Which portion of "this" is the unicorn? Nested virtualization of Hyper-V under Xen? Or something else about my setup?
I did try to go down the path of evaluating a memory dump, however while minidumps are enabled, they do not seem to be getting created on either of my test systems when the message about needing to reboot is presented. -- Bill On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com> wrote: > On 07/04/15 02:42, mailing lists wrote: > > Hi -- > > I've been trying to get nested virtualization working with Xen so that I > could boot Windows and use Hyper-V related features, however I have not had > much success. Using Windows 8.1 or Windows 2012r2, I'm able to install > Windows, select and install Hyper-V features, and start rebooting. > However, at that point, the Windows VM only partially boots, then drops me > to a screen stating: > > Your PC needs to restart. > Please hold down the power button. > Error Code: 0x0000001E > Parameters: > 0xFFFFFFFFC0000096 > 0xFFFFF80315430485 > 0x0000000000000000 > 0x0000000000000000 > > > Restarting does not yield any different results. > > I've set up Xen in accordance with the notes for patches and config > options here: > > http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Nested_Virtualization_in_Xen > > Trying Xen 4.4.2 stable, 4.5.1 staging, and 4.6 staging. I applied the > patch labeled (2/2) from the wiki link above, compiled, and used the three > options provided for the DomU running Windows (hap, nestedhvm, and cpuid > mask). Windows installs and allows me to turn on HyperV features on all > versions of Xen listed above, however all give the same or similar message > on reboot... I'm never able to get to a running state. > > I've tried this on two separate systems. One has an Intel E5-1620 v2, > and the other is a n E5-1650 (original, v1 I guess). All the > virtualization options are enabled in the BIOS. > > If the cpuid mask is removed from the DomU config, Windows boots, > however I'm unable to start any virtual machines (there was a message in > the Windows event log about a component not being started in regards to > Hyper V). > > Has anyone else run into similar issues? Any thoughts on next steps? > > > I am not aware of anyone who has successfully got a setup like this to > work. > > From > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff557408%28v=vs.85%29.aspx > > 0x1E is KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED. > > http://source.winehq.org/source/include/ntstatus.h suggests that > 0xFFFFFFFFC0000096 is STATUS_PRIVILEGED_INSTRUCTION. > > Your best bet for debugging this is to debug the minidump generated and > see which driver 0xFFFFF80315430485 is a part of, and perhaps exactly what > instruction 0xFFFFF80315430485 actually is. > > ~Andrew >
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