Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:21:48 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: experimental qemu-devel port update, please test! Message-ID: <4628BE6C.1090104@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200704191852.l3JIqtaT062272@saturn.kn-bremen.de> References: <20070405210341.GA25547@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <200704072004.l37K4rua048988@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <461FD9E7.2040201@freebsd.org> <20070414170037.GA9357@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <200704191852.l3JIqtaT062272@saturn.kn-bremen.de>
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On 04/19/07 13:52, Juergen Lock wrote: > In article <46237925.60309@freebsd.org> you write: >> On 04/14/07 12:00, Juergen Lock wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 02:28:39PM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: >>>> On 04/07/07 15:04, Juergen Lock wrote: >>>>> In article <4615DB05.8000608@freebsd.org> you write: >>>>>> On 04/05/07 16:03, Juergen Lock wrote: >>>>>>> Hi! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There have been a few interesting commits to qemu cvs, like, >>>>>>> a qcow2 corruption bugfix, vmware vga emulation (-vmwarevga), and >>>>>>> several emulated eepro100 (fxp) nic variants (-net nic,model=i82557b >>>>>>> -net user worked for me with FreeBSD and linux guests, and seemed even >>>>>>> slightly faster than the rtl8139 that already outperforms the default >>>>>>> ne2kpci), so I prepared another qemu-devel port update that I now want >>>>>>> you all to test with your various guests before I commit it! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TIA, and enjoy... >>>>>>> Juergen >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Remove files: files/patch-audio::ossaudio.c files/patch-bh >>>>>> Building it now. Quick question: why have some diffs below in the >>>>>> patch, when you say remove those files? Just curious.. >>>>> Oh, just for the benefit of users who might forget to rm them after >>>>> applying the diff. :) (patch turning them into empty files...) >>>>> >>>>> Just committed this btw. >>>>> >>>>> Juergen >>>> Hmm.. Now, using the vmware driver makes my system either shutdown, or >>>> insta-reboot. :( >>> You mean -vmwarevga? Which guest? And, does the guest crash or the host? >> Yea, but I found out it does it whether or not I use the vmwarevga >> option, and seems to be tied to kqemu kldloaded. I'm still looking at >> it - kind of painful since it crashes my host system. The guest is a >> etherbooted FreeBSD-current, but it doesn't get far enough to even boot >> the OS in the guest. > > Ah so its a kqemu problem? You may want to post about that on the qemu > list... (You can also disable kqemu by running qemu with -no-kqemu btw.) > > Or, did something in your kernel change maybe that necessitates > a rebuild of the kqemu kld? Evidently that was it - after rebuilding/reinstalling the kqemu module, all is well. Nothing else changed to make it work. Woohoo! Thanks - not sure why I didn't think of that.. :) >>> You could try disabling the >>> #define HW_RECT_ACCEL >>> #define HW_FILL_ACCEL >>> near the top of hw/vmware_vga.c, a range check is missing in the >>> accellerated case, see >>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2007-04/msg00136.html >>>> kqemu-kmod-1.3.0.p11 Kernel Acceralator for QEMU CPU Emulator >>>> (development versi >>>> qemu-devel-0.9.0s.20070405_2 QEMU CPU Emulator - development snapshot >>> Yeah those are the lastest... >> I'll try that if I still suspect it. Although, I can say that without >> kqemu loaded, but the vmwarevga option used, my ethernet device ends up >> with a MAC of FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. I can't override it either. > > Thats probably a result of io address overlaps with the emulated nic > caused by the current version of the vmwarevga emulation (the author of > that is currently away afaik, otherwise it probably would have been > fixed already at least in qemu cvs.) You may be able to get around that > by using the eepro nic emulation. (sound is also affected btw, see the > mentioned -vmwarevga thread on the qemu list.) When I use the eepro nic, it claims I don't have a PXE boot rom. I tried to make one, but it still didn't like it. I'm not sure which selection to pick from the rom-o-matic site. >> I'll try some more things, and report back. > > Ok. > Juergen Thanks for the great support so far.. Eric
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