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Bug 616398 - virtio-serial installation problems
Summary: virtio-serial installation problems
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: virtio-win
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Windows
low
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Vadim Rozenfeld
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-07-20 11:04 UTC by Arnon Gilboa
Modified: 2013-08-26 00:30 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-11-11 16:30:52 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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2010-07-21 12:00 UTC, Arnon Gilboa 		no flags Details
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Description Arnon Gilboa 2010-07-20 11:04:16 UTC 
On several windows xp sp3 guests, based on the qa templete, installing the virtio-serial drivers manually resulted one of the following:

(1) Error such as: "Cannot install this hardware. There was a problem installing this hardware..."
(2) Halt with host in 100% cpu
(3) BSOD

Drivers installed from:

http://download.lab.bos.redhat.com/devel/RHEV/virtio-win/1.1.7-2/
http://download.lab.bos.redhat.com/devel/RHEV/virtio-win/1.1.8-0/   
http://download.lab.bos.redhat.com/devel/RHEV/virtio-win/1.1.5-0/

The vms were launched using qemu spice.kvm.v11
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2010-07-20 11:37:53 UTC 
This issue has been proposed when we are only considering blocker
issues in the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.

** If you would still like this issue considered for the current
release, ask your support representative to file as a blocker on
your behalf. Otherwise ask that it be considered for the next
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. **
Comment 3 Arnon Gilboa 2010-07-20 12:41:14 UTC 
Fixing this issue is a prerequisite for "Spice windows guest agent" aka
vdagent, in RHEL6 and Fedora14. The agent enables cut-and-paste between client
and guest, multi-monitor support, and syncing the guest display setting with
the client.
Comment 4 Arnon Gilboa 2010-07-21 12:00:55 UTC 
Created attachment 433392 [details]
minidump
Comment 5 Arnon Gilboa 2010-07-21 12:03:27 UTC 
Running qemu with -usbdevice tablet, installation of 1.1.7-2 and 1.1.8-0 hangs with 100% cpu host. Running *without* -usbdevice tablet, installation of 1.1.7-2 was successful, but 1.1.8-0 got BSOD (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL).Attached is the BSOD minidump.
Comment 6 Vadim Rozenfeld 2010-07-22 17:57:14 UTC 
(In reply to comment #5)
> Running qemu with -usbdevice tablet, installation of 1.1.7-2 and 1.1.8-0 hangs
> with 100% cpu host. Running *without* -usbdevice tablet, installation of
> 1.1.7-2 was successful, but 1.1.8-0 got BSOD
> (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL).Attached is the BSOD minidump.    

Can see the QEMU command line?
Thanks,
Vadim
Comment 7 Vadim Rozenfeld 2010-08-10 20:47:54 UTC 
Please check it with the latest driver from:
http://download.lab.bos.redhat.com/devel/RHEV/virtio-win/1.1.11-0/

This problem was easily reproducible when running UP VM with AC97 and/or
USB tablet device together with viortio-serial device 

Thanks,
Vadim
Comment 8 lihuang 2010-08-17 11:25:34 UTC 
Verified on 
DriverVer=08/10/2010,6.1.7600.16385


qemu     14817     1 26 07:03 ?        00:04:52 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.0.0 -enable-kvm -m 2048 -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 -name windowxp -uuid 6e594585-d8ed-95ec-9bde-2427bb471f8e -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/windowxp.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -boot c -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 -drive file=/home/images/windowxp.img,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,boot=on,format=qcow2,cache=none -device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0 -drive file=/home/images/virtio-win-1.1.11-0.vfd,if=none,id=drive-fdc0-0-0,format=raw,cache=none -global isa-fdc.driveA=drive-fdc0-0-0 -drive file=/data/nfs-win/xp/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80428.iso,if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev tap,fd=129,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=130 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:7e:36:e3,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=serial0 -device spicevmc,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=0 -usb -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -spice port=5903,addr=10.66.91.70,disable-ticketing,plaintext-channel=main,plaintext-channel=inputs -vga qxl -device AC97,id=sound0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6
Comment 9 Vadim Rozenfeld 2010-08-17 14:39:39 UTC 
Thanks,
Just to be absolutely sure, can you please trying it again with -smp 1

Best regards,
Vadim.
Comment 10 lihuang 2010-08-18 04:56:31 UTC 
(In reply to comment #9)
> Thanks,
> Just to be absolutely sure, can you please trying it again with -smp 1
> 
> Best regards,
> Vadim.

Retest on a fresh installed xp guest with "-smp 1" PASSed

full command line to invoke qemu-kvm is :
LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.0.0 -enable-kvm -m 2048 -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -name xp3 -uuid b740fde7-1e1e-7d4c-afef-b70d18b3cc8e -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/xp3.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -boot c -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 -drive file=/home/images/xp3.img,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,boot=on,format=raw,cache=none -device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0 -drive file=/data/nfs-win/xp/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80428.iso,if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -drive file=/home/images/virtio-win-1.1.11-0.vfd,if=none,id=drive-fdc0-0-0,format=raw -global isa-fdc.driveA=drive-fdc0-0-0 -netdev tap,fd=278,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=279 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:ab:e6:e0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev pty,id=serial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=serial0 -device spicevmc,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=0 -usb -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -spice port=5903,addr=10.66.91.70,disable-ticketing,plaintext-channel=main,plaintext-channel=inputs -vga qxl -device AC97,id=sound0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6
Comment 11 Vadim Rozenfeld 2010-08-18 05:38:19 UTC 
(In reply to comment #10)
> (In reply to comment #9)
> > Thanks,
> > Just to be absolutely sure, can you please trying it again with -smp 1
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Vadim.
> 
> Retest on a fresh installed xp guest with "-smp 1" PASSed
> 
> full command line to invoke qemu-kvm is :
> LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice
> /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M rhel6.0.0 -enable-kvm -m 2048 -smp
> 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -name xp3 -uuid
> b740fde7-1e1e-7d4c-afef-b70d18b3cc8e -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev
> socket,id=monitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/xp3.monitor,server,nowait -mon
> chardev=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -boot c -device
> virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 -drive
> file=/home/images/xp3.img,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,boot=on,format=raw,cache=none
> -device
> virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0
> -drive
> file=/data/nfs-win/xp/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80428.iso,if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw
> -device ide-drive,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -drive
> file=/home/images/virtio-win-1.1.11-0.vfd,if=none,id=drive-fdc0-0-0,format=raw
> -global isa-fdc.driveA=drive-fdc0-0-0 -netdev
> tap,fd=278,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=279 -device
> virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:ab:e6:e0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
> -chardev pty,id=serial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=serial0 -device
> spicevmc,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=0 -usb -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -spice
> port=5903,addr=10.66.91.70,disable-ticketing,plaintext-channel=main,plaintext-channel=inputs
> -vga qxl -device AC97,id=sound0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -device
> virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6


Thank you,
Vadim.
Comment 12 releng-rhel@redhat.com 2010-11-11 16:30:52 UTC 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.
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