Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 03:23:31PM +0000, Giovanni Bellac wrote:
>    Hello
> 
>    I have done some new tests:
> 
>    - XEN 4.0.1 (self compiled, "make world") + 2.6.32.21 from Jeremy
>    - Windows 2008 R2 64Bit
>    with windows PV drivers from XCP 0.5 and the regedit change from here:
>    [1]http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648
> 
>    Same error:
>    ...
>    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
>    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
>    INITIALISING; retry.
>    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
>    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
>    INITIALISING; retry.
>    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
>    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
>    INITIALISING; retry.
>    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
>    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
>    INITIALISING; retry.
>    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
>    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
>    INITIALISING; retry.
>    XENUTIL: WARNING: CloseFrontend: timed out in
>    XenbusWaitForBackendStateChange: /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/9/0 in state
>    INITIALISING; retry.
>    ...
> 
>    I can not download XCP 0.1.1 to test the windows PV drivers from it,
>    because it is not downloadable anymore.
>    But I have read here in the lists, that the XCP 0.1.1 drivers are not
>    fully signed.
> 
>    So the feature
> 
>    "Support for Citrix WHQL-certified Windows PV drivers, included in XCP
>    (Xen Cloud Platform). Xen Cloud Platform:
>    [2]http://www.xen.org/products/cloudxen.html";
> 
>    is not really working... :(
> 

Added xen-devel to CC list.. maybe someone from Citrix 
has an idea why it doesn't work.

-- Pasi



>    Best regards
>    Gio
> 
>    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>    Von: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
>    An: Keith Coleman <list.keith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>    CC: Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; benco <benco@xxxxxxx>; Xen List
>    <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Mark Adams <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    Gesendet: Freitag, den 3. September 2010, 9:26:17 Uhr
>    Betreff: Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen 4.0 - Support for Citrix WHQL-certified
>    Windows PV drivers
>    On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 05:14:53PM -0400, Keith Coleman wrote:
>    > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <[3]pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
>    > > On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 05:21:02PM +0100, Mark Adams wrote:
>    > >> Xen 4.0.1 rc3, didn't change any registry settings. Can you confirm
>    what
>    > >> needs to be changed or send a link?
>    > >>
>    > >
>    > > It's mentioned in the xen-4.0 hg changelog:
>    > > [4]http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648
>    > >
>    >
>    > The signed windows drivers from XCP 0.5 are not ready for normal xen.
>    > Use the windows drivers from XCP 0.1.1, instead.
>    >
> 
>    Are there some additional changes required to Xen 4.0 to support XCP 0.5
>    winpv drivers?
> 
>    -- Pasi
> 
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> 
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>    2. http://www.xen.org/products/cloudxen.html
>    3. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx
>    4. http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-4.0-testing.hg?rev/be9b8be3c648
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