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Is Xen VGA Passthrough to CentOS 6.3 x86-64 HVM domU successful?
singapore.mr.teo.en.ming at gmail
Oct 27, 2012, 7:59 AM
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Hi,

I have just passed through my NVIDIA Geforce GTX 560 to CentOS 6.3
x86-64 HVM domU. I am wondering whether the Xen VGA Passthrough is
successful.

The following information is obtained from inside CentOS 6.3 x86-64 HVM
domU:

00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 [GeForce GTX
560] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 3527
Physical Slot: 5
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 64
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 36
Region 0: Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Region 3: Memory at d8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Region 5: I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at f1080000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
Capabilities: [78] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us,
L1 <64us
ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal-
Unsupported-
RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr-
TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1,
Latency L0 <256ns, L1 <4us
ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk-
ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+
DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information <?>
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb



[root@centos63 ~]# lsmod | grep nouveau
nouveau 791165 2
ttm 82562 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 34122 1 nouveau
drm 250067 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_core 31276 14
tuner_simple,tda9887,tda8290,wm8775,tuner,cx25840,pvrusb2,v4l2_common,videodev,tveeprom,i2c_piix4,nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm
mxm_wmi 1925 1 nouveau
video 21032 1 nouveau
wmi 6287 2 nouveau,mxm_wmi




Notice that the nouveau VGA driver is loaded and is in use. Is Xen VGA
Passthrough 100% successful? I have successfully installed the NVIDIA
driver but I couldn't get it to load, so I reverted back to the nouveau
driver.

I have such tough time getting Xen VGA Passthrough to work successfully
on Windows HVM domU that I am giving up on Xen VGA Passthrough to
Windows HVM domU!!! Windows 7 and Windows 8 HVM domU device manager
always report error code 43 with a yellow triangle. Windows XP HVM domU
device manager always report error code 10 with a yellow circle.

--
Yours sincerely,

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Singapore


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Re: Is Xen VGA Passthrough to CentOS 6.3 x86-64 HVM domU successful? [ In reply to ]
singapore.mr.teo.en.ming at gmail
Oct 27, 2012, 8:35 AM
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My CentOS 6.3 x86-64 HVM domU configuration:

# This configuration file will only work with Xen 4.1.3-rc1-pre and NOT
# Xen 4.2-unstable due to the disk parameter.
#
# XL domain configuration file for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Beta 1
amd64 HVM domU
# Please refer to "man xl.cfg" for further explanations.
# See also docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown and
# docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
# Written by Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
# Email #1: teo.en.ming@gmail.com
# Email #2: teo-en-ming@teo-en-ming.com
# Mobile Phone: +65-8369-2618
# Country: Singapore
# Date: 20 Mar 2012 Tue
name="CentOS"
builder="hvm"
vcpus=2
memory=1024
on_poweroff="destroy"
on_reboot="restart"
on_crash="destroy"
# Format compatible with Xen 4.2-unstable changeset 25070 only.
disk=[ 'format=raw, vdev=hda, access=rw,
target=/etc/xen/images/centos63.img', 'format=raw, vdev=hdc, access=ro,
devtype=cdrom, target=/home/teo-en-ming/CentOS-6.3-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso' ]
# Format compatible with Xen 4.1.3-rc1-pre only.
#disk=[
'file:/var/lib/libvirt/images/Ubuntu-12.04-beta1-amd64.img,hda,w',
'file:/home/teo-en-ming/Downloads/ubuntu-12.04-beta1-dvd-amd64.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'
]
vif=[ 'bridge=eth0,type=ioemu,model=e1000' ]
#boot=[c|d|n]
#Selects the emulated virtual device to boot from. Options are hard disk
(c), cd-rom (d) or network/PXE (n).
#Multiple options can be given and will be attempted in the order they
are given. e.g. to boot from cd-rom
#but fallback to the hard disk you can give dc. The default is cd.
#boot="dc"
boot="c"
acpi=1
#xen_platform_pci=1
#viridian=1
stdvga=0
vnc=1
vnclisten="localhost"
vncdisplay=0
vncunused=1
vncpasswd=""
sdl=0
usb=1
usbdevice="tablet"
gfx_passthru=1
# VGA Passthrough Gigabyte Geforce GTX 560 1 GB GDDR5 PCI Express x16
VGA card.
pci = [
'01:00.0','01:00.1','00:1b.0','00:1a.0','00:1a.1','00:1a.2','00:1a.7','00:1d.0','00:1d.1','00:1d.2','00:1d.7'
]

