Re: pvscsi broken

[Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Jun Kamada <kama@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>> Hi Andrew-san,
>>
>> Which assignment mode, LUN mode or Host mode, do you use? If you used
>> the LUN mode, only mandatory SCSI commands can work and almost all
>> tape related commands will fail.
>>
>> Could you try the Host mode? Please see
>> "http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2009-02/msg00505.html"
>> for usage of the Host mode.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>
>
> I used a config setting like this: #vscsi=['/dev/st0, 0:0:0:0'] which
> I guess must be LUN mode, I removed the setting and used a "xm attach
> <dom>  8:0:5:0 host" which was successful and "xm scsi-list" shows the
> device is attached, but nothing was detected in windows, perhaps it
> needs to be there as soon as windows is booted, what is the syntax to
> specify host mode in the config file?
>
> Andy

Host mode works!, I have tested both a pv linux domain and hvm windows
with gplpv drivers loaded, provided I start the domain paused and
attach the device before unpausing it and allowing it to boot up, then
it seems to work perfectly.

:)

Andy