Xen VGA Passthrough to Windows 8 with Xen 4.2-unstable

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This is a document by Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) in Singapore. It shows:

  • Xen VGA Passthrough
  • to a Windows 8 Consumer Preview HVM Virtual Machine
  • with Xen 4.2-unstable Changeset 25099 and Linux Kernel 3.3.0 in Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric ocelot amd64 Final Release Dom0

Xen VGA Passthrough to Windows 8 Consumer Preview 64-bit English HVM domU and Windows XP Home Edition SP3 HVM domU with Xen 4.2-unstable Changeset 25070 and Linux Kernel 3.3.0 in Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric ocelot amd64 Final Release Dom0 Version 1.6 Author: Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Website #1: http://www.teo-en-ming.com Website #2: http://www.zhang-enming.com Email #1: teo.en.ming@gmail.com Email #2: teo-en-ming@teo-en-ming.com Email #3: teo-en-ming@zhang-enming.com Mobile Phone(s): +65-8369-2618 / +65-9323-5112 / +65-9465-2119 Country: Singapore Date: 25 March 2012 Sunday 7:03 P.M. Singapore Time

1 Preparing the USB Flash Drive to Extract VGA Card EEPROM Reference Documentation URL #1: http://www.davidgis.fr/blog/index.php?2011/12/07/860-xen- 42unstable-patches-for-vga-pass-through Reference Documentation URL #2: http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/XenVGAPassthrough wget http://www.davidgis.fr/download/nvflash_5.100.1_usb.iso.tar.bz2 tar xfvj nvflash_5.100.1_usb.iso.tar.bz2 Plug in your USB flash drive. dmesg In my case, the USB flash drive is detected as /dev/sdb. mount | grep sdb /dev/sdb1 on /media/C06F-905B type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush,uhelp er=udisks) sudo umount /media/C06F-905B/ sudo dd if=nvflash_5.100.1_usb.iso of=/dev/sdb Page 1 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Reboot your computer with the USB flash drive plugged in. nvflash.exe –list (OPTIONAL) nvflash.exe –save vgabios.rom Unplug your USB flash drive. Reboot your computer back into Linux Xen Dom0. Plug in your USB flash drive again. cp /media/LEXAR/VGABIOS.ROM /home/teo-en-ming/2nd-palit-nvidia-geforce-8400gsvgabios. rom

2 Patching Xen 4.2-unstable Changeset 25070 for Xen VGA Passthrough cd hg clone http://xenbits.xen.org/xen-unstable.hg xen-unstable.hg-cs25070-vga-passthrough cd xen-unstable.hg-cs25070-vga-passthrough ./configure make world make clean Download Xen VGA Passthrough patches from David Techer's (Frenchman) website. wget http://www.davidgis.fr/download/xen-4.2_rev24798_gfx-passthrough-patchs.tar.bz2 tar xfvj xen-4.2_rev24798_gfx-passthrough-patchs.tar.bz2 Patching Xen 4.2-unstable changeset 25070 source tree. patch -p1 < xen-4.2_rev24798_gfx-passthrough-patchs/patch_Makefile patch -p1 < xen-4.2_rev24798_gfx-passthrough-patchs/patch_dsdt.asl patch -p1 < xen-4.2_rev24798_gfx-passthrough-patchs/patch_hvmloader.c patch -p1 < xen-4.2_rev24798_gfx-passthrough-patchs/patch_rombios.c patch -p1 < xen-4.2_rev24798_gfx-passthrough-patchs/patch_pci.c patch -p1 < xen-4.2_rev24798_gfx-passthrough-patchs/patch_pass-through.c

3 Configuring MMIO BARS lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a2) dmesg | grep 01:00.0 | grep "pci.*mem" [ 0.120488] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xd2000000-0xd2ffffff] [ 0.120508] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 14: [mem 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff 64bit pref] [ 0.120528] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 1c: [mem 0xd0000000-0xd1ffffff 64bit pref] [ 0.120556] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 30: [mem 0xd3000000-0xd307ffff pref] Page 2 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

