building kvm-kmod 2.6.39 on debian squeeze fails

2011-07-04 Thread Thomas Mueller
hi kvm-kmod-2.6.39 fails to build on debian squeeze (debian kernel 2.6.32). error messages: In file included from /usr/src/kvm-kmod-2.6.39/x86/x86.c:93: /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/source/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h:19: error: redefinition of ‘pvclock_scale_delta’ /usr/src/kvm-kmod-2.6.39/x

Re: limit conectivity of a VM

2010-11-20 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:17:42 +0330 schrieb hadi golestani: > Hello, > I need to limit the port speed of a VM to 10 mbps ( or 5 mbps if it's > possible). What's the way of doing so? > > Regards maybe one of the virtual network cards is 10mbit? start kvm with "-net nic,model=?" to get a list. -

Re: Debian 5.0 host, qemu-kvm 0.12.4, unable to use -smp > 1

2010-08-11 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:41:55 +0400 schrieb Michael Tokarev: > 11.08.2010 21:34, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> kvm-source is no longer provided by debian. the lenny-backports ist >> kvm-85. you need linux-image-2.6.32 from lenny-backports for recent >> kernel modules. > > P

Re: Debian 5.0 host, qemu-kvm 0.12.4, unable to use -smp > 1

2010-08-11 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:18:41 -0700 schrieb Freddie Cash: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Gleb Natapov wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 07:29:22AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: >>> We just upgraded our KVM host system from KVM-72 to qemu-kvm 0.12.4 >>> (debian lenny backports).  We are now unable

Re: About upgrade KVM

2010-05-27 Thread Thomas Mueller
> > > On marking them to install following warning popup:- Mark additional > required changes? > > To be removed > kvm > > To be added > libasyncns0 > libcap1 > libpulse0 > - end - > > > My questions are; > > 1) > On deleting the old package whether it would affect the running virtual > mac

Re: What changed since kvm-72 resulting in winNT to fail to boot (STOP 0x0000001E) ?

2010-05-01 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Sat, 01 May 2010 00:36:51 +0400 schrieb Michael Tokarev: > 01.05.2010 00:06, Michael Tokarev wrote: >> I've a bugreport handy, see >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=575439 about the >> apparent problem booting winNT 4 in kvm 0.12. At least 2 people were >> hit by this issue. I

Re: Shouldn't cache=none be the default for drives?

2010-04-07 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:09:05 + schrieb Thomas Mueller: > Am Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:05:09 +0400 schrieb Michael Tokarev: > >> 08.04.2010 09:07, Thomas Mueller wrote: [] >>> This helped alot: >>> >>> I enabled "deadline" block scheduler instead of

Re: Shouldn't cache=none be the default for drives?

2010-04-07 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:05:09 +0400 schrieb Michael Tokarev: > 08.04.2010 09:07, Thomas Mueller wrote: [] >> This helped alot: >> >> I enabled "deadline" block scheduler instead of the default "cfq" on >> the host system. tested with: Host Debian

Re: Shouldn't cache=none be the default for drives?

2010-04-07 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:39:41 +0200 schrieb Troels Arvin: > Hello, > > I'm conducting some performancetests with KVM-virtualized CentOSes. One > thing I noticed is that guest I/O performance seems to be significantly > better for virtio-based block devices ("drive"s) if the cache=none > argument i

Re: page allocation failure

2010-04-06 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:15:10 +0200 schrieb kvm: > Hi, > > running kernel 2.6.32 (kvm 0.12.3) in host and 2.6.30 in guest (using > Gentoo) works fine. Now I've upgraded several guests to 2.6.32 too and > have had no problems so far. But with one guest after 2-3 hours the > guest hangs and I always

Re: clock drifts with more than 1 windows 2008 guest

2010-03-18 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:08:17 +0200 schrieb Gleb Natapov: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 02:05:47PM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:50:00AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> > hi >> > >> > following situation: >> > - 1 physical host,

clock drifts with more than 1 windows 2008 guest

2010-03-18 Thread Thomas Mueller
hi following situation: - 1 physical host, 1x windows 2008 guest = clock ok - 1 physical host, 2x windows 2008 guest = clock drifts seen with kvm-0.11 and kvm-0.12.3 and kernel 2.6.32. not tried the rtc option "driftfix" as man kvm states it only applies to i386 and i'm running debian amd64.

