[Xen-users] HVM Guest Reboots Dom0

[Greg Valcourt <greg.valcourt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm having a little trouble with creating a HVM virtual machine. When I start it, it reboots Dom0. I have successfully created a Paravirtualized VM.

Here's my setup: Debian Squeeze. After installing the Xen kernel, I downloaded Linux 3.7 from kernel.org. I copied in the XEN kernel config and changed CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_BACKEND_PASS=y and CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_BACKEND_VPCI=n.

Hardware:
AMD FX 6200 (svm)
970A-UD3 (iommu)
Radeon HD 5770 (for passthru)
Radeon HD 6670 (boot vga, Dom0)

I'm using the following boot params: dom0_mem=1024M modprobe.blacklist=radeon,drm,microcode xen-pciback.hide=(0000:01:00.0)(0000:01.00.1)

I have an /etc/modprobe.d/pciback.conf that looks like:

options xen-pciback hide=(0000:01:00.0)(0000:01:00.1)

options loop max_loop=64

blacklist radeon
blacklist drm
blacklist microcode

My guest config looks like:

import os, re                    
arch = os.uname()[4]

kernel = '/usr/lib64/xen-4.0/boot/hvmloader'

builder = 'hvm'
memory = '8192'
shadow_memory = '64'
device_model='/usr/lib64/xen-4.0/bin/qemu-dm'
vcpus=4
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/xen_guests/windows7,hda,w', 'file:/root/windows7-64bit.cdr,hdc:cdrom,r' ]

boot='dc'
name = 'windows7'
vif = ['type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0,mac=00:16:3e:FF:FF:FF']

acpi=1     # added later
apic=1     # added later

#gfx_passthru=1                            # my original intention is to do passthru

#pci=['01:00.0','01:00.1']
vnc=1                                             # changed to VNC for troubleshooting
vncunused=0
vncviewer=0
vnclisten = '127.0.0.1'
vncdisplay=2
vncconsole=1

vncpasswd='agoodpassword'
sdl=0
>>>
usbdevice='tablet'


stdvga=0                     # this stuff added with VNC config

serial='pty'
ne2000 = "0"

Note that I changed from a graphics passthru setup to a vnc setup for troubleshooting. Both setups reboot Dom0.

I have a script to run to get the passthrough working:

echo -n "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:01\:00.0/driver/unbind 
echo -n "0000:01:00.1" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:01\:00.1/driver/unbind
echo -n "0000:01:00.0" > "/sys/bus/pci/drivers/pciback/new_slot"

echo -n "0000:01:00.1" > "/sys/bus/pci/drivers/pciback/new_slot"
echo -n "0000:01:00.0" > "/sys/bus/pci/drivers/pciback/bind"
echo -n "0000:01:00.1" > "/sys/bus/pci/drivers/pciback/bind"

Note that 01:00.0 appears not to be bound, but 01:00.1 is bound (before I run this). 

xm pci-list-assignable-devices doesn't list anything, but I'm not getting any error messages about the stub not owning the device anymore when I start the VM.

So what exactly am I doing wrong which causes Dom0 to reboot?


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