[vfio-users] Fwd: Installing Catalyst prevents VM from booting.

[Matthew Kramara]

Tried using Win8.1, same deal.
I guess it comes down to the graphics card being on the same group as the
root port. I guess I'll read up more on the ACS override patch.

On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 11:09 PM, Blank Field <ihatethisfield at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Windows 7 does have a valid EFI loader and seems like the setup supports
> GOP, but the installed system doesn't support GOP so there's a black screen
> at boot.
> Using QXL is a temporary workaround until the driver is installed.
> On Oct 17, 2015 6:06 PM, "Blank Field" <ihatethisfield at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Guys, use the "reply all" button. Otherwise the conversation is private.
>> On Oct 17, 2015 6:03 PM, "Matthew Kramara" <mattkramara at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Matthew Kramara <mattkramara at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 10:55 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [vfio-users] Installing Catalyst prevents VM from booting.
>>> To: A de Beus <anthony.debeus at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, the first thing I tried was not passing in the audio component and
>>> only installing the display adapter driver since I remember those causing
>>> issues with a lot of people.. no dice though.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 10:53 PM, A de Beus <anthony.debeus at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Win 7 works with OVMF.  As for the catalyst problem, try (1) not
>>>> passing the audio, just the graphics part and (2) install the driver but
>>>> not the CCC.
>>>>
>>>> Am also new to mailing lists, let me know if I'm clueless
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 17, 2015, at 6:52 AM, Matthew Kramara <mattkramara at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Oh god, really? I should have a windows 8 image laying around here
>>>> somewhere, wow I'm stupid.. I'll try that and see if it works.
>>>> Thanks for the heads up.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 9:43 PM, francesco dicarlo <
>>>> evilsephiroth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I thought OVMF  was possible from windows 8+...
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I missing something ?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2015-10-17 13:10 GMT+02:00 Matthew Kramara <mattkramara at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, I've never used a mailing list before so I'm sorry if I messed up
>>>>>> the formatting or come off as rude or incompetent or anything like that..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've spent a few days going back and forth and retrying steps from
>>>>>> various guides so I cant give a comprehensive description of my setup and
>>>>>> everything I've done up to this point, but I'm running a 64bit Windows 7 VM
>>>>>> using libvert, qemu, vfio-pci, and OMVF as per
>>>>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF.
>>>>>> I've got the VM booting with the PCI device showing as a 'display
>>>>>> adaptor' with a code 10 in the device manager, and when I try to install
>>>>>> catalyst it currently reports the device as a hd7870 and the error code
>>>>>> simply tells me to reboot before I can use the device. However on reboot
>>>>>> windows 7 fails to restart until I do a system restore, even if I remove
>>>>>> the PCI device from the VM using virt-manager.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd love some help or just directions to any previous cases that look
>>>>>> the same.
>>>>>> Thanks, Matt
>>>>>>
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