Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] Add support for a basic boot menu to the bios

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Jeremy Katz wrote: > I sent this to the bochs list earlier today, but given that kvm is > already carrying patches for the BIOS, it may be worthwhile/interesting > to add this also as it can make the user experience substantially nicer. > > -- Begin forwarded message -- > > The attached patch adds

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] make kvm service script transfer dhclient settings correctly

2007-09-16 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 11:52:56AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > Ferry Huberts wrote: > > Avi Kivity wrote: > >> Ferry Huberts wrote: > >> > >> > >> I really recommend against using the kvm initscript... it is fragile > >> is broken. On Fedora, you can use the standard initscripts (well, > >> they

Re: [kvm-devel] Kernel oops with kvm-38, 100% cpu usage with kvm-35, 36

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Paquet Daniel wrote: > Hello, > > I have a problem with kvm-38, there is a kernel oops and kvm dies with the > guest os without even completely booting. KVM dies with reason 18240. > > I start my guests with : kvm -no-rtc -hda disks/windows-xp.qcow2 -localtime > -m 512 -net nic,model=ne2k_pci,m

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Re: [kvm-devel] unable to load kvm-39 on fedora 7

2007-09-16 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 13:08 +0200, Gunther Persoons wrote: > I have the same error : kvm: Unknown symbol __divdi3 with kvm-39 on > kernel 2.6.23-rc6. > kvm-38 works fine. Looks like the fix didn't make it in until just after kvm-39 was released. Try the latest snapshot, works for me. http://peopl

Re: [kvm-devel] [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

2007-09-16 Thread Haydn Solomon
First, thank you for release 40. Reboot of my windows xp machine worked! Great job. Haydn On 9/16/07, Avi Kivity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not a lot of progress, but still worthy of a release. Reboot mostly > works, with the notable exception of Windows with the ACPI HAL, running > with in-

[kvm-devel] [ANNOUNCE] kvm-40 release

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Not a lot of progress, but still worthy of a release. Reboot mostly works, with the notable exception of Windows with the ACPI HAL, running with in-kernel irqchip. Changes since kvm-39: - fix guest reboot (most scenarios) - further x86 emulator work (Nitin A Kamble) - compile fixes for older ke

Re: [kvm-devel] win2003 guest stutters

2007-09-16 Thread Joris
Hello Avi, > >> Please try using 'taskset' to pin the VM to one cpu and report. > > That works! This works especially well if I use taskset right from the > > start of the vm... > Well, that's not a good sign. Things should work even if not pinned. Hmm, anything else I can try to debug? Kind

Re: [kvm-devel] win2003 guest stutters

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Joris wrote: > Helo Avi, > > > >>> This image works well half of the time (very responsive and no >>> interruptions), but after some time it will completely freeze for a >>> period of time (sometimes seconds, sometimes minutes it would seem). >>> Both the network and the console are completely u

Re: [kvm-devel] unable to load kvm-39 on fedora 7

2007-09-16 Thread Gunther Persoons
I have the same error : kvm: Unknown symbol __divdi3 with kvm-39 on kernel 2.6.23-rc6. kvm-38 works fine. 2007/9/13, Dong, Eddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This is solved in later patch in KVM-39. Can u double check? > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

[kvm-devel] [ kvm-Bugs-1795722 ] 64bit windows guest works on intel but not amd

2007-09-16 Thread SourceForge.net
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Re: [kvm-devel] win2003 guest stutters

2007-09-16 Thread Joris
Helo Avi, > > This image works well half of the time (very responsive and no > > interruptions), but after some time it will completely freeze for a > > period of time (sometimes seconds, sometimes minutes it would seem). > > Both the network and the console are completely unresponsive. > Please

[kvm-devel] [PATCH] reduce msr efer reloads on heavyweight vmexit

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Eddie, can you review the attached patch? It improves on your efer reload patch by avoiding a reload even if EFER.SCE is different in the guest and host, in some scenarios. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function >From 6a59915f3720e3f33f1c9e81fd50e0f45699d035 Mon Sep 17

Re: [kvm-devel] [ kvm-Bugs-1792999 ] high cpu usage of 32bit windowsxp/2003

2007-09-16 Thread Igor Lvovsky
I tried last kvm-snapshot-20070915 with UP and SMP 32bit windows guests (XP & 2003) and all of them have good CPU usage. My host is 64bit Fedora7. Am I missing something? Regards, Igor Lvovsky > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:kvm-devel- > [

[kvm-devel] using the kvm python wrapper (was Re: [PATCH] Fallback to use /sbin/ifconfig if /sbin/ip is not available)

