Cannot install Win XP on AMD X2 with kvm-51

Werner Opriel

author

2007-11-09 17:19 UTC #0 lore raw

Version:
kvm-50 and kvm-51

Problem:
I am not able to install a Win XP SP2 guest.
The Guest always crashes while installing Windows XP devices at T-37 minutes with a blue-screen and IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL.

cat /proc/cpuinfo:
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 107
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2350
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy misalignsse
bogomips : 2005.82
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps

processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 107
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2350
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy misalignsse
bogomips : 2005.82
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps

uname -r -m -o -s:
Linux 2.6.22.9 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Guest:
Windows XP SP2 32bit

Installation with:
qemu-system-x86_64 -hda xp.img -cdrom /iso/xp.iso -boot d -m 512 or
qemu-system-x86_64 -hda xp.img -no-acpi -cdrom /iso/xp.iso -boot d -m 512

I've also tried to get Standard PC HAL by pressing F7, but it makes no difference.

With -no-kvm, qemu-system-x86_64 does not crash the guest, but Win XP seems to be "Installing Devices" for the rest of its life. The session is alive, but no progress anymore.
The problem is nearly the same as described here:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/7470

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Amit Shah

2007-11-09 18:21 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 7 lines · On Friday 09 November 2007 22:49:18 Werner Opriel wrote:

Version:
kvm-50 and kvm-51
Problem:
I am not able to install a Win XP SP2 guest.
The Guest always crashes while installing Windows XP devices at T-37 minutes with a blue-screen and IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL.

This is most likely hidden somewhere in the upgrade to qemu CVS just over a month back. Try the userspace tools from kvm-44 and kernel modules from kvm-51 and let us know if that works (in my limited testing here, it did).

Amit.

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John Clemens

2007-11-09 20:01 UTC #3 lore raw

I'm having the same issues as Werner, and using the kvm userspace from kvm-44 and the kernel modules from kvm-51 does not help. Same issue at the same place in the install. AMD turion X2 1.6Ghz, gutsy 2.6.22-14-generic host kernel.

It always fails, with either the IRQL_... error, or I've also seen PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (received this morning while trying kvm-51 userspace and kernel). I've also seen INVALID_PFN occasionally, but I haven't seen this with kvm-51 yet.

Using -no-kvm-irqchip is much worse.. the boot freezes very early in the boot process with either a stop kernel message or the fading in windows logo screen freezes half way in. commandline used:

sudo ./qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -boot c
-cdrom /imgs/EN_WINDOWS_XP_PRO_WITH_SP2.ISO -hda /imgs/winxp.qcow -vnc :1 -net user -net nic,model=ne2k_pci,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55 -no-kvm-irqchip

I will try using -no-kvm now.

john.c

Quoted 15 lines · Amit Shah

Quoted 7 lines · On Friday 09 November 2007 22:49:18 Werner Opriel wrote:
Version:
kvm-50 and kvm-51
Problem:
I am not able to install a Win XP SP2 guest.
The Guest always crashes while installing Windows XP devices at T-37 minutes with a blue-screen and IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL.
This is most likely hidden somewhere in the upgrade to qemu CVS just over a month back. Try the userspace tools from kvm-44 and kernel modules from kvm-51 and let us know if that works (in my limited testing here, it did).
Amit.

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John Clemens

2007-11-09 22:09 UTC #4 lore raw

For what it's worth, -no-kvm completed the install successfully.

