[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] Crash w/ bios="ovmf"
On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 03:50:28PM -0500, Jason Dickens wrote: > I'm trying to find a solution to an immediate VM crash which occurs by > simply adding "bios='ovmf' to my configuration? > > I started with a standard Ubuntu install which contained Xen 4.6.0 and had > the crash. The VM works fine booting w/ SeaBIOS once the configuration line > is removed. It also works fine with OVMF using just QEMU. > > Then I was led to believe that i needed to rebuild Xen with --enable-ovmf , > using the source from apt-get source, this proved to be difficult and > ultimately I had to disable stub domains to get it to work. (in case, that > is relevant) > > Still I get the crash almost immediately after the VM is launched. With > sdl=1 I can see the window flash up and disappear. > I should mention that ultimately I plan to use a non-standard build of the > OVMF kernel, but for now I'm happy to get it working with any one. Can you try pci_platform=0 in your guest config pleae? > > At this point, I have been studying the source to try and determine where > things diverge. I find very little use of LIBXL_BIOS_TYPE_OVMF and can't > find exactly where setting hvm.bios that even matters? > > In any case, I would appreciate help on how to avoid the crash and/or > understanding the Xen modifications for OVMF. > > Jason > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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