Re: Install problems with LinuxMint in mvmm

2019-10-08 Thread Robert Nestor
Hmm, couldn’t get the noapic option to work.  Not blaming nvmm in any way - 
it’s quite a piece of work and very impressive!

I did get the LinuxMint DVD to boot under nvmm by selecting the “Compatibility 
boot option” in the LinuxMint menu.


On Oct 8, 2019, at 4:15 PM, Kamil Rytarowski  wrote:

> Once you get a grub menu, you need to specify 'noapic'.
> 
> Linux runs aggressive hw checks that fail under hypervisors (NVMM is not
> to be blamed).
> 
> The right solution is to patch the Linux kernel and disable the checks
> for NVMM and HAXM.
> 
> On 08.10.2019 18:20, Robert Nestor wrote:
>> Thanks!  I tried adding “-no-acpi” to the QEMU command line and that 
>> eliminated the messages from QEMU, but the Linux installer still failed.  I 
>> then tried using “-append noacpi” on the QEMU command line, but that is only 
>> available with one also uses “-kernel”.  So I guess one can’t boot an 
>> installation CD this way.
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 8, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Kamil Rytarowski  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 08.10.2019 16:31, Robert Nestor wrote:
 Playing with nvmm in an Oct 9 NetBSD 9.0 build.  Sucessfully installed
 a version of NetBSD 8.0 but ran into problems tryuing to install a
 LinuxMint 19.2 64-bit system.  Nvmm throws these errors:
 
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x3], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x11], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x11], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x11], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x186 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x187 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x188 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x189 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x38d [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0xc4 [val=0x], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xce [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
 qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x34 [val=0x0], ignored
 
 And the Linux installer panics.
 
 Qemu was invoked with:
 
 qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -accel nvmm -cdrom 
 /home/linuxmint-19.2-xfce-64bit.iso -name "LinuxMint-19.2 Install" -smp 2 
 -netdev tap,id=nd0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -device 
 rtl8139,netdev=nd0 -drive 
 file=/home/LinuxMint-19.2.dsk,media=disk,format=raw 
 
 Any ideas, or am I missing some important qmeu option here?  NetBSD runs 
 fine with this set of options in qemu.
 
>>> 
>>> Ignore the warnigs and set 'noapic' on boot in the bootloader.
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 



Re: Install problems with LinuxMint in mvmm

2019-10-08 Thread Kamil Rytarowski
Once you get a grub menu, you need to specify 'noapic'.

Linux runs aggressive hw checks that fail under hypervisors (NVMM is not
to be blamed).

The right solution is to patch the Linux kernel and disable the checks
for NVMM and HAXM.

On 08.10.2019 18:20, Robert Nestor wrote:
> Thanks!  I tried adding “-no-acpi” to the QEMU command line and that 
> eliminated the messages from QEMU, but the Linux installer still failed.  I 
> then tried using “-append noacpi” on the QEMU command line, but that is only 
> available with one also uses “-kernel”.  So I guess one can’t boot an 
> installation CD this way.
> 
> 
> On Oct 8, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Kamil Rytarowski  wrote:
> 
>> On 08.10.2019 16:31, Robert Nestor wrote:
>>> Playing with nvmm in an Oct 9 NetBSD 9.0 build.  Sucessfully installed
>>> a version of NetBSD 8.0 but ran into problems tryuing to install a
>>> LinuxMint 19.2 64-bit system.  Nvmm throws these errors:
>>>
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x3], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x11], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x11], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x11], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x186 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x187 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x188 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x189 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x38d [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0xc4 [val=0x], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xce [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x34 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>
>>> And the Linux installer panics.
>>>
>>> Qemu was invoked with:
>>>
>>> qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -accel nvmm -cdrom 
>>> /home/linuxmint-19.2-xfce-64bit.iso -name "LinuxMint-19.2 Install" -smp 2 
>>> -netdev tap,id=nd0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -device 
>>> rtl8139,netdev=nd0 -drive 
>>> file=/home/LinuxMint-19.2.dsk,media=disk,format=raw 
>>>
>>> Any ideas, or am I missing some important qmeu option here?  NetBSD runs 
>>> fine with this set of options in qemu.
>>>
>>
>> Ignore the warnigs and set 'noapic' on boot in the bootloader.
>>
> 