And I am able to boot the resulting installed system with KVM-51 enabled. Only been running for a few minutes though.

john.c

Quoted 19 lines · John Clemens

I'm having the same issues as Werner, and using the kvm userspace from kvm-44 and the kernel modules from kvm-51 does not help. Same issue at the same place in the install. AMD turion X2 1.6Ghz, gutsy 2.6.22-14-generic host kernel.
It always fails, with either the IRQL_... error, or I've also seen PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (received this morning while trying kvm-51 userspace and kernel). I've also seen INVALID_PFN occasionally, but I haven't seen this with kvm-51 yet.
Using -no-kvm-irqchip is much worse.. the boot freezes very early in the boot process with either a stop kernel message or the fading in windows logo screen freezes half way in. commandline used:
sudo ./qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -boot c
(quoted diff) +0 -3
-cdrom /imgs/EN_WINDOWS_XP_PRO_WITH_SP2.ISO -hda /imgs/winxp.qcow
-vnc :1 -net user -net nic,model=ne2k_pci,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55
-no-kvm-irqchip

Quoted 29 lines

I will try using -no-kvm now.
john.c
Quoted 24 lines · Amit Shah
Quoted 7 lines · On Friday 09 November 2007 22:49:18 Werner Opriel wrote:
Version:
kvm-50 and kvm-51
Problem:
I am not able to install a Win XP SP2 guest.
The Guest always crashes while installing Windows XP devices at T-37 minutes with a blue-screen and IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL.
This is most likely hidden somewhere in the upgrade to qemu CVS just over a month back. Try the userspace tools from kvm-44 and kernel modules from kvm-51 and let us know if that works (in my limited testing here, it did).
Amit.
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Avi Kivity

2007-11-11 10:20 UTC #5 lore raw

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Quoted 11 lines · Amit Shah

Quoted 8 lines · On Friday 09 November 2007 22:49:18 Werner Opriel wrote:
Version:
kvm-50 and kvm-51
Problem:
I am not able to install a Win XP SP2 guest.
The Guest always crashes while installing Windows XP devices at T-37 minutes with a blue-screen and IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL.

Quoted 4 lines

This is most likely hidden somewhere in the upgrade to qemu CVS just over a month back. Try the userspace tools from kvm-44 and kernel modules from kvm-51 and let us know if that works (in my limited testing here, it did).

I think it works on Intel, so it is probably a problem in irq injection on AMD.

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Amit Shah

2007-11-12 06:15 UTC #7 lore raw

Quoted 10 lines · On Sunday 11 November 2007 15:50:30 Avi Kivity wrote:

Quoted 9 lines · Amit Shah
Quoted 7 lines · On Friday 09 November 2007 22:49:18 Werner Opriel wrote:
Version:
kvm-50 and kvm-51
Problem:
I am not able to install a Win XP SP2 guest.
The Guest always crashes while installing Windows XP devices at T-37 minutes with a blue-screen and IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL.

Quoted 7 lines

Quoted 4 lines
This is most likely hidden somewhere in the upgrade to qemu CVS just over a month back. Try the userspace tools from kvm-44 and kernel modules from kvm-51 and let us know if that works (in my limited testing here, it did).
I think it works on Intel, so it is probably a problem in irq injection on AMD.

I had a similar problem (installation stopping at 37 minutes), while the installer hadn't hung. So I tried kvm-43 and 44 userspace and it did work. kvm-45 didn't (post-drop).

I got an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL a couple of times, but after that it worked. So it could be a combination of a couple of things.

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Alexey Eremenko

2007-11-12 06:52 UTC #8 lore raw

This is strange, because I have XP on AMD-64 working fine on KVM-51.

-Alexey

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Amit Shah

2007-11-12 07:56 UTC #10 lore raw

Quoted 1 line · On Monday 12 November 2007 12:22:39 Alexey Eremenko wrote:

This is strange, because I have XP on AMD-64 working fine on KVM-51.

A pre-installed VM works just fine. The problem is with the installation. Does the installation succeed for you as well with kvm-51?

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Avi Kivity

2007-11-12 08:12 UTC #12 lore raw

Quoted 8 lines · Amit Shah

Quoted 2 lines · On Monday 12 November 2007 12:22:39 Alexey Eremenko wrote:
This is strange, because I have XP on AMD-64 working fine on KVM-51.
A pre-installed VM works just fine. The problem is with the installation. Does the installation succeed for you as well with kvm-51?

