Hi Marek, No go on the xen-4.8-amd-iommu or the xen-4.9-devel which was to be expected.
I am going to try and get Xen running on Fedora on these machines. On Sat, 6 Oct 2018 at 17:46, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki < [email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On Sat, Oct 06, 2018 at 05:29:42PM +0100, Aaron Gray wrote: > > On Sat, 6 Oct 2018 at 17:15, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 06, 2018 at 04:41:25PM +0100, Aaron Gray wrote: > > > > On Sat, 6 Oct 2018 at 16:02, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 06, 2018 at 03:41:01PM +0100, Aaron Gray wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 6 Oct 2018 at 06:04, qubenix <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Marek Marczykowski-Górecki: > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 09:13:07PM -0700, Aaron Gray wrote: > > > > > > > >> I am trying to get Qubes to support any of my Z77 or Z270 > Intel > > > > > > > >> chipset machines. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> They need IOMMU support for ports 0x80 and above. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4309 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> xen-4.9.2 supports this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, we don't do major Xen upgrades as part of point release. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The patch look quite complex, but maybe it would be possible > to > > > > > > > > backport it to Xen 4.8 anyway. I need to look at it again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > FWIW, I built a Qubes iso including the patch mentioned in > issue > > > #4309 > > > > > > > for a friend that has a Threadripper 2950x and Taichi X399 > board. > > > The > > > > > > > steps I used are documented here: > > > > > > > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qubes-users/gv6q1ZSGOm4/discussion. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe I did something wrong, but my iso built without error. > > > > > > > Installation worked without issue, but IOMMU and remapping were > > > still > > > > > > > not available. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > @qubenix - I think patch is for the Xen package proper not > > > qubes-vmm-xen. > > > > > > > > > > Xen packages are build in qubes-vmm-xen. > > > > > > > > > > > Marek - I am trying to work out how to add in the later > xen-4.9.2 RPM > > > > > from > > > > > > another repo and am nearing GNU Makefile insanity with your build > > > > > system. I > > > > > > don't really like Gnu Make. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can I just use :- > > > > > > > > > > > > /tmp/qubes-packages-minor-repo > > > > > > > > > > > > And put the repo in there as would be suggested by :- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-builder-rpm/blob/master/repos/builder-local.repo > > > > > > > > > > That won't work for multiple reasons. First of all, Qubes do have > some > > > > > extra patches over upstream Xen, without them you probably won't be > > > able > > > > > to boot any VM. But then, if you update Xen from 4.8.x to 4.9.x, > you > > > > > need to rebuild other packages to link with new version. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Marek, > > > > > > > > Timewise how long am I looking at to wait for 4.1 alpha to be > released > > > with > > > > the xen patche(s) or xen updated to 4.9 ? > > > > > > There is ongoing work to have Xen 4.11 for Qubes 4.0. But I wouldn't > > > expect installable alpha builds before December, or even January. > > > > > > > In parallel can I rely on you for some level of support if I try and > do > > > the > > > > 4.9 update to 4.0 myself ? > > > > > > For 4.0, much easier (in terms of time) would be to backport that > single > > > patch and see if that works. It's here, totally untested (not even > build > > > tested): > > > https://github.com/marmarek/qubes-vmm-xen/tree/xen-4.8-amd-iommu > > > > > > You can try building this, by adding to your builder.conf: > > > > > > GIT_URL_vmm_xen = https://github.com/marmarek/qubes-vmm-xen > > > BRANCH_vmm_xen = xen-4.8-amd-iommu > > > > > > Then: > > > > > > make get-sources > > > make vmm-xen # or `make qubes` if you didn't build other components > > > before > > > make iso > > > > > > > Great thanks I will try that. Qubenix did say he had tried it but I will > > double check on my hardware which is Z270 chipset based. > > BTW here you can find example how to add/modify patches for xen if it > turns out > something more is needed: > > https://github.com/marmarek/qubes-vmm-xen/commit/3f284833914c76bb59306b5f19f44d237d20d275 > > - -- > Best Regards, > Marek Marczykowski-Górecki > Invisible Things Lab > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEhrpukzGPukRmQqkK24/THMrX1ywFAlu45uUACgkQ24/THMrX > 1yyl/QgAiRtCEdLlsyhfS6DihfWbmybX2XyG6mhFxWuyhpbKCA57FvttZeXEVoVK > lRv9gLJ65Sp9O++CRVMzicBGrPP19wKBUs04jbhwi7tkQu7ZesZFeqxm0i026hfh > yP1cVLW4affDapovoEr/Tn6JYT+hYIklwkm2L6aY3xKdE8/d3Pna9gP7DXha6zbv > LYAOU3Btwt0b0WWpOKvRWF6WVp0TZYOi88qOY/qEUts0mpIvhm9ZpL9i04RRM0re > uSvDqqPDFhnEnPmUUEpfHOt0ri90+JQUmhzxeqd75HXY1jHY9mgHaeRozb3p4SeZ > hSuOPd4o2XmzOPo0XuseP62kJjtMVQ== > =CQ26 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- Aaron Gray Independent Open Source Software Engineer, Computer Language Researcher, Information Theorist, and amateur computer scientist. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. 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