[vfio-users] Ovmf setup

Fri Aug 28 19:25:15 UTC 2015

	Hi,

	I installed it with en_windows_7_professional_x64_dvd_X15-65805.iso. It's 
correctly installed and showing the tiano core bios when loading without the 
vga passthrough. The version of qemu I'm using is the 2.2.1 as the later 
versions doesn't work well for seabios in my case. The GPU is a Radeon HD5670.

	BR.

	José.

On Friday 28 August 2015 13:11:00 Will Marler wrote:
> What version of the Windows 7 installer ISO do you have? I had no luck
> getting an old one to work, but a new one worked.
> 
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:35 PM, José Ramón Muñoz <koalinux at gmail.com>
> 
> wrote:
> >         Hi,
> >         
> >         Can you share any thoughts in getting the win7 + ovmf working? I
> > 
> > still
> > prefer to leave win10 for some months.
> > 
> >         Thanks!
> >         
> >         José.
> > 
> > On Friday 28 August 2015 13:27:41 Bradley Davis wrote:
> > > Yeah, i had stability issues with Windows 7 + OVMF. I did get it working
> > > though. I'm using Windows 10 now and do not have any real issues. The
> > > uptime on my host is 1 Mo+ now.
> > > 
> > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 1:17 PM, José Ramón Muñoz <koalinux at gmail.com>
> > > 
> > > wrote:
> > > >         Hi,
> > > >         
> > > >         Actually my idea is to upgrade that machine in the following
> > > > 
> > > > months as I
> > > > still don't feel there has been time enough to "mature" win10, but it
> > > > should
> > > > be great to have it working though, to see if it's more reliable than
> > 
> > the
> > 
> > > > seabios setup.
> > > > 
> > > >         Thanks!
> > > >         
> > > >         José.
> > > > 
> > > > On Friday 28 August 2015 13:06:05 Jon Panozzo wrote:
> > > > > Hi Jose!
> > > > > 
> > > > > Can’t say for certain (maybe someone else with Win 7 + OVMF can
> > > > > comment),
> > > > > but I was under the impression that OVMF works best when you use a
> > 
> > UEFI
> > 
> > > > > capable guest (such as Windows 8 or 10).  You’ll also get better
> > > > > performance out of a more modern guest OS.  Just my 2 cents…
> > > > > 
> > > > > - Jon
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On Aug 28, 2015, at 1:04 PM, José Ramón Muñoz Pekkarinen
> > > > 
> > > > <koalinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >     Hi,
> > > > > >     
> > > > > >     I have a setup unreliably working using seabios, and I tried
> > > > > >     to
> > > > 
> > > > create a
> > > > 
> > > > > > new setup using ovmf. For this second setup I created a fresh
> > > > 
> > > > installation
> > > > 
> > > > > > of win7 on UEFI, that is showing correctly through vnc using the
> > > > > > following launch command:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/lib64/ld-2.21.so \
> > > > > > /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm
> > 
> > -vga
> > 
> > > > std
> > > > 
> > > > > > -cpu host -smp 4,cores=4,threads=1 -m 4096 \
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >        -L /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/usr/share/qemu \
> > > > > >        -netdev user,id=user.0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=user.0
> > 
> > \
> > 
> > > > > >        -usb -usbdevice tablet -k fi \
> > > > > >        -drive
> > > > 
> > > > if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-
> > > > 
> > > > > > x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd \
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >        -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > x64/Windows_ovmf_vars_x64.fd \
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >        -cdrom virtio-win-0.1.109.iso \
> > > > > >        -smb /home/kandalf/Juegos \
> > > > > >        -drive
> > 
> > file=ovmf-windows.img,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native,if=virti
> > 
> > > > > >        o
> > > > > >     
> > > > > >     When I change it to do the vga passthrough, the vga doesn't
> > > > 
> > > > initialize.
> > > > 
> > > > > > The command is the following:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/lib64/ld-2.21.so \
> > > > > > /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm
> > 
> > -vga
> > 
> > > > none
> > > > 
> > > > > > -cpu host -smp 4,cores=4,threads=1 -m 6144 \
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >        -L /usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/usr/share/qemu \
> > > > > >        -device ioh3420,multifunction=on,id=pcie.0 \
> > > > > >        -device vfio-pci,host=01:00.0,x-
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > vga=on,addr=1c.0,multifunction=on,bus=pcie.0 \
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >        -device vfio-pci,host=01:00.1,addr=1c.1,bus=pcie.0 \
> > > > > >        -netdev user,id=user.0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=user.0
> > 
> > \
> > 
> > > > > >        -usb -usbdevice host:03f0:134a -usbdevice host:03f0:0024
> > > > 
> > > > -usbdevice
> > > > 
> > > > > > host:0079:0006 \
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >        -drive
> > > > 
> > > > if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-
> > > > 
> > > > > > x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd \
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >        -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=/usr/share/edk2.git/ovmf-
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > x64/Windows_ovmf_vars_x64.fd \
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >        -drive
> > 
> > file=/dev/koalita/koalitavm,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native,if=virtio
> > 
> > > > > >     In this case, too, some errors about trying to close the usb
> > 
> > comes
> > 
> > > > up.
> > > > 
> > > > > > These commands are quite similar to the one used in my seabios
> > 
> > setup.
> > 
> > > > Any
> > > > 
> > > > > > ideas why this can be failing?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >     Thanks!
> > > > > >     
> > > > > >     José.
> > > > > > 
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