Xenserver 7.2 and hvmloader with DELL SLIC 2.4

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  1. hidesan

    hidesan MDL Novice

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    #1 hidesan, Mar 20, 2014
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    #2 hidesan, Mar 23, 2014
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    acpi2_0.h
    Code:
    *** acpi2_0.h
    --- acpi2_0.h.new
    ***************
    *** 44,51 ****
          uint32_t creator_revision;
      };
      
    ! #define ACPI_OEM_ID             "Xen"
    ! #define ACPI_OEM_TABLE_ID       "HVM"
      #define ACPI_OEM_REVISION       0
      
      #define ACPI_CREATOR_ID         ASCII32('H','V','M','L') /* HVMLoader */
    --- 44,51 ----
          uint32_t creator_revision;
      };
      
    ! #define ACPI_OEM_ID             "DELL  "
    ! #define ACPI_OEM_TABLE_ID       "PE_SC3  "
      #define ACPI_OEM_REVISION       0
      
      #define ACPI_CREATOR_ID         ASCII32('H','V','M','L') /* HVMLoader */
    
     
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    #3 hidesan, Mar 23, 2014
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    build.c
    Code:
    *** build.c
    --- build.c.new
    ***************
    *** 23,28 ****
    --- 23,29 ----
      #include "ssdt_pm.h"
      #include "../config.h"
      #include "../util.h"
    + #include "slic.h"
      #include <xen/hvm/hvm_xs_strings.h>
      
      #define ACPI_MAX_SECONDARY_TABLES 16
    ***************
    *** 256,261 ****
    --- 257,263 ----
          struct acpi_20_waet *waet;
          struct acpi_20_tcpa *tcpa;
          unsigned char *ssdt;
    +     unsigned char *slc;
          static const uint16_t tis_signature[] = {0x0001, 0x0001, 0x0001};
          uint16_t *tis_hdr;
          void *lasa;
    ***************
    *** 346,351 ****
    --- 348,358 ----
      
          /* Load any additional tables passed through. */
          nr_tables += construct_passthrough_tables(table_ptrs, nr_tables);
    + /* SLIC */
    + slc = mem_alloc(sizeof(SLIC), 16);
    + if (!slc) return -1;
    + memcpy(slc, SLIC, sizeof(SLIC));
    + table_ptrs[nr_tables++] = (unsigned long)slc;
      
          table_ptrs[nr_tables] = 0;
          return nr_tables;
    
    
     
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    Xenserver 6.5 hvmloader

    A hvmloader with slic2.3 (DELL) for xenserver 6.5 is ready.
    Compiled from source code and fixed GPU high usage bug.

    preview.no_short_urls_allowed/n9pmwga
     
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  6. fbifido

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    THANKS.

    Please show me how you created this.
    How to setup the build environment.
    Where to get/put the source so that I can re-build this with any of SLIC2.1/2.2/2.3 Bins I Have.
    What programs do I need.
    A Step-by-Step walk-by on how you did this & how to use it.

    Thanks again.
     
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    #7 hidesan, Oct 14, 2015
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    To whom it may concern:

    I found a bug in hvmloader which was uploaded on preview.no_short_urls_allowed/n9pmwga .
    The hvmloader works smoothly and activates Win7, however, when you start IGD passthrough to this VM, the screen would turn to "blue-screen".

    As far as, you don't use IGD passthrough, this BIOS is suitable for you.

    I am investigating the cause of blue-screen, then. I will upload new hvmloader again.
    Please wait for a few days.
     
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    Hi hidesan,
    a penny for thought,

    Can you share the problems you are having and solutions you may look at.
    I may not be able to help just yet, but I am sure there are people on this forum, that can help.

    Sorry for asking this when you are so busy, can you share your setup & how you did the 6.5 mod. Thanks.
     
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    Thank you for your kind consideration of supporting this issue.
    I'm cleaning up CentOS env. and reinstalled it for clean compilation of Xen.
    Now, it is a little busy to start compilation again.
    I will let you know when I can start again.
     
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    #11 hidesan, Nov 21, 2015
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    build hvmloader with CentOS7 environment

    Hi, fbifido

    Please find my direction to build hvmloader with slic.
    I built xen with CentOS7 with clean installed. (Correction dated Nov 23, 2015. Please use CentOS 5.10)

    (1) Get the source!!!
    I downloaded from git repositories instead of rpm. I think this is much easier.
    # git clone git://xenbits.xen.org/projects/xen.git (Correction dated Nov 23, 2015. Please use xen 4.4.1)

    (2) Install packages
    I recommend to add EPEL libraries before ./configure and make.
    # yum install epel-release

    groupinstall "Development Tools" doesn't work with CentOS env., so a small change is required. Pls use "groups mark convert" to change old group substitution.

    # yum-builddep kernel
    # yum groups mark convert
    # yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
    # yum install transfig wget tar less texi2html libaio-devel dev86 glibc-devel e2fsprogs-devel gitk mkinitrd iasl xz-devel bzip2-devel
    # yum install pciutils-libs pciutils-devel SDL-devel libX11 -devel gtk2-devel bridge-utils PyXML qemu-common qemu-img mercurial texinfo
    # yum install libidn-devel yajl yajl-devel ocaml ocaml-find lib ocaml-findlib-devel python-devel uuid-devel libuuid-devel openssl-devel
    # yum install python-markdown pandoc systemd-devel glibc-devel.i686
    # yum install epel-release dev86 ncurses-devel libnl3-devel lzo-devel
    # yum install e2fsprogs-devel libbsd-devel valgrind-devel

    (3) Patch acpi2_0.h, build.c and pci.c
    Please find patch files herewith attached.

    (4) Create slic.h
    # xxd -i dell23.bin | grep -v len | sed 's/unsigned char.*/ static char SLIC[] = {/' > slic.h
    I used DELL[PE_SC3]2.3-8ECDF13C.BIN to create slic.h.

    (5) ./configure and make

    (6) That's all.
     
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    #12 fbifido, Nov 23, 2015
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    Thanks, I will try it.

    acpi2_0.h
    +#define ACPI_OEM_ID "DELL "
    +#define ACPI_OEM_TABLE_ID "PE_SC3 "

    is there a space at the end of each word?


    q1) What do I need to do to use a more updated qemu & seabios ?

    Thanks.


    update:

    It seems to have work, no error on "make"
    xen/dist/install/usr/local/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader
     
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    Sorry, but I check, it's one space after each word.
    "DELL" + 1 space = "DELL "
    "PE_SC3" + 1 space = "PE_SC3 "

    Thanks.
     
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    Then, that's my mistake. Please insert two spaces.
     
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    #16 fbifido, Nov 23, 2015
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    roger that, Thanks.
    :)

    so, 2 space after each word.
    "DELL" + 2 space = "DELL<space><space>"
    "PE_SC3" + 2 space = "PE_SC3<space><space>"

    Done, I will ./configure & make again.
     
  17. fbifido

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    Hi,
    Thanks for the step-by-step tutorial on xen from source on centos.

    just a follow up, did you get a chance to look into this problem, yet?
     
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    I'm still struggling with this issue. Pass-through IGD or Nvidia causes a lot of problem.
    When it comes to use kvm/qemu with slic2.3, it is very easy to add slic tables, however, it is very difficult to pass through graphics cards.

     
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    #20 fbifido, Nov 24, 2015
    Last edited: Dec 14, 2015