From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34505) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XR0an-0001Ts-MA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:11:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XR0ah-0002HJ-JI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:10:57 -0400 Received: from indium.canonical.com ([91.189.90.7]:43719) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XR0ah-0002H6-4w for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:10:51 -0400 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com ([91.189.90.37]) by indium.canonical.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Debian)) id 1XR0ag-0001M4-JE for ; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:10:50 +0000 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by loganberry.canonical.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EBF32E8080 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 15:10:50 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:05:06 -0000 From: Erik Rull <1366836@bugs.launchpad.net> Sender: bounces@canonical.com References: <20140908144705.25513.64209.malonedeb@soybean.canonical.com> Message-Id: <20140908150506.25315.28181.launchpad@soybean.canonical.com> Errors-To: bounces@canonical.com Subject: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1366836] Re: Core2Duo and KVM may not boot Win8 properly on 3.x kernels Reply-To: Bug 1366836 <1366836@bugs.launchpad.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org ** Description changed: When I start up QEMU w/ KVM 1.7.0 on a Core2Duo machine running a vanilla= kernel 3.4.67 or 3.10.12 to run a Windows 8.0 guest, the guest freezes at = Windows 8 boot without any error. When I dump the CPU registers via "info registers", nothing changes, that= means the system really stalled. Same happens with QEMU 2.0.0 and QEMU 2.1= .0. It stalls when the Windows logo is displayed and the balled circle starts= rotating. = But - when I run the very same guest using Kernel 2.6.32.12 and QEMU 1.7.0 or 2.0.0 on the host side it works on the Core2Duo. Also the system above but just with an i3 or i5 CPU it works fine. = I already disabled networking and USB for the guest and changed the graph= ics card - no effect. I assume that some mean bits and bytes have to be set up properly to get the thing running. = Seems to be related to a kvm/processor incompatibility. = Windows XP runs on all combinations without any issues. Windows 8.1 guests have the same issues as Windows 8.0. + = + An example command line that does not boot Windows 8 is: + qemu-system-x86_64 -machine pc-i440fx-1.5,accel=3Dkvm,kernel_irqchip=3Dof= f -daemonize -cpu kvm32,+sep,+nx -nodefaults -vga std -readconfig /usr/X11R= 6/X11etc/ich9-ehci-uhci.cfg -device usb-host,bus=3Dehci.0,hostport=3D1.2 -d= evice usb-tablet -drive file=3D/dev/sdb,cache=3Dwritethrough,if=3Dnone,id= =3Dx -device ide-drive,drive=3Dx -m 1024 -monitor telnet:127.0.0.1:5100,now= ait,server -vnc :1 -L /usr/X11R6/share/qemu -boot c -localtime -enable-kvm = -no-shutdown + = + enabling the kernel_irqchip, removing the sep, disabling usb, changing + the machine type or changing the monitor type (SDL or VNC) has no + effect. -- = You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1366836 Title: Core2Duo and KVM may not boot Win8 properly on 3.x kernels Status in QEMU: New Bug description: When I start up QEMU w/ KVM 1.7.0 on a Core2Duo machine running a vanilla= kernel 3.4.67 or 3.10.12 to run a Windows 8.0 guest, the guest freezes at = Windows 8 boot without any error. When I dump the CPU registers via "info registers", nothing changes, that= means the system really stalled. Same happens with QEMU 2.0.0 and QEMU 2.1= .0. It stalls when the Windows logo is displayed and the balled circle starts= rotating. But - when I run the very same guest using Kernel 2.6.32.12 and QEMU 1.7.0 or 2.0.0 on the host side it works on the Core2Duo. Also the system above but just with an i3 or i5 CPU it works fine. I already disabled networking and USB for the guest and changed the graph= ics card - no effect. I assume that some mean bits and bytes have to be set up properly to get the thing running. Seems to be related to a kvm/processor incompatibility. Windows XP runs on all combinations without any issues. Windows 8.1 guests have the same issues as Windows 8.0. An example command line that does not boot Windows 8 is: qemu-system-x86_64 -machine pc-i440fx-1.5,accel=3Dkvm,kernel_irqchip=3Dof= f -daemonize -cpu kvm32,+sep,+nx -nodefaults -vga std -readconfig /usr/X11R= 6/X11etc/ich9-ehci-uhci.cfg -device usb-host,bus=3Dehci.0,hostport=3D1.2 -d= evice usb-tablet -drive file=3D/dev/sdb,cache=3Dwritethrough,if=3Dnone,id= =3Dx -device ide-drive,drive=3Dx -m 1024 -monitor telnet:127.0.0.1:5100,now= ait,server -vnc :1 -L /usr/X11R6/share/qemu -boot c -localtime -enable-kvm = -no-shutdown enabling the kernel_irqchip, removing the sep, disabling usb, changing the machine type or changing the monitor type (SDL or VNC) has no effect. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1366836/+subscriptions