An installed vm will also crash occasionally, I believe.

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Amit Shah

2007-11-12 08:21 UTC #14 lore raw

Quoted 8 lines · On Monday 12 November 2007 13:42:07 Avi Kivity wrote:

Quoted 5 lines · Amit Shah
Quoted 1 line · On Monday 12 November 2007 12:22:39 Alexey Eremenko wrote:
This is strange, because I have XP on AMD-64 working fine on KVM-51.
A pre-installed VM works just fine. The problem is with the installation. Does the installation succeed for you as well with kvm-51?
An installed vm will also crash occasionally, I believe.

On an Opteron 1216 and 64 bit host, I've not faced problems with kvm-git (updated almost daily) in a long time on pre-installed WinXP guests.

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Izik Eidus

2007-11-09 19:42 UTC #15 lore raw

In reply to Werner Opriel

Quoted 74 lines · Werner Opriel

Version:
kvm-50 and kvm-51
Problem:
I am not able to install a Win XP SP2 guest.
The Guest always crashes while installing Windows XP devices at T-37 minutes with a blue-screen and IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL.
cat /proc/cpuinfo:
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 107
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2350
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy misalignsse
bogomips : 2005.82
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps
processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 107
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2350
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy misalignsse
bogomips : 2005.82
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps
uname -r -m -o -s:
Linux 2.6.22.9 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Guest:
Windows XP SP2 32bit
Installation with:
qemu-system-x86_64 -hda xp.img -cdrom /iso/xp.iso -boot d -m 512 or
qemu-system-x86_64 -hda xp.img -no-acpi -cdrom /iso/xp.iso -boot d -m 512

Quoted 8 lines

I've also tried to get Standard PC HAL by pressing F7, but it makes no difference.
With -no-kvm, qemu-system-x86_64 does not crash the guest, but Win XP seems to be "Installing Devices" for the rest of its life. The session is alive, but no progress anymore.
The problem is nearly the same as described here:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/7470

i hope i am not asking too much, but can you please try to completely install and run the installtion with -no-kvm?
(another thing i want you to check is what the effect of -no-kvm-irqchip when runing with kvm enabled (it might fix some things)

thanks.

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Werner Opriel

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2007-11-10 13:44 UTC #17 lore raw

Am Freitag, 9. November 2007 20:42 schrieb Izik Eidus:

Quoted 6 lines

i hope i am not asking too much, but can you please try to completely install and run the installtion with -no-kvm?
(another thing i want you to check is what the effect of -no-kvm-irqchip when runing with kvm enabled (it might fix some things)
thanks.

I've completely reinstalled Windows XP SP2 with (kvm-51):
qemu-system-x86_64 -no-kvm -hda xp.img -cdrom /iso/xp.iso -boot d -m 512 and pressing F7 to use Standard PC HAL.

The Installation went through without any errors and I was able to boot the installed Windows with the -no-kvm switch.

Then I rebooted the windows-guest with kvm and bridged networking:

qemu-system-x86_64 -usb -usbdevice tablet -monitor stdio -m 512 \
-net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0,script=/etc/qemu-ifup

and immediatly got a BSOD with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and windows rebooted automatically.

Next i tried:
qemu-system-x86_64 -no-acpi -usb -usbdevice tablet -monitor stdio -m 512 \
-net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0,script=/etc/qemu-ifup

I could login and install a programm like winscp and while starting it i got another BSOD with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.

Next i will try with -no-kvm-irqchip .