2007-09-16 Thread Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 12:03:05PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > but why is anyone using this wrapper? I thought I was the > only one, and that from tradition rather than any real need. at least in my case, out of confusion, as it gets installed and is not prepared to work in an installed tree but

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] Fallback to use /sbin/ifconfig if /sbin/ip is not available

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon wrote: > The following patch is part of a series of fixes used to allow for the use of > the kvm python wrapper in Gentoo Linux. > > In this case, it will check first if /sbin/ip exists before trying to use it > to find the MAC address of the network interface (preventing

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] Detect arch dynamically from uname instead of using hardcoded x86_64 value

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon wrote: > The following patch is part of a series of fixes used to allow for the use of > the kvm python wrapper in Gentoo Linux. > > In this case the value for the architecture used is retrieved from uname and > used to identify the right qemu system binary name. > > Carl

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] make kvm service script transfer dhclient settings correctly

2007-09-16 Thread Dor Laor
Ferry Huberts wrote: Avi Kivity wrote: > > > I really recommend against using the kvm initscript... it is fragile > is broken. On Fedora, you can use the standard initscripts (well, > they are fragile and broken too, but they are more complete than the > kvm initscript): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] make kvm service script transfer dhclient settings correctly

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Ferry Huberts wrote: > Avi Kivity wrote: >> Ferry Huberts wrote: >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I mailed about this earlier (may 7th, 2007) but the issue is still >>> there: the handling surrounding DHCP clients could be a bit improved... >>> >>> Currently every dhcp client gets killed after which a very ba

[kvm-devel] [PATCH] Detect arch dynamically from uname instead of using hardcoded x86_64 value

2007-09-16 Thread Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon
The following patch is part of a series of fixes used to allow for the use of the kvm python wrapper in Gentoo Linux. In this case the value for the architecture used is retrieved from uname and used to identify the right qemu system binary name. Carlo Signed-off-by: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon <

Re: [kvm-devel] virtio & hypercall interface?

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Rusty Russell wrote: > On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 10:57 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> Rusty Russell wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2007-09-15 at 12:38 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: >>> >>> I don't see why there is a difference. With mmio, the host tells the guest where the ring is. With

[kvm-devel] [PATCH] Fallback to use /sbin/ifconfig if /sbin/ip is not available

2007-09-16 Thread Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon
The following patch is part of a series of fixes used to allow for the use of the kvm python wrapper in Gentoo Linux. In this case, it will check first if /sbin/ip exists before trying to use it to find the MAC address of the network interface (preventing it to bomb out) and use /sbin/ifconfig if

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] make kvm service script transfer dhclient settings correctly

2007-09-16 Thread Ferry Huberts
Avi Kivity wrote: > Ferry Huberts wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I mailed about this earlier (may 7th, 2007) but the issue is still >> there: the handling surrounding DHCP clients could be a bit improved... >> >> Currently every dhcp client gets killed after which a very basic dhcp >> client is started

Re: [kvm-devel] virtio & hypercall interface?

2007-09-16 Thread Rusty Russell
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 10:57 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > Rusty Russell wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-09-15 at 12:38 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > > > >> I don't see why there is a difference. With mmio, the host tells the > >> guest where the ring is. With dma, the guest tells the host where the > >> rin

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] make kvm service script transfer dhclient settings correctly

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Ferry Huberts wrote: > Hi list, > > I mailed about this earlier (may 7th, 2007) but the issue is still > there: the handling surrounding DHCP clients could be a bit improved... > > Currently every dhcp client gets killed after which a very basic dhcp > client is started for the dst interface, whi

Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH] Refactor hypercall infrastructure (v2)

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Anthony Liguori wrote: > This patch refactors the current hypercall infrastructure to better support > live > migration and SMP. It eliminates the hypercall page by trapping the UD > exception that would occur if you used the wrong hypercall instruction for the > underlying architecture and repla

Re: [kvm-devel] virtio & hypercall interface?

2007-09-16 Thread Avi Kivity
Rusty Russell wrote: > On Sat, 2007-09-15 at 12:38 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> I don't see why there is a difference. With mmio, the host tells the >> guest where the ring is. With dma, the guest tells the host where the >> ring is. In both cases, you need some form of communication (read-o

Re: [kvm-devel] virtio & hypercall interface?

2007-09-16 Thread Rusty Russell
On Sat, 2007-09-15 at 12:38 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > I don't see why there is a difference. With mmio, the host tells the > guest where the ring is. With dma, the guest tells the host where the > ring is. In both cases, you need some form of communication (read-only > for mmio, write-only for