Avi Kivity wrote: > Jorge Lucángeli Obes wrote: >> I have also tried using Windows Vista with kvm. Until now, I had (of >> course) the same ACPI problem as everybody. I had decided to compile >> the new BIOS by hand. Imagine my suprise when I saw the third entry >> in the above list =). I rushed to get my Vista Ultimate installation >> DVD. The install went great, I even managed to create a user. >> However, I did not get past this. After creating my user, the guest >> reboots (or more precisely, it shuts down since I'm running >> 'no-reboot') and when I start it again, it stops with what I believe >> is a real mode error: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/stuff/qemu$ sudo qemu-system-x86_64 vista.img -m 512 >> -no-reboot -localtime -no-rtc exception 13 (0) >> rax 0000000060000010 rbx 0000000000004200 rcx 00000000000000ff rdx >> 0000000000000001 rsi 0000000000000180 rdi 0000000000007000 rsp >> 0000000000001e60 rbp 0000000000001e98 r8 0000000000000000 r9 >> 0000000000000000 r10 0000000000000000 r11 0000000000000000 r12 >> 0000000000000000 r13 0000000000000000 r14 0000000000000000 r15 >> 0000000000000000 rip 0000000000009a12 rflags 00033006 >> cs 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0) >> ds 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0) >> es 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0) >> ss 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0) >> fs 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0) >> gs 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 3 db 0 s 1 type 3 l 0 g 0 avl 0) >> tr 0000 (20850000/00002088 p 1 dpl 0 db 0 s 0 type b l 0 g 0 avl 0) >> ldt 0000 (00000000/0000ffff p 1 dpl 0 db 0 s 0 type 2 l 0 g 0 avl 0) >> gdt bb68/27 idt 0/3ff >> cr0 60000010 cr2 0 cr3 0 cr4 0 cr8 0 efer 0 >> Aborted >> >> Running with 'no-kvm' manages to solve this but I don't get to the >> login screen. The guest quits unexpectedly while on the Vista >> "bootsplash". It's a 32-bit Vista Ultimate guest on the same 64-bit >> Xubuntu Feisty host, kernel 2.6.20.3 Ubuntu branch, and kvm-22 >> (modules and userspace). >> >> Any ideas? Have you guys done anything special to get Vista running? >> What can I do to find out what's going on? >> > > Well, all I did was to apply a one-line patch from Qing He to the bios > ROM. I haven't even tried Vista myself :) Maybe Qing can comment? > > It does look like a real mode problem; I'll update the dump to show > more information (e.g. the code at the point of failure).
It's also possible that Vista did HLT (because we've got #GP) by finding some feature missing. Dumping the instruction should be very helpful. > > Do you get anything in dmesg when the problem occurs? Jun --- Intel Open Source Technology Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
