen at all); after 10/20 seconds, QEMU > crashes without any message. > > On 2.9, this works perfectly. > > > > ----- > > > > I am able to perform a git bisect, if that helps, but if this is the > > case, I'd need this issue to be reviewed, since bisecting is going to > > take me a lot of time. > > > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1714331/+subscriptions > > >