[vfio-users] Virt-manager setup issues - CPU "host-passthrough" - can't boot media using edk2 EFI - no bridge available
Garland Key
david.garland.key at gmail.com
Wed Mar 9 00:55:22 UTC 2016
1. I'm using the kernel 4.4.3-1
2. I'm pretty sure that I'm pressing a key. When I do it just cycles back
to the EFI Shell and nothing loads. I'll try it again just to make sure.
3. I'll try this. Do I need to do anything with ip to enable it once I've
entered it into the XML with virsh?
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 7:30 PM Eddie Yen <missile0407 at gmail.com> wrote:
> My 2 cents:
>
> 1. I feel it happened about Kernel version, which version you use on Arch
> Linux?
>
> 2. When you see "press any key to boot from cd rom", you need to press
> any key on time, or it will skip CD-ROM option.
> You can try EFI Shell command to boot up Windows 10 installation.
>
> 3. Try edit network to Bridge by using virsh.
>
> <interface type='bridge'>
> <mac address='XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX'/>
> <source bridge='br-ex'/>
> <model type='e1000'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03'
> function='0x0'/>
> </interface>
>
> 2016-03-09 4:00 GMT+08:00 Garland Key <david.garland.key at gmail.com>:
>
>>
>> *Specs*OS: Arch Linux x86_64
>> Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth X99
>> CPU: i7-5930K
>> RAM: 32G DDR4
>> GPU: Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 970
>>
>> I've successfully installed qemu, libvirt, edk2.git-ovmf-x64 and
>> vfio-linux. I have successfully dedicated one gpu to vfio and the other to
>> the nvidia driver. Each of my gpus are listed in different groups, so I
>> don't need the ACS over ride patch. As such, I'm using the standard kernel.
>>
>> I'm following the following guide
>> <http://vfio.blogspot.com/2015/05/vfio-gpu-how-to-series-part-4-our-first.html>
>> in an attempt to setup the initial VM but I'm running into various problems.
>>
>>
>> 1. If I manually enter "host-pass-through" in
>> Processor>CPUs>Configuration>Model:, my host will lock up when I click
>> "Begin Installation". My only option is to hard reset the host. I've been
>> using Haswell-noTSX instead. Will this be okay? What would cause
>> "host-passthrough" to freeze my host like that?
>>
>> 2. When booting to the EFI shell, I'm unable to load the linked
>> virtio drivers
>> <https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/virtio-win-0.1.113-1/>
>> or the Windows 10 install iso, even though I've selected them as IDE CDROM
>> 1 & 2. When I select CDROM 1 in the boot options of the EFI shell, it says
>> to press any key to boot from cd rom, but when I do nothing happens and it
>> goes back to the EFI shell. Is this likely a problem with my isos or is it
>> possible that I'm doing something wrong?
>>
>> 3. I don't have the Bridge option available as a network source. Is
>> this something I can create through virt-manager or do I need to look
>> elsewhere. If you know of a link, it would be very helpful - I'm don't
>> know enough about how this works to google the right keywords.
>>
>> Any help that you can provide is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Best,
>> Garland
>>
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