4 Calculating Differences 4.1 First Range Maximum = 0xd2ffffff = 3539992575 Minimum = 0xd2000000 = 3523215360 Difference = Max – Min + 1 = 3539992575 – 3523215360 + 1 = 16777216 = 0x01000000 Hence, Max = 0xD2FFFFFF Min = 0xD2000000 Diff = 0x01000000 4.2 Second Range Maximum = 0xcfffffff = 3489660927 Minimum = 0xc0000000 = 3221225472 Difference = Max – Min + 1 = 3489660927 – 3221225472 + 1 = 268435456 = 0x10000000 Hence, Max = 0xCFFFFFFF Min = 0xC0000000 Diff = 0x10000000 4.3 Third Range Maximum = 0xd1ffffff = 3523215359 Minimum = 0xd0000000 = 3489660928 Difference = Max – Min + 1 = 3523215359 – 3489660928 + 1 = 33554432 = 0x02000000 Hence, Max = 0xD1FFFFFF Min = 0xD0000000 Diff = 0x02000000

5 Important Mathematical Tool (Online) Link: http://easycalculation.com/hex-converter.php

6 Modifying tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/dsdt.asl vi tools/firmware/hvmloader/acpi/dsdt.asl Page 3 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) /* reserve MMIO BARs of gfx for 1:1 mapping */ DWordMemory( ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, Cacheable, ReadWrite, 0x00000000, 0xD2000000, 0xD2FFFFFF, 0x00000000, 0x01000000) DWordMemory( ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, NonCacheable, ReadWrite, 0x00000000, 0xC0000000, 0xCFFFFFFF, 0x00000000, 0x10000000) DWordMemory( ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, Cacheable, ReadWrite, 0x00000000, 0xD0000000, 0xD1FFFFFF, 0x00000000, 0x02000000)

7 Copying the VGA BIOS of Palit NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS PCI-e x16 cp /home/teo-en-ming/2nd-palit-nvidia-geforce-8400gs-vgabios.rom tools/firmware/vgabios/vgabios-pt.bin hexdump -C tools/firmware/vgabios/vgabios-pt.bin | less

8 Building and Installing Xen 4.2-unstable Changeset 25070 make xen make tools make stubdom sudo make install-xen sudo make install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG= sudo make install-stubdom Page 4 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

9 pciback (Not Using At All) sudo nano /etc/grub.d/40_custom menuentry 'Ubuntu 11.10 Release with Xen 4.1.3-rc1-pre and Kernel 3.3.0-xen-teo.en.ming-sgp' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root fd1ee157-7822-4a08-8549-56f4ae96f0dc set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root fd1ee157-7822-4a08-8549-56f4ae96f0dc multiboot /boot/xen.gz module /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.0-xen-teo.en.ming-sgp placeholder root=UUID=fd1ee157-7822- 4a08-8549-56f4ae96f0dc dom0_mem=1024 console=tty quiet splash vt.handoff=7 xenpciback. hide=(01:00.0) module /boot/initrd.img-3.3.0-xen-teo.en.ming-sgp } sudo update-grub

10 XL Domain Configuration File for Windows 8 Consumer Preview 64-bit English HVM domU

  1. XL domain configuration file for Windows 8 Consumer Preview 64-bit English HVM domU
  2. Please refer to "man xl.cfg" for further explanations.
  3. See also docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown and
  4. docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
  5. Written by Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
  6. Email: teo.en.ming@gmail.com
  7. Mobile Phone: +65-8369-2618
  8. Country: Singapore
  9. Date: 18 Mar 2012 Sun

name="Windows8ConsumerPreview64bitEnglish"

  1. Product Key: DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J

builder="hvm" vcpus=2 memory=2048 on_poweroff="destroy" on_reboot="restart" on_crash="destroy" Page 5 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) disk=[ 'format=raw, vdev=hda, access=rw, target=/etc/xen/images/windows8consumerpreview64- bitenglish.img', 'format=raw, vdev=hdc, access=ro, devtype=cdrom, target=/home/teo-enming/ Downloads/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-64bit-English.iso' ] vif=[ 'bridge=virbr0,type=ioemu,model=e1000' ]

  1. boot=[c|d|n]
  2. Selects the emulated virtual device to boot from. Options are hard disk (c), cd-rom (d) or

network/PXE (n).

