Re: [vfio-users] Occasional kernel Oops happened.

2016-12-22 Thread Blank Field
uot; wrote: > On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 00:11:42 +0300 > Blank Field wrote: > > > Alright, i know my machine has a lot of dodgy constructions, but that > > was something new. > > The VM just froze, libvirtd just froze and became . Had to > > kill -9 libvirtd af

[vfio-users] Occasional kernel Oops happened.

2016-12-22 Thread Blank Field
Alright, i know my machine has a lot of dodgy constructions, but that was something new. The VM just froze, libvirtd just froze and became . Had to kill -9 libvirtd after killing qemu, and then the VM has started again successfully. dmesg(last): https://paste.fedoraproject.org/511253/44033414/ dme

[vfio-users] Has anyone tried RX 460 yet?

2016-11-25 Thread Blank Field
Hi all. I didn't read the list a lot really, but I've seen some mentions of RX480 being passed-through. I am planning to buy an RX 460 soon, is there any fatal bugs or bad vendors i should avoid(like asus shipping dead EFI firmware)? And what card i should use as a host one, HD7750 or GT610? I'm

[vfio-users] New presentation from KVM Forum

2016-08-24 Thread Blank Field
Hey all! I've just noticed a new blogpost on vfio.blogspot.com with a link to this years' presentation from AW. http://awilliam.github.io/presentations/KVM-Forum-2016 You can clearly see the progress that has been made since previous presentation. Cheers for VFIO. _

Re: [vfio-users] KMS and vfio modules: vfio fail if active with nvidia

2016-07-23 Thread Blank Field
On Jul 24, 2016 2:32 AM, "sL1pKn07 SpinFlo" wrote: > i'm not sure what you mean with: > > > Also keeping the first gpu busy before KMS shoots out may help > > how make this? Doing vfio-pci.ids=pci-ids-of-your-gpu. I doubt that would help. Read my previous message about modinfo on all nvidia relate

Re: [vfio-users] KMS and vfio modules: vfio fail if active with nvidia

2016-07-23 Thread Blank Field
On Jul 24, 2016 2:17 AM, "Blank Field" wrote: > Search for kernel parameter options. Also, if nvidia-drm is a module, you can do modinfo to find out all parameters. Yeah, doing modinfo on nvidia, nvidia_modeset, nvidia_uvm and nvidia_drm should show you any parameters that may

Re: [vfio-users] KMS and vfio modules: vfio fail if active with nvidia

2016-07-23 Thread Blank Field
On Jul 24, 2016 2:10 AM, "sL1pKn07 SpinFlo" wrote: > linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux > root=UUID=1b76a96e-0c70-49c5-a90b-c5308f969a2f rw intel_iommu=on > nvidia-drm.modeset=1 > > how select one specific card in kms? Search for kernel parameter options. Also, if nvidia-drm is a module, you can do mod

Re: [vfio-users] KMS and vfio modules: vfio fail if active with nvidia

2016-07-23 Thread Blank Field
On Jul 24, 2016 1:33 AM, "sL1pKn07 SpinFlo" wrote: > > Hi. i found problems when active the KMS suport for my linux > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA#DRM_kernel_mode_setting > My phone almost hung up when i pressed "respond inline" button. Use pastebin or fpaste. > > 07:00.0 VGA comp

Re: [vfio-users] Windows 7 successfully migrated from BIOS to OVMF/UEFI

2016-05-16 Thread Blank Field
On May 16, 2016 12:27 PM, "Leonhard Preis" wrote: > > My dear fellow vfio users, > > today I want to share my success[1] with you. In case you have Windows 7 and currently use BIOS but would like to switch to UEFI or are about to set up your first Windows VM with passthrough and would prefer Windo

Re: [vfio-users] KVM internal error. Suberror: 1, emulation failure problem

2016-05-06 Thread Blank Field
There is a possibility of sysgs rom extraction not working, so i preventively advise using nvagetrom from envytools. ___ vfio-users mailing list vfio-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users

Re: [vfio-users] cannot boot windows guest after update

2016-05-04 Thread Blank Field
Are you sure your grub cfg is alright? On May 5, 2016 1:33 AM, "thibaut noah" wrote: > By modifying my xml i managed to go into repair mode, trying to just run > windows 10 get me a blue screen with inaccessible boot device code. > Looking into that. > > 2016-05-05 0:15 GMT+02:00 thibaut noah : >

Re: [vfio-users] GPU Pass-through for Linux guest

2016-05-01 Thread Blank Field
On May 2, 2016 12:53 AM, "Zir Blazer" wrote: > > If I recall correctly, doing VGA Passthrough in Linux presented different issues that those that you're used to in Windows. The major difference was that Windows and the Video Card Drivers doesn't mind if you do something like attaching a 2014 PCI E