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Izik Eidus

2007-11-10 14:05 UTC #18 lore raw

Quoted 26 lines · Werner Opriel

Am Freitag, 9. November 2007 20:42 schrieb Izik Eidus:
Quoted 7 lines
i hope i am not asking too much, but can you please try to completely install and run the installtion with -no-kvm?
(another thing i want you to check is what the effect of -no-kvm-irqchip when runing with kvm enabled (it might fix some things)
thanks.
I've completely reinstalled Windows XP SP2 with (kvm-51):
qemu-system-x86_64 -no-kvm -hda xp.img -cdrom /iso/xp.iso -boot d -m 512 and pressing F7 to use Standard PC HAL.
The Installation went through without any errors and I was able to boot the installed Windows with the -no-kvm switch.
Then I rebooted the windows-guest with kvm and bridged networking:
qemu-system-x86_64 -usb -usbdevice tablet -monitor stdio -m 512 \
-net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0,script=/etc/qemu-ifup
and immediatly got a BSOD with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and windows rebooted automatically.

Quoted 10 lines

Next i tried:
qemu-system-x86_64 -no-acpi -usb -usbdevice tablet -monitor stdio -m 512 \
-net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0,script=/etc/qemu-ifup
I could login and install a programm like winscp and while starting it i got another BSOD with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
Next i will try with -no-kvm-irqchip .

ok, please try out -no-kvm-irqchip, and if this isnt helping you might checkout kvm-36 and report what happen there
(in this days we are doing some serioes work to improved greatly the amd support)

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Werner Opriel

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2007-11-10 15:18 UTC #20 lore raw

Am Samstag, 10. November 2007 15:05 schrieb Izik Eidus:

Quoted 4 lines

ok, please try out -no-kvm-irqchip, and if this isnt helping you might checkout kvm-36 and report what happen there
(in this days we are doing some serioes work to improved greatly the amd support)

With kvm-51 and pressing F7 to use Standard PC HAL:

qemu-system-x86_64 -hda xp2.img -no-kvm-irqchip -cdrom /iso/xpua.iso -boot d -m 512

The Installation died very early with a BSOD and
"Process1_Initialization failed".

Ok, now i'll try kvm-36.

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Werner Opriel

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2007-11-10 17:02 UTC #21 lore raw

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Am Samstag, 10. November 2007 15:05 schrieb Izik Eidus:

Quoted 5 lines

ok, please try out -no-kvm-irqchip, and if this isnt helping you might checkout kvm-36 and report what happen there
(in this days we are doing some serioes work to improved greatly the amd support)

With kvm-36 and pressing F7 to use Standard PC HAL:

qemu-system-x86_64 -hda xp.img -cdrom /iso/xp.iso -boot d -m 512

the windows guest always fails to reboot, it then hangs without any errors or messages, but doing a manually reboot works well and finally the installation ended successfully.

Starting the guest in bridged mode with:

qemu-system-x86_64 xp.img -usb -usbdevice tablet -monitor stdio -m 512 \
-net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0,script=/etc/qemu-ifup

seems to work fast and stable so far.
I tried to install a program, create users and start some tasks ... and i haven't seen any errors yet, except for the reboot issue.

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Izik Eidus

2007-11-10 17:11 UTC #22 lore raw

Quoted 17 lines · Werner Opriel

Am Samstag, 10. November 2007 15:05 schrieb Izik Eidus:
Quoted 5 lines
ok, please try out -no-kvm-irqchip, and if this isnt helping you might checkout kvm-36 and report what happen there
(in this days we are doing some serioes work to improved greatly the amd support)
With kvm-36 and pressing F7 to use Standard PC HAL:
qemu-system-x86_64 -hda xp.img -cdrom /iso/xp.iso -boot d -m 512
the windows guest always fails to reboot, it then hangs without any errors or messages, but doing a manually reboot works well and finally the installation ended successfully.

Quoted 9 lines

Starting the guest in bridged mode with:
qemu-system-x86_64 xp.img -usb -usbdevice tablet -monitor stdio -m 512 \
-net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0,script=/etc/qemu-ifup
seems to work fast and stable so far.
I tried to install a program, create users and start some tasks ... and i haven't seen any errors yet, except for the reboot issue.

ok, good to hear that at least once we had that work, as i said we hope to solve the amd problems that we have in newer versions of kvm.

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