  1. Multiple options can be given and will be attempted in the order they are given. e.g. to

boot from cd-rom

  1. but fallback to the hard disk you can give dc. The default is cd.

boot="dc" acpi=1 xen_platform_pci=1 viridian=1 stdvga=1 vnc=1 vnclisten="192.168.1.2" vncdisplay=0 vncunused=1 vncpasswd="" sdl=0 usb=1 usbdevice="tablet"

  1. Enable Xen VGA Passthrough

gfx_passthru=1

  1. VGA Passthrough Palit NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS PCI Express x16 VGA card.

pci = [ '01:00.0','00:1b.0' ]

  1. PCI Passthrough Intel HD Audio Controller.
  2. pci = [ '00:1b.0' ]
  3. PCI Passthrough all the USB Controllers.
  4. pci = [ '00:1a.0','00:1a.1','00:1a.2','00:1a.7','00:1d.0','00:1d.1','00:1d.2','00:1d.7' ]

Page 6 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

11 XL Domain Configuration File for Windows XP Home Edition SP3 HVM domU

  1. XL domain configuration file for Windows XP Home Edition SP3 HVM domU
  2. Please refer to "man xl.cfg" for further explanations.
  3. See also docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown and
  4. docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
  5. Written by Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
  6. Email: teo.en.ming@gmail.com
  7. Mobile Phone: +65-8369-2618
  8. Country: Singapore
  9. Date: 18 Mar 2012 Sun

name="WindowsXPHomeEditionSP3" builder="hvm" vcpus=2 memory=1024 on_poweroff="destroy" on_reboot="restart" on_crash="destroy" disk=[ 'format=raw, vdev=hda, access=rw, target=/var/lib/libvirt/images/Windows-XP-Home- Edition.img' ] vif=[ 'bridge=virbr0,type=ioemu,model=rtl8139' ]

  1. boot=[c|d|n]
  2. Selects the emulated virtual device to boot from. Options are hard disk (c), cd-rom (d) or

network/PXE (n).

  1. Multiple options can be given and will be attempted in the order they are given. e.g. to boot

from cd-rom

  1. but fallback to the hard disk you can give dc. The default is cd.

boot="dc" acpi=1 xen_platform_pci=1 viridian=1 stdvga=1 vnc=1 Page 7 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) vnclisten="192.168.1.2" vncdisplay=0 vncunused=1 vncpasswd="" sdl=0 usb=1 usbdevice="tablet"

  1. Enable Xen VGA Passthrough

gfx_passthru=1

  1. VGA Passthrough Palit NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS PCI Express x16 VGA card.

pci = [ '01:00.0','00:1b.0' ]

  1. PCI Passthrough Intel HD Audio Controller.
  2. pci = [ '00:1b.0' ]
  3. PCI Passthrough all the USB Controllers.
  4. pci = [ '00:1a.0','00:1a.1','00:1a.2','00:1a.7','00:1d.0','00:1d.1','00:1d.2','00:1d.7' ]

12 pci-stub Prevents nouveau and snd_hda_intel kernel modules from loading. sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

  1. blacklist nouveau kernel module

blacklist nouveau

  1. blacklist snd_hda_intel kernel module

blacklist snd_hda_intel Uninstall the lightdm display manager. Previous versions of Ubuntu uses gdm. sudo apt-get remove lightdm Reboot your computer. sudo reboot ps -ef | grep lightdm ps -ef | grep X lsmod | grep nouveau Starts the Shorewall Firewall. sudo service shorewall restart Page 8 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Load the pci_stub module. sudo modprobe pci-stub lsmod | grep pci_stub Palit NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS PCI Express x16 VGA card lspci | grep VGA lspci -n | grep "01:00.0" 01:00.0 0300: 10de:10c3 (rev a2) Create a shell script to start Windows HVM domU. cd nano start-windows