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Re: Install problems with LinuxMint in mvmm

2019-10-08 Thread Robert Nestor
Thanks!  I tried adding “-no-acpi” to the QEMU command line and that eliminated 
the messages from QEMU, but the Linux installer still failed.  I then tried 
using “-append noacpi” on the QEMU command line, but that is only available 
with one also uses “-kernel”.  So I guess one can’t boot an installation CD 
this way.


On Oct 8, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Kamil Rytarowski  wrote:

> On 08.10.2019 16:31, Robert Nestor wrote:
>> Playing with nvmm in an Oct 9 NetBSD 9.0 build.  Sucessfully installed
>> a version of NetBSD 8.0 but ran into problems tryuing to install a
>> LinuxMint 19.2 64-bit system.  Nvmm throws these errors:
>> 
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x3], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x11], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x11], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x11], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x186 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x187 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x188 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x189 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x38d [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0xc4 [val=0x], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xce [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x34 [val=0x0], ignored
>> 
>> And the Linux installer panics.
>> 
>> Qemu was invoked with:
>> 
>> qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -accel nvmm -cdrom 
>> /home/linuxmint-19.2-xfce-64bit.iso -name "LinuxMint-19.2 Install" -smp 2 
>> -netdev tap,id=nd0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -device 
>> rtl8139,netdev=nd0 -drive 
>> file=/home/LinuxMint-19.2.dsk,media=disk,format=raw 
>> 
>> Any ideas, or am I missing some important qmeu option here?  NetBSD runs 
>> fine with this set of options in qemu.
>> 
> 
> Ignore the warnigs and set 'noapic' on boot in the bootloader.
> 



Re: Install problems with LinuxMint in mvmm

2019-10-08 Thread Kamil Rytarowski
On 08.10.2019 16:31, Robert Nestor wrote:
> Playing with nvmm in an Oct 9 NetBSD 9.0 build.  Sucessfully installed
> a version of NetBSD 8.0 but ran into problems tryuing to install a
> LinuxMint 19.2 64-bit system.  Nvmm throws these errors:
> 
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x3], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x11], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x11], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x11], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x186 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x187 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x188 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x189 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x38d [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0xc4 [val=0x], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xce [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x34 [val=0x0], ignored
> 
> And the Linux installer panics.
> 
> Qemu was invoked with:
> 
> qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -accel nvmm -cdrom 
> /home/linuxmint-19.2-xfce-64bit.iso -name "LinuxMint-19.2 Install" -smp 2 
> -netdev tap,id=nd0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -device 
> rtl8139,netdev=nd0 -drive file=/home/LinuxMint-19.2.dsk,media=disk,format=raw 
> 
> Any ideas, or am I missing some important qmeu option here?  NetBSD runs fine 
> with this set of options in qemu.
> 

Ignore the warnigs and set 'noapic' on boot in the bootloader.



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Install problems with LinuxMint in mvmm

2019-10-08 Thread Robert Nestor
Playing with nvmm in an Oct 9 NetBSD 9.0 build.  Sucessfully installed
a version of NetBSD 8.0 but ran into problems tryuing to install a
LinuxMint 19.2 64-bit system.  Nvmm throws these errors:

qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x3], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x11], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x11], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x11], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x186 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x187 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x188 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x189 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x38d [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0xc4 [val=0x], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xce [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x34 [val=0x0], ignored

And the Linux installer panics.

Qemu was invoked with:

qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -accel nvmm -cdrom 
/home/linuxmint-19.2-xfce-64bit.iso -name "LinuxMint-19.2 Install" -smp 2 
-netdev tap,id=nd0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -device 
rtl8139,netdev=nd0 -drive file=/home/LinuxMint-19.2.dsk,media=disk,format=raw 

Any ideas, or am I missing some important qmeu option here?  NetBSD runs fine 
with this set of options in qemu.