Re: [vfio-users] Wg : VFIO and ARCH

2016-05-01 Thread Blank Field
On May 1, 2016 8:06 PM, "thibaut noah" wrote: > > There is absolutly no reason why it shouldn't work. > You should check arch wiki, se7ensins tutorial and alex's blog In reverse order. Vfio.blogspot.com, arch wiki article that got rewritten, and whatever else. Otherwise that darn "allow_unsafe_in

Re: [vfio-users] BAR 0: can't reserve

2016-04-28 Thread Blank Field
Aha, but /etc/sysconfig/grub is a symlink to /etc/default/grub which is not a symlink to either of /etc/grub2.cfg or /etc/grub2-efi.cfg which are symlinks to the corresponding config files. On Apr 28, 2016 11:45 PM, "Alex Williamson" wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 2

Re: [vfio-users] BAR 0: can't reserve

2016-04-28 Thread Blank Field
Nevermind, the end user was dumb as usual. I've developed a habit of doing grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg which efi grub ignores, storing it's config on the ESP instead. So you should do grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg I wondered why this "video=efifb:off" wouldn't appear o

[vfio-users] BAR 0: can't reserve

2016-04-28 Thread Blank Field
vfio-pci :01:00.0: BAR 0: can't reserve [mem 0xc000-0xcfff 64bit pref] cat /proc/iomem shows... b000- : PCI Bus :00 b000-bfff : PCI Bus :02 b000-bfff : :02:00.0 c000-cfff : PCI Bus :01 c000-cfff : :01:00.0

Re: [vfio-users] GPU HDMI audio passthrough weird behavior?

2016-04-24 Thread Blank Field
On Apr 24, 2016 1:04 PM, "Karsten Mettke" wrote: i copied those lines below from the net.‎ I know i have the ignore msrs and one of the allow unsafe intwrupts line in it. I do not remember _anyone_ needing unsafe interrupts, and i'm in this stuff for two or more years. I am unsure if AW does reme

Re: [vfio-users] GPU HDMI audio passthrough weird behavior?

2016-04-24 Thread Blank Field
On Apr 24, 2016 10:54 AM, "Karsten Mettke" wrote:. > I am starting the kernel with > vfio_iommu_type1.allow_unsafe_interrupts=1 kvm.allow_unsafe_assigned_interrupts=1 kvm.ignore_msrs=1 > It was required for the GPU already so i dontknow if that would help with hdmi. Were you explicitly told in dm

Re: [vfio-users] Guest does not boot OS with GPU passed through, stuck at TianoCore boot splash

2016-04-18 Thread Blank Field
On Apr 18, 2016 5:31 PM, "Laszlo Ersek" wrote: > I'm very pleased with my GTX750. I guess most 7XX nvidia cards work rather well, no? 750 being the most balanced in performance-per-cost. ___ vfio-users mailing list vfio-users@redhat.com https://www.red

Re: [vfio-users] Fedora 23 ACS Patch

2016-04-17 Thread Blank Field
Doesn't patch support syntax like patch -p1 filename.patch? Does vanilla linux really can do stuff like make rpm? If so, since when? On Apr 18, 2016 4:18 AM, "Brett Peckinpaugh" wrote: > Thanks for any help in advance. > > I am trying to create a patched kernel for Fedora 23. I have downloaded >

Re: [vfio-users] Fwd: UEFI & virt-manager on Arch

2016-04-15 Thread Blank Field
That article is being rewritten in a neighbor thread, beware. On Apr 15, 2016 3:36 PM, "Garland Key" wrote: > Arch doesn't provide these files. In the wiki, you're asked to extract > the files from the rpm and copy them to the appropriate directly. From > there, you modify the config file to po

Re: [vfio-users] UEFI & virt-manager on Arch

2016-04-15 Thread Blank Field
I'll try to predict: A config file somewhere in /etc/ should be redacted. On Apr 15, 2016 11:33 AM, "Garland Key" wrote: > I'm 100% sure that I've added the latest edk2.git UEFI files to the > correct place, but virt-manager doesn't see it. Under Firmware: it says UEFI > not found. > > Is this a

Re: [vfio-users] Looking for performance tips, qemu machine type and pci/pcie-root questionning?