  1. !/bin/sh

set -x

Starts Shorewall Firewall sudo service shorewall restart

Loads pci-stub kernel module sudo modprobe pci-stub

Passthrough Palit NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS PCIe x16 VGA card

  1. echo "

Passthrough Palit NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS VGA card." sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind echo "10de 10c3" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver/unbind echo "0000:01:00.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind

Passthrough Intel HD Audio Controller

  1. echo "

Passthrough Intel HD Audio Controller." sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1b.0/driver/unbind sudo chmod o+w /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind echo "8086 3a6e" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/new_id echo "0000:00:1b.0" > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:1b.0/driver/unbind Page 9 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) echo "0000:00:1b.0" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pci-stub/bind

Wait for 10 seconds

  1. s

leep 10

Start Windows HVM domU with VGA Passthrough

  2. sudo xl create /etc/xen/WindowsXPHomeEditionSP3

sudo xl create /etc/xen/Windows8ConsumerPreview64bitEnglish sudo chmod +x start-windows Execute the following start-windows shell script. You may need to execute it twice. ./start-windows ./start-windows

13 Checking Whether Intel VT-d is Enabled sudo xl dmesg | grep 'I/O virtualisation' (XEN) I/O virtualisation enabled Page 10 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

14 Xen Logs in /var/log/xen 14.1 qemu-dm-Windows8ConsumerPreview64bitEnglish.log domid: 1 Strip off blktap sub-type prefix to /etc/xen/images/windows8consumerpreview64-bitenglish.img (drv 'aio') Using file /etc/xen/images/windows8consumerpreview64-bitenglish.img in read-write mode Strip off blktap sub-type prefix to /home/teo-en-ming/Downloads/Windows8-ConsumerPreview- 64bit-English.iso (drv 'aio') Using file /home/teo-en-ming/Downloads/Windows8-ConsumerPreview-64bit-English.iso in readonly mode Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/1/logdirty/cmd Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/1/command Watching /local/domain/1/cpu qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 10000 size 4194304 shared page at pfn feffd buffered io page at pfn feffb Guest uuid = eb9aa557-f2d4-473f-a01b-9b235399f235 Register xen platform. Done register platform. platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state. xs_read(/local/domain/0/device-model/1/xen_extended_power_mgmt): read error medium change watch on `hdc' (index: 1): aio:/home/teo-en-ming/Downloads/Windows8- ConsumerPreview-64bit-English.iso I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0 Log-dirty: no command yet. I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0 vcpu-set: watch node error. xs_read(/local/domain/1/log-throttling): read error qemu: ignoring not-understood drive `/local/domain/1/log-throttling' medium change watch on `/local/domain/1/log-throttling' - unknown device, ignored dm-command: hot insert pass-through pci dev register_real_device: Assigning real physical device 01:00.0 ... pt_iomul_init: Error: pt_iomul_init can't open file /dev/xen/pci_iomul: No such file or directory: 0x1:0x0.0x0 pt_register_regions: IO region registered (size=0x01000000 base_addr=0xd2000000) pt_register_regions: IO region registered (size=0x10000000 base_addr=0xc000000c) pt_register_regions: IO region registered (size=0x02000000 base_addr=0xd000000c) pt_register_regions: IO region registered (size=0x00000080 base_addr=0x0000d001) pt_register_regions: Expansion ROM registered (size=0x00080000 base_addr=0xd3000002) setup_vga_pt: vga bios checksum is adjusted! pt_msi_setup: msi mapped with pirq 37 pci_intx: intx=1 register_real_device: Real physical device 01:00.0 registered successfuly! IRQ type = MSI-INTx pt_bar_reg_read: first read BARs of gfx pt_iomem_map: e_phys=d2000000 maddr=d2000000 type=0 len=16777216 index=0 first_map=1 pt_bar_reg_read: first read BARs of gfx Page 11 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) pt_iomem_map: e_phys=c0000000 maddr=c0000000 type=8 len=268435456 index=1 first_map=1 pt_bar_reg_read: first read BARs of gfx pt_bar_reg_read: first read BARs of gfx pt_iomem_map: e_phys=d0000000 maddr=d0000000 type=8 len=33554432 index=3 first_map=1 pt_bar_reg_read: first read BARs of gfx pt_bar_reg_read: first read BARs of gfx pt_ioport_map: e_phys=d000 pio_base=d000 len=128 index=5 first_map=1 platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state. platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is ro state. pt_pci_read_config: [00:05:0] Error: Failed to read register with invalid access size alignment. [Offset:0eh][Length:4] pt_pci_read_config: [00:05:0] Error: Failed to read register with invalid access size alignment. [Offset:0eh][Length:4] pt_pci_read_config: [00:05:0] Error: Failed to read register with invalid access size alignment. [Offset:0eh][Length:4] pt_pci_read_config: [00:05:0] Error: Failed to read register with invalid access size alignment. [Offset:0eh][Length:4] pt_pci_read_config: [00:05:0] Error: Failed to read register with invalid access size alignment. [Offset:0eh][Length:4] pt_pci_read_config: [00:05:0] Error: Failed to read