Re: debian packages updated

2010-01-02 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:09:13 +0300 schrieb Michael Tokarev: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > This is to inform you that I've updated Debian qemu-kvm packages located > at http://www.corpit.ru/debian/tls/kvm/ . I uploaded both 0.11.1 (was > 0.11.0 before) and 0.12.1.2. for bo

0.12.x: message "Option 'ipv4': Use 'on' or 'off'"

2010-01-02 Thread Thomas Mueller
hi since 0.12.x i get the following messages starting a vm: Option 'ipv4': Use 'on' or 'off' Failed to parse "yes" for "dummy.ipv4" command is: kvm -usbdevice tablet -drive file=~/virt/xp/drive1.qcow2,cache=writeback - drive file=~/virt/xp/drive2.qcow2,cache=writeback -net nic -net user,hos

Re: unable to assign devices with VT-d in KVM

2009-12-27 Thread Thomas Mueller
> > > The qemu-system-x86_64 version is: > QEMU PC emulator version 0.11.91, Copyright (c) 2003-2008 > Fabrice Bellard there should be somewhere "kvm" or "qemu-kvm" in it. my version looks like that: QEMU PC emulator version 0.11.0 (qemu-kvm-0.11.0), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice

Re: kvm troubles

2009-12-24 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:33:38 +0530 schrieb Divick Kishore: > Hi, > I am trying to run qemu with kvm on my machine but with no > success. My system configuration is: > > Debian: 5.0.3 (lenny) > uname -a reports the following: > > Linux divkis01-pc 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Wed Nov 4 20:45:37 UTC 2

Re: [ANNOUNCE] qemu-kvm-0.12.1

2009-12-21 Thread Thomas Mueller
>> > After upgrade to qemu-kvm-0.12.1 can not boot 64bit Windows XP. It work > fine with (qemu-kvm.git at 27-dec-2009) An error messages like this: > > rom: requested regions overlap (rom vapic.bin. free=0x0600, > addr=0x) > rom loading failed > > I can find vapic.bin

Re: [ANNOUNCE] qemu-kvm-0.12.1

2009-12-21 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:14:13 +0100 schrieb Ingmar Schraub: > Hi, > > after upgrading from qemu-kvm-0.12.0-rc2 to qemu-kvm-0.12.1 I cannot > start my Windows 7 (64Bit) VM any more. I get the following error on > start-up: > > rom: requested regions overlap (rom vapic.bin. free=0x0600,

[SOLVED] Re: qemu-kvm 0.12.0-rc2: can't install windows 2008 std

2009-12-20 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:52:11 +0200 schrieb Avi Kivity: > On 12/20/2009 04:11 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> after having problems with qemu-kvm 0.11.0 and windows 2008 under i/o I >> thought trying the new 0.12.0-rc2 and make some tests. >> >> so i've compiled

Re: qemu-kvm 0.12.0-rc2: can't install windows 2008 std

2009-12-20 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:37:59 +0200 schrieb Gleb Natapov: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 04:25:35PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: >> On 12/20/2009 04:11 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> >after having problems with qemu-kvm 0.11.0 and windows 2008 under i/o >> >I thought trying the n

Re: qemu-kvm 0.12.0-rc2: can't install windows 2008 std

2009-12-20 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:25:35 +0200 schrieb Avi Kivity: > On 12/20/2009 04:11 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> after having problems with qemu-kvm 0.11.0 and windows 2008 under i/o I >> thought trying the new 0.12.0-rc2 and make some tests. >> >> so i've compiled

qemu-kvm 0.12.0-rc2: can't install windows 2008 std

2009-12-20 Thread Thomas Mueller
after having problems with qemu-kvm 0.11.0 and windows 2008 under i/o I thought trying the new 0.12.0-rc2 and make some tests. so i've compiled qemu-kvm 0.12.0-rc2 and tried to install Windows 2008 Standard 64bit. it shows the "Windows is loading files" screen and then BSOD with 0x007E .