2016-04-14 Thread Blank Field
On Apr 15, 2016 9:01 AM, "thibaut noah" wrote: > Speaking of drives, it seems from what i read that it is possible for qemu/kvm to read a native (non virtualize) install of windows from a passthrough drive. > If so is there something special to do? Might go to the hassle of reinstalling my all win

Re: [vfio-users] input-linux first impressions

2016-04-14 Thread Blank Field
I've the exact same problems when i used qemu's built in SDL window. On Apr 14, 2016 5:13 PM, "Ivan Volosyuk" wrote: > First of all it is pretty cool to be able to skip the synergy and > short-circuit multiple layers on the way of keyboard and mouse events. It > was pretty easy to setup once I f

Re: [vfio-users] [FEEDBACK NEEDED] Rewriting the Arch wiki article

2016-04-12 Thread Blank Field
TL;DR point 2. is wrong, pcie-port, vfio-pci or pci-stub are allowed, see "IOMMU groups inside and out" blog post. On Apr 12, 2016 11:30 PM, "Bronek Kozicki" wrote: > On 12/04/2016 20:36, Nicolas Roy-Renaud wrote: > >> I've already rewritten the first two sections ("Prerequisites" and >> "Setting

Re: [vfio-users] Guest does not boot OS with GPU passed through, stuck at TianoCore boot splash

2016-04-11 Thread Blank Field
He's also should be able to attach just the .efi file or install graphics drivers via qxl. On Apr 11, 2016 6:48 PM, "Laszlo Ersek" wrote: > On 04/10/16 16:46, Blank Field wrote: > > > What you can do - convert libvirt xml into a usual qemu command line, > > and a

Re: [vfio-users] Guest does not boot OS with GPU passed through, stuck at TianoCore boot splash

2016-04-11 Thread Blank Field
to mean. I will have to > further investigate this. > For reference, here is the XML configuration: http://pastebin.com/RNDhgdK1 > > > Am 10.04.2016 um 16:46 schrieb Blank Field: > > 100% one core CPU? > What kind of disk device you have? > Are you passing through a

Re: [vfio-users] Guest does not boot OS with GPU passed through, stuck at TianoCore boot splash

2016-04-10 Thread Blank Field
100% one core CPU? What kind of disk device you have? Are you passing through a physical disk? What you can do - convert libvirt xml into a usual qemu command line, and add an ISA debug console and check OVMF debug output in it. On Apr 10, 2016 5:04 PM, "Stefan Seil" wrote: > Hello there! > > I

[vfio-users] Translation project, info updates needed.

2016-04-03 Thread Blank Field
I've started a (yet)one-man-army translation project with the objective of bringing info and knowledge about VFIO to my native language. I've partially translated aw's blog post about iommu groups dated back to august 2014, and since that time a lot has changed. For example, the post says that hop

Re: [vfio-users] Physical disk passthrough and OVMF

2016-03-29 Thread Blank Field
I wrote to this list as it appears that there were some folks with similar problems few months ago. Okay then, the bisect message will be on edk2 list when it's done. On Mar 29, 2016 6:25 PM, "Laszlo Ersek" wrote: > Blank Field writes: > > > Updated to fc24, got

Re: [vfio-users] Physical disk passthrough and OVMF

2016-03-28 Thread Blank Field
ng to qemu 2.5 did not help. On Mar 27, 2016 2:01 AM, "Blank Field" wrote: > OVMF is from git, upgrading QEMU ATM to 2.5.x. Apparently, fedora has 2.5 > qemu only in beta 24. > > Thanks for the advice, didn't know about the new qemu release. > On Mar 27, 2016 1:01 AM, &qu

Re: [vfio-users] Physical disk passthrough and OVMF

2016-03-26 Thread Blank Field
OVMF is from git, upgrading QEMU ATM to 2.5.x. Apparently, fedora has 2.5 qemu only in beta 24. Thanks for the advice, didn't know about the new qemu release. On Mar 27, 2016 1:01 AM, "Dan Ziemba" wrote: > On Fri, 2016-03-25 at 01:10 +0300, Blank Field wrote: > > Hello a

[vfio-users] Physical disk passthrough and OVMF

2016-03-24 Thread Blank Field
Hello again, fellow subscribers. Since 4.3.X kernels I am experiencing some strange problems with disk IO. I am passing through the whole /dev/sda(since i also dualboot into that system for some weird software or hardware) to my VM, and since recent versions of kernel the VM gets stuck in an endl

Re: [vfio-users] Occasional freeze when 3 VMs with passthrough are running

2015-12-07 Thread Blank Field
> Another question: is kernel 4.2 broken with OVMF? I thought about upgrading to 15.10 to see if the issue is still there. Mostly yes. It freezes on the first stages of booting with 100% one core cpu load. I don't remember if there are any fixes available except using "lts" 4.1.13 or 4.3.x kernels.

Re: [vfio-users] Hyper-v enlightments on recent NVIDIA drivers?

2015-12-05 Thread Blank Field
> I also read in a forum (https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?top > ic=43824.0) that Alex Williamson is working on a QEMU patch to allow > Windows guests to use Hyper-V enlightments without Nvidia beeing able > to detect is. Is this true?. Where could I follow the development / > test it?

Re: [vfio-users] QEMU_ALSA _*values

2015-12-02 Thread Blank Field
>My sound is basically unenjoyable, the trial-and-error method is very slow in this case and I don't have another week for this like last time a couple years back. (using the HDMI audio is not an option) >So I thought I'd ask the list if anyone has some tried and true tips about this. I use SDL au