register with invalid access size alignment. [Offset:0eh][Length:4] pt_pci_read_config: [00:05:0] Error: Failed to read register with invalid access size alignment. [Offset:0eh][Length:4] pt_iomem_map: e_phys=ffffffff maddr=d2000000 type=0 len=16777216 index=0 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=ffffffff maddr=c0000000 type=8 len=268435456 index=1 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=ffffffff maddr=d0000000 type=8 len=33554432 index=3 first_map=0 pt_ioport_map: e_phys=ffff pio_base=d000 len=128 index=5 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=d2000000 maddr=d2000000 type=0 len=16777216 index=0 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=c0000000 maddr=c0000000 type=8 len=268435456 index=1 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=d0000000 maddr=d0000000 type=8 len=33554432 index=3 first_map=0 pt_ioport_map: e_phys=d000 pio_base=d000 len=128 index=5 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=ffffffff maddr=d2000000 type=0 len=16777216 index=0 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=ffffffff maddr=c0000000 type=8 len=268435456 index=1 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=ffffffff maddr=d0000000 type=8 len=33554432 index=3 first_map=0 pt_ioport_map: e_phys=ffff pio_base=d000 len=128 index=5 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=d2000000 maddr=d2000000 type=0 len=16777216 index=0 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=c0000000 maddr=c0000000 type=8 len=268435456 index=1 first_map=0 pt_iomem_map: e_phys=d0000000 maddr=d0000000 type=8 len=33554432 index=3 first_map=0 pt_ioport_map: e_phys=d000 pio_base=d000 len=128 index=5 first_map=0 Page 12 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) 14.2 qemu-dm-WindowsXPHomeEditionSP3.log domid: 6 config qemu network with xen bridge for tap6.0 virbr0 Using file /var/lib/libvirt/images/Windows-XP-Home-Edition.img in read-write mode Using file /dev/sr1 in read-only mode qemu: could not open vbd '/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/6/5632/mode' or hard disk image '/dev/sr1' (drv 'phy' format 'raw') Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/6/logdirty/cmd Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/6/command Watching /local/domain/6/cpu char device redirected to /dev/pts/1 qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 10000 size 4194304 shared page at pfn feffd buffered io page at pfn feffb Guest uuid = 54c425b9-46b7-c666-9409-2f1752ec944b Time offset set 0 char device redirected to /dev/pts/2 xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed populating video RAM at ff000000 mapping video RAM from ff000000 Register xen platform. Done register platform. platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state. xs_read(/local/domain/0/device-model/6/xen_extended_power_mgmt): read error xs_read(): vncpasswd get error. /vm/54c425b9-46b7-c666-9409-2f1752ec944b/vncpasswd. medium change watch on `hdc' (index: 1): /dev/sr1 I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0 Log-dirty: no command yet. I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0 xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed vcpu-set: watch node error. xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xs_read(/local/domain/6/log-throttling): read error qemu: ignoring not-understood drive `/local/domain/6/log-throttling' medium change watch on `/local/domain/6/log-throttling' - unknown device, ignored xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed cirrus vga map change while on lfb mode mapping vram to f0000000 - f0400000 platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state. platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is ro state. oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' Page 13 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) oss: Reason: No such file or directory audio: Failed to create voice `es1370.dac2' oss: Could not initialize ADC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory oss: Could not initialize ADC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory audio: Failed to create voice `es1370.adc' oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory audio: Failed to create voice `es1370.dac1' oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory audio: Failed to create voice `es1370.dac1' oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory audio: Failed to create voice `es1370.dac2' oss: Could not initialize ADC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory oss: Could not initialize ADC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory audio: Failed to create voice `es1370.adc' oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory audio: Failed to create voice `es1370.dac1' oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory Page 14 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) audio: Failed to create voice `es1370.dac1' oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory audio: Failed to create voice `es1370.dac1' oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory oss: Could not initialize DAC oss: Failed to open `/dev/dsp' oss: Reason: No such file or directory audio: Failed to create voice `es1370.dac1' Time offset set -1, added offset -1 shutdown requested in cpu_handle_ioreq Issued domain 6 poweroff

