virtinst: acpi/apic == FALSE for Windows XP

Hi,
virtinst has:

"winxp":{ "label": "Microsoft Windows XP (x86)",
                  "acpi": False, "apic": False },

I couldn't find any reason for this in the hg logs and
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512439
states that Windows XP is working fine with acpi/apic enabled which has
the immediate advantage that poweroff via ACPI works as expected. 
So does it make sense to handle winxp the same win2k3?
Cheers,
 -- Guido

Re: virtinst: acpi/apic == FALSE for Windows XP

On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 06:09:01PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote:
> Hi,
> virtinst has:
> 
> "winxp":{ "label": "Microsoft Windows XP (x86)",
>                   "acpi": False, "apic": False },
> 
> I couldn't find any reason for this in the hg logs and
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512439
The correct URL is:
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533201
Cheers,
 -- Guido

Re: virtinst: acpi/apic == FALSE for Windows XP

On 07/05/2009 08:27 AM, Guido Günther wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 06:09:01PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote:
>> Hi,
>> virtinst has:
>>
>> "winxp":{ "label": "Microsoft Windows XP (x86)",
>>                   "acpi": False, "apic": False },
>>
>> I couldn't find any reason for this in the hg logs and
>>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512439
> The correct URL is:
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533201
> Cheers,
>  -- Guido
> 

AFAIK this was done because windows installs on xen used to choke if ACPI was
enabled. There is an old wiki page corroborating that here, no idea if it is
still relevant, or if there were other issues at play:

http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsACPI

I'm pretty sure the KVM maintainer has indicated we should enable ACPI
unconditionally these days, so I'd take a patch for that.

Thanks,
Cole

virsh acts differently if -d is used

Hello,
trying to power on and off a qemu guest from within cobbler gui.
As I received an error, I tried with the virsh command to see what is wrong.
in cobbler system name config I have
power type: virsh
power id: ktest (that is my system name)

no other parameters.
cobbler server is the same as the qemu/kvm host.
sync command already run

[root <at> virtfed ]# cobbler system poweron --name=ktest
/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/Cheetah/CacheRegion.py:30:
DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
  import md5
cobbler power configuration is:

      type   : virsh
      address:
      user   :
      id     : ktest

- /usr/bin/virsh --connect qemu://localhost/system start ktest
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
[here Ctrl+c pressed to stop the loop]

The command virsh itself gives the same problem if run directly as:
/usr/bin/virsh --connect qemu://localhost/system start ktest
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor

[virtinst] Windows 7 should be added to the OS dictionary

The attached patch add Windows 7 to the virtinst OS dictionary. I'm not sure 
about the naming convention (I used "win7") ?

More informations are available here: 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=535781

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Re: virtinst: acpi/apic == FALSE for Windows XP

On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 04:50:59PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 07/05/2009 08:27 AM, Guido Günther wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 06:09:01PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> virtinst has:
> >>
> >> "winxp":{ "label": "Microsoft Windows XP (x86)",
> >>                   "acpi": False, "apic": False },
> >>
> >> I couldn't find any reason for this in the hg logs and
> >>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512439
> > The correct URL is:
> >   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533201
> > Cheers,
> >  -- Guido
> > 
> 
> AFAIK this was done because windows installs on xen used to choke if ACPI was
> enabled. There is an old wiki page corroborating that here, no idea if it is
> still relevant, or if there were other issues at play:
> 
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsACPI
> 

I think that's obsolete and nowadays ACPI (and APIC) should be enabled for
Xen Windows guests.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

-- Pasi

Re: virtinst: acpi/apic == FALSE for Windows XP

Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 04:50:59PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
>> On 07/05/2009 08:27 AM, Guido Günther wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 06:09:01PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> virtinst has:
>>>>
>>>> "winxp":{ "label": "Microsoft Windows XP (x86)",
>>>>                   "acpi": False, "apic": False },
>>>>
>>>> I couldn't find any reason for this in the hg logs and
>>>>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512439
>>> The correct URL is:
>>>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533201
>>> Cheers,
>>>  -- Guido
>>>
>> AFAIK this was done because windows installs on xen used to choke if ACPI was
>> enabled. There is an old wiki page corroborating that here, no idea if it is
>> still relevant, or if there were other issues at play:
>>
>> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsACPI
>>
> 
> I think that's obsolete and nowadays ACPI (and APIC) should be enabled for
> Xen Windows guests.
> 
> Please correct me if I'm wrong.

You are probably correct, although testing (especially on things like RHEL-5

Re: virtinst: acpi/apic == FALSE for Windows XP

Le mardi 07 juillet 2009 à 09:53, Chris Lalancette a écrit :
> Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 04:50:59PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
> >> On 07/05/2009 08:27 AM, Guido Günther wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 06:09:01PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> virtinst has:
> >>>>
> >>>> "winxp":{ "label": "Microsoft Windows XP (x86)",
> >>>>                   "acpi": False, "apic": False },
> >>>>
> >>>> I couldn't find any reason for this in the hg logs and
> >>>>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512439
> >>>
> >>> The correct URL is:
> >>>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533201
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>  -- Guido
> >>
> >> AFAIK this was done because windows installs on xen used to choke if
> >> ACPI was enabled. There is an old wiki page corroborating that here, no
> >> idea if it is still relevant, or if there were other issues at play:
> >>
> >> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsACPI
> >
> > I think that's obsolete and nowadays ACPI (and APIC) should be enabled
> > for Xen Windows guests.
> >
> > Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>

Re: virtinst: acpi/apic == FALSE for Windows XP

On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 09:53:45AM +0200, Chris Lalancette wrote:
> Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 04:50:59PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
> >> On 07/05/2009 08:27 AM, Guido Günther wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 06:09:01PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> virtinst has:
> >>>>
> >>>> "winxp":{ "label": "Microsoft Windows XP (x86)",
> >>>>                   "acpi": False, "apic": False },
> >>>>
> >>>> I couldn't find any reason for this in the hg logs and
> >>>>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512439
> >>> The correct URL is:
> >>>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533201
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>  -- Guido
> >>>
> >> AFAIK this was done because windows installs on xen used to choke if ACPI was
> >> enabled. There is an old wiki page corroborating that here, no idea if it is
> >> still relevant, or if there were other issues at play:
> >>
> >> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsACPI
> >>
> > 
> > I think that's obsolete and nowadays ACPI (and APIC) should be enabled for
> > Xen Windows guests.
> > 
> > Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> 

Re: virtinst: acpi/apic == FALSE for Windows XP

Le mardi 07 juillet 2009 à 18:58, Pasi Kärkkäinen a écrit :
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 09:53:45AM +0200, Chris Lalancette wrote:
> > Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 04:50:59PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
> > >> On 07/05/2009 08:27 AM, Guido Günther wrote:
> > >>> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 06:09:01PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote:
> > >>>> Hi,
> > >>>> virtinst has:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> "winxp":{ "label": "Microsoft Windows XP (x86)",
> > >>>>                   "acpi": False, "apic": False },
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I couldn't find any reason for this in the hg logs and
> > >>>>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512439
> > >>>
> > >>> The correct URL is:
> > >>>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533201
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>>  -- Guido
> > >>
> > >> AFAIK this was done because windows installs on xen used to choke if
> > >> ACPI was enabled. There is an old wiki page corroborating that here,
> > >> no idea if it is still relevant, or if there were other issues at
> > >> play:
> > >>
> > >> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsACPI
> > >
> > > I think that's obsolete and nowadays ACPI (and APIC) should be enabled
> > > for Xen Windows guests.
> > >