Re: In kvm, a single process cannot allocate more than 3.6GB ram. Why?

2009-12-11 Thread Thomas Mueller
Am Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:03:27 +0200 schrieb Tanel Kokk: > Does anybody have a glue why process are not able to allocate more than > 3.6GB memory ? > > What should i do to allow process allocate more than 3.6GB memory? Is it > possible at all? > just some thoughts: * is qemu/kvm 64bit? * chec

Re: [ANNOUNCE] qemu-kvm-0.11.0-rc1

2009-08-06 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:32:02 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > Paralleling the qemu upstream 0.11 release cycle, qemu-kvm-0.11.0-rc1 is > now available. qemu-kvm-0.11.0-rc1 can be used with kvm kernel modules > from your distribution kernel, or with the modules provided by the > kvm-kmod package. > > P

Re: Single Graphic Card only for KVM-Guest, not Linux?

2009-03-16 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:34:25 +0100, Oliver Rath wrote: > Hi, > > what must I do assigning a graphic card pci-device to (i.e. > winXP-client) guest? In my case, the vga-adapter uses irq 16, so that I > think, it could be possible to mask out this irq, so that it is free for > using in the guest. I

Re: Problems KVM-84

2009-02-26 Thread Thomas Mueller
> > I just downloaded built and installed kvm-84 on ubuntu Hardy x64 > 2.6.24-23- server and I’m getting the following 2 problems that did not > exists in kvm-83. > > 1.The qemu emulater (bios screen) takes a long time to start (~10 > seconds), and subsequently Libvirt times out when I try

Re: Poor Write I/O Performance on KVM-79

2009-01-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
>> > if you use qcow2 image with kvm-79 you have to use cache=writeback > parameter to get some speed. ok, not writeback but cache=writethrough ... -Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo inf

Re: Poor Write I/O Performance on KVM-79

2009-01-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:03:20 -0800, Alexander Atticus wrote: > Hello! > > I have been experimenting with KVM and have been experiencing poor write > I/O performance. I'm not sure whether I'm doing something wrong or if > this is just the current state of things. > > While writing to the local a

Re: [PATCH][RFC] Use writeback caching by default with qcow2

2008-11-20 Thread Thomas Mueller
>> >> > or contrawise: on the other formats the metadata is updated in the >> > correct order? >> > >> > >> raw is the only format we're sure of. > > With that in mind I converted my qcow2 image to raw, and I'm trying to > use that as a base image to create a new raw (writeable) image: > > #qemu

Re: [PATCH][RFC] Use writeback caching by default with qcow2

2008-11-19 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:24:53 -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Right now, qcow2 isn't a > reliable format regardless of the type of cache your using because > metadata is not updated in the correct order. so you don't advise to use qcow2 as a VBD or what do you mean with "isn't reliable"? or co

Re: qcow2 slowdown in kvm-78,79

2008-11-19 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:26:41 -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Ryan Harper wrote: >> * Henrik Holst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-11-18 08:42]: >> >>> The bundled qemu in kvm-78 and kvm-79 slows down disk i/o with qcow2 >>> images by an order of 10. If one got 60MB/s before, one gets around >>> 6MB/s

Re: qcow2 slowdown in kvm-78,79

2008-11-19 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:39:52 +0100, Henrik Holst wrote: > The bundled qemu in kvm-78 and kvm-79 slows down disk i/o with qcow2 > images by an order of 10. If one got 60MB/s before, one gets around > 6MB/s with 78 and 79 (measured with dd) so i'm not the only one facing this problem. - Thomas -

kvm unresponsive under io work

2008-11-19 Thread Thomas Mueller
hi scenario: - host: 2.6.26, kvm-79, Intel Xeon E5420, Disk is a hardware RAID-10 (4 wd velociraptor's) - host: /tmp is lvm volume with XFS mounted with option nobarriers - host: kvm-img create -f qcow2 /tmp/10gb 10G - host: kvm -drive fiel=/tmp/10gb,if=scsi,boot=on \ -monitor sockt