--
Yours sincerely,

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Singapore




On 10/27/2012 10:59 PM, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just passed through my NVIDIA Geforce GTX 560 to CentOS 6.3
> x86-64 HVM domU. I am wondering whether the Xen VGA Passthrough is
> successful.
>
> The following information is obtained from inside CentOS 6.3 x86-64
> HVM domU:
>
> 00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 [GeForce
> GTX 560] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device 3527
> Physical Slot: 5
> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
> Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
> Latency: 64
> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 36
> Region 0: Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
> Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
> Region 3: Memory at d8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
> Region 5: I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
> [virtual] Expansion ROM at f1080000 [disabled] [size=512K]
> Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
> Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
> PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
> Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
> Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
> Capabilities: [78] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
> DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s
> <4us, L1 <64us
> ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
> DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal-
> Unsupported-
> RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
> MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
> DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr-
> TransPend-
> LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1,
> Latency L0 <256ns, L1 <4us
> ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
> LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain-
> CommClk-
> ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
> LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+
> DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
> Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information <?>
> Kernel driver in use: nouveau
> Kernel modules: nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb
>
>
>
> [root@centos63 ~]# lsmod | grep nouveau
> nouveau 791165 2
> ttm 82562 1 nouveau
> drm_kms_helper 34122 1 nouveau
> drm 250067 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
> i2c_core 31276 14
> tuner_simple,tda9887,tda8290,wm8775,tuner,cx25840,pvrusb2,v4l2_common,videodev,tveeprom,i2c_piix4,nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm
> mxm_wmi 1925 1 nouveau
> video 21032 1 nouveau
> wmi 6287 2 nouveau,mxm_wmi
>
>
>
>
> Notice that the nouveau VGA driver is loaded and is in use. Is Xen VGA
> Passthrough 100% successful? I have successfully installed the NVIDIA
> driver but I couldn't get it to load, so I reverted back to the
> nouveau driver.
>
> I have such tough time getting Xen VGA Passthrough to work
> successfully on Windows HVM domU that I am giving up on Xen VGA
> Passthrough to Windows HVM domU!!! Windows 7 and Windows 8 HVM domU
> device manager always report error code 43 with a yellow triangle.
> Windows XP HVM domU device manager always report error code 10 with a
> yellow circle.
>



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Re: Is Xen VGA Passthrough to CentOS 6.3 x86-64 HVM domU successful? [ In reply to ]
singapore.mr.teo.en.ming at gmail
Oct 27, 2012, 8:40 AM
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Attached CentOS 6.3 x86-64 HVM domU configuration file.

--
Yours sincerely,

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Singapore



On 10/27/2012 11:35 PM, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
> My CentOS 6.3 x86-64 HVM domU configuration:
>
> # This configuration file will only work with Xen 4.1.3-rc1-pre and NOT
> # Xen 4.2-unstable due to the disk parameter.
> #
> # XL domain configuration file for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Beta
> 1 amd64 HVM domU
> # Please refer to "man xl.cfg" for further explanations.
> # See also docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown and
> # docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
> # Written by Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
> # Email #1: teo.en.ming@gmail.com
> # Email #2: teo-en-ming@teo-en-ming.com
> # Mobile Phone: +65-8369-2618
> # Country: Singapore
> # Date: 20 Mar 2012 Tue
> name="CentOS"
> builder="hvm"
> vcpus=2
> memory=1024
> on_poweroff="destroy"
> on_reboot="restart"
> on_crash="destroy"
> # Format compatible with Xen 4.2-unstable changeset 25070 only.
> disk=[ 'format=raw, vdev=hda, access=rw,
> target=/etc/xen/images/centos63.img', 'format=raw, vdev=hdc,
> access=ro, devtype=cdrom,
> target=/home/teo-en-ming/CentOS-6.3-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso' ]
> # Format compatible with Xen 4.1.3-rc1-pre only.
> #disk=[
> 'file:/var/lib/libvirt/images/Ubuntu-12.04-beta1-amd64.img,hda,w',
> 'file:/home/teo-en-ming/Downloads/ubuntu-12.04-beta1-dvd-amd64.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'
> ]
> vif=[ 'bridge=eth0,type=ioemu,model=e1000' ]
> #boot=[c|d|n]
> #Selects the emulated virtual device to boot from. Options are hard
> disk (c), cd-rom (d) or network/PXE (n).
> #Multiple options can be given and will be attempted in the order they
> are given. e.g. to boot from cd-rom
> #but fallback to the hard disk you can give dc. The default is cd.
> #boot="dc"
> boot="c"
> acpi=1
> #xen_platform_pci=1
> #viridian=1
> stdvga=0
> vnc=1
> vnclisten="localhost"
> vncdisplay=0
> vncunused=1
> vncpasswd=""
> sdl=0
> usb=1
> usbdevice="tablet"
> gfx_passthru=1
> # VGA Passthrough Gigabyte Geforce GTX 560 1 GB GDDR5 PCI Express x16
> VGA card.
> pci = [
> '01:00.0','01:00.1','00:1b.0','00:1a.0','00:1a.1','00:1a.2','00:1a.7','00:1d.0','00:1d.1','00:1d.2','00:1d.7'
> ]
>

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