[vfio-users] Arch linux-vfio 4.3 testing

[Mark Weiman]

On Mon, 2015-11-23 at 16:29 -0500, Dan Ziemba wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-11-23 at 09:47 -0500, Mark Weiman wrote:
> > On Sat, 2015-11-21 at 15:32 -0500, Dan Ziemba wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2015-11-21 at 12:56 -0500, Mark Weiman wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2015-11-04 at 17:19 -0500, Dan Ziemba wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 2015-11-04 at 14:13 -0800, globalgorrilla at fastmail.fm
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Cool. Would you consider posting just the patch inline?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sure, patches are attached.
> > > > 
> > > > I just threw together the package and installed it and the
> > > > screen
> > > > just
> > > > sits black.  My system uses an Intel iGPU.
> > > > 
> > > > Mark Weiman
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> > > 
> > > Do you use OVMF for your guest?  There is a known problem with
> > > that
> > > with kernels newer than 4.1.  I have been experimenting with a
> > > patch
> > > that is going into 4.4 and I at least got some different behavior
> > > where
> > > the guest will get to the windows booting screen and eventually
> > > start
> > > showing the spinner in slow motion, but never actually boots.  I
> > > actually left it on all night last night and it just sat there
> > > with
> > > vcpu0 pegged at 100% but never finished booting.
> > > 
> > > Patch I am referring to: 
> > > http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg123351.html
> > > 
> > > Maybe it will at least work for someone else?  Patch against my
> > > PKGBUILD is attached.
> > > 
> > > Dan
> > 
> > Yes, I use OVMF for my guests and later I will try your patched
> > PKGBUILD.
> > 
> > Mark Weiman
> 
> I also tried out 4.4 rc1 and got basically the same results as 4.3
> with
> the patch.  Diff is attached - based of the previous 3 patches being
> applied.
> 
> Dan

You're saying that the Intel video that I'm using for the host may be
causing the issue.  If I try and use an AMD Radeon HD 5450 that I have
lying around, do you think that may solve my problem?

Mark
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