Re: file based migration not working

2008-11-12 Thread Thomas Mueller
> > (qemu) migrate file:///tmp/vm.state > migrate file:///tmp/vm.state > unknown migration protocol: file:///tmp/vm.state migration failed > (qemu) > > > (qemu) migrate "exec:gzip -c > /tmp/vm.state" migrate "exec:gzip -c > > /tmp/vm.state" unknown migration protocol: exec:gzip -c > /tmp/vm.sta

file based migration not working

2008-11-12 Thread Thomas Mueller
hi i was reading http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Migration and trying the "migration file://" and "migrate "exec:" migration methods. both giving me errors. (qemu) migrate file:///tmp/vm.state migrate file:///tmp/vm.state unknown migration protocol: file:///tmp/vm.state migration failed (qemu)

Re: How to run KVM on non-X environment (RESEND)

2008-07-28 Thread Thomas Mueller
> > > Thanks for your advice and URL. > > > Performed following test but failed. > > > # kvm -hda ubuntu6.06.img -cdrom /dev/scd0 -m 512 -boot d -vnc IP:0 > Could not parse VNC address > > # kvm -hda ubuntu6.06.img -cdrom /dev/scd0 -m 512 -boot d -vnc IP:1 on kvm-machine) kvm -hda ubuntu6.

Re: How to run KVM on non-X environment (RESEND)

2008-07-28 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:06:17 +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: >> >> >> > On running >> > # kvm -m 750 -cdrom /dev/scd0 -boot d ubuntu6.06.img >> >> add -vnc : >> >> or disable graphics completly (see kvm --help) > > > Hi Thomas, > > > Thanks for your advice. > > > There is no graphic running o

Re: How to run KVM on non-X environment

2008-07-27 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:18:32 +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > > On running > # kvm -m 750 -cdrom /dev/scd0 -boot d ubuntu6.06.img add -vnc : or disable graphics completly (see kvm --help) - Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAI

Re: Vista Support and USB2 Support???

2008-07-18 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:16:46 -0400, George Styles wrote: > > uname -a > Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP > > it looks like KVM 1:62 is the version in the Ubuntu repo. > > So my question is > 1. Should I build a more recent verison of KVM from source? google says > that Vista support was a

Re: kvm_queue_exception

2008-07-16 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:28:41 +, Thomas Mueller wrote: > i was using kvm-70 and kernel 2.6.25 on debian lenny for two weeks > without problems. processor is an AMD Opteron 2350. now out of the > nowwhere there is a problem with 1 of 4 guests (1x debian etch amd64, 1x > debian e

Re: kvm_queue_exception

2008-07-16 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:28:41 +, Thomas Mueller wrote: > hi there > > i was using kvm-70 and kernel 2.6.25 on debian lenny for two weeks > without problems. processor is an AMD Opteron 2350. now out of the > nowwhere there is a problem with 1 of 4 guests (1x debian etch amd

kvm_queue_exception

2008-07-16 Thread Thomas Mueller
hi there i was using kvm-70 and kernel 2.6.25 on debian lenny for two weeks without problems. processor is an AMD Opteron 2350. now out of the nowwhere there is a problem with 1 of 4 guests (1x debian etch amd64, 1x debian etch i386, 1x ubuntu 7.10 amd64, 1x ubuntu 7.10 i386) On the host i se

Re: KVM, SCSI & OpenSolaris

2008-07-11 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:50:41 -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote: > > I don't quite following what you are saying. Are you saying that > OpenSolaris no longer supports the SCSI card we emulate? That seems > unfortunate on their part. I would also be surprised by that since the > same SCSI implementa

Re: Live migration without SDL

2008-07-10 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:51:44 -0600, Ty! Boyack wrote: > Folks, > > I'm afraid I'm missing something very basic here. I'm looking to try > out the live migration facility, and all the documentation I'm seeing > shows to initiate the migration by going to the qemu monitor from the > SDL windows (a

migration amd -> intel

2008-06-10 Thread Thomas Mueller
hi in the wiki i read that migration fro amd to intel and back should work. i tried it several times an i get an error (kernel 2.6.25 / kvm-69): host a) /usr/bin/kvm -drive file=drive0.qcow2,media=disk,boot=on,if=ide -net tap,ifname=vnet2 -net nic,model=e1000,macaddr=00:16:3e:7d:8e:96 -monit