15 Passthrough USB Keyboard and USB Mouse to Windows HVM domU List your USB devices. lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2040:2400 Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2 (Model 24019) Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0603:00f2 Novatek Microelectronics Corp. Bus 008 Device 002: ID 15d9:0a41 Trust International B.V. MI-2540D [Optical mouse] On the QEMU console, execute the following commands. Passthrough USB Keyboard. usb_add host:0603:00f2 Passthrough USB Mouse. usb_add host:15d9:0a41 Page 15 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

16 Reverting Back to lightdm Display Manager sudo reboot sudo apt-get install lightdm sudo service lightdm start

17 PCI Passthrough the USB Controllers to Windows HVM domU lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) 00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 03) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JDO (ICH10DO) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) 4-port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) 2-port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a2) 01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) 02:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW322/323 (rev 70) sudo nano /etc/grub.d/40_custom menuentry 'Ubuntu 11.10 Release with Xen 4.1.3-rc1-pre and Kernel 3.3.0-xen-teo.en.ming-sgp' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root fd1ee157-7822-4a08-8549-56f4ae96f0dc set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root fd1ee157-7822-4a08-8549-56f4ae96f0dc multiboot /boot/xen.gz module /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.0-xen-teo.en.ming-sgp placeholder root=UUID=fd1ee157-7822- 4a08-8549-56f4ae96f0dc dom0_mem=1024 console=tty quiet splash vt.handoff=7 xenpciback. hide=(00:1a.0)(00:1a.1)(00:1a.2)(00:1a.7)(00:1d.0)(00:1d.1)(00:1d.2)(00:1d.7) module /boot/initrd.img-3.3.0-xen-teo.en.ming-sgp } sudo update-grub Page 16 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) sudo reboot Please note that your USB keyboard and USB mouse will not work after rebooting. Hence it is not advisable to use this method to passthrough your USB controllers to Windows HVM domU because ALL the USB controllers have been hidden from domain 0 as shown above. Of course, you can choose not to hide all the USB controllers from dom0.

18 Opening Firewall Port for VNC Server in dom0 for Xen VGA Passthrough /etc/shorewall/rules

  1. Allows VNC viewer connection to VNC Server in dom0 for Xen VGA Passthrough (QEMU

monitor only) ACCEPT net $FW tcp 5900 19 Tested Xen 4.2-unstable Changesets Xen 4.2-unstable Changeset Xen VGA Passthrough Successful? 25070 YES 25099 YES Page 17 of 17 (C) 2012 Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

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