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[libvirt-users] Virtual gaming/workstation desktops using KVM VGA passthrough?
by Alex G.S. 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

Dear List, Recently I read an article [1] about how to use KVM and VGA passthrough to create multiple GPU accelerated VM's for use in gaming or as virtual workstations: [1] http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Multiheaded-NVIDIA-Gaming-using-U… I'm planning on building a KVM workstation to do this using CentOS 7 or Ubuntu 14.04 LTS as the base virtualization host and then an Intel Xeon CPU and two Nvidia GeForce GTX 750's as GPU's for the virtual machines. I'm really new to this sort of GPU passthrough on KVM and am wondering if anyone has any advice or has done this before? Thank you!

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[libvirt-users] passthrough of PCI-device
by Weis, Michael (DWIE) 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

Hello, I try to passthrough a PCI-card to a VM named testvm I want to do that with an xml-file named hga.xml including the following content: <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <source> <address domain='0x0' bus='0x1' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> </hostdev> When I execute virsh attach-device testvm hga.xml I get the following error: Fehler: Fehler beim Anhängen des Geräts von hga.xml (error: error while attaching device from hga.xml) Fehler: Interner Fehler: Kann Qemu-Befehl 'device_add' nicht ausführen: Device initialization failed. (error: internal error: cannot execute 'device_add': In the syslog of the host I get the following errors: Oct 7 11:32:34 artemis2 journal: Interner Fehler: Kann Qemu-Befehl 'device_add' nicht ausführen: Device initialization failed. Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: ffff880220fadd10 ffffffff810f924a ffff880220fadd28 0000000000000246 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: ffff8800bd07a400 000000007265756d ffffffffa0866ee0 0000000000000000 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: Call Trace: Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff815e237b>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff810f924a>] __setup_irq+0x54a/0x570 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffffa0866ee0>] ? virqfd_wakeup+0xc0/0xc0 [vfio_pci] Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff810f93cc>] request_threaded_irq+0xcc/0x170 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffffa0866b8a>] vfio_intx_set_signal+0x10a/0x1f0 [vfio_pci] Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffffa08670e8>] vfio_pci_set_intx_trigger+0xc8/0x1b0 [vfio_pci] Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffffa086799b>] vfio_pci_set_irqs_ioctl+0x7b/0x100 [vfio_pci] Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff8115d352>] ? memdup_user+0x42/0x70 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffffa0865e74>] vfio_pci_ioctl+0x314/0xa00 [vfio_pci] Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff81194b6a>] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x1ba/0x1d0 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff811b156c>] ? get_empty_filp+0x5c/0x190 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff811f1891>] ? fsnotify+0x251/0x350 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff81251806>] ? security_file_alloc+0x16/0x20 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff811b15a0>] ? get_empty_filp+0x90/0x190 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffffa084f163>] vfio_device_fops_unl_ioctl+0x23/0x30 [vfio] Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff811c2af5>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e5/0x4c0 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff811af780>] ? vfs_write+0x160/0x1e0 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff811c2d71>] SyS_ioctl+0xa1/0xc0 Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 kernel: [<ffffffff815f2a59>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Oct 7 11:32:53 artemis2 journal: Interner Fehler: Kann Qemu-Befehl 'device_add' nicht ausführen: Device initialization failed. My version-information: OS: CentOS Linux release 7.0.1406 (Core) Kernel: Linux artemis2 3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-kvm-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-client-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-config-network-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-driver-network-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-1.2.8-1.el7.centos.x86_64 The PCI-Card I want to passthrough: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: PLX Technology, Inc. Device 235e Subsystem: PLX Technology, Inc. Device 235e Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: Memory at f0810000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256] Region 1: I/O ports at e000 [disabled] [size=256] Region 2: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256M] Region 3: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8M] Expansion ROM at f0800000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 1 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [48] CompactPCI hot-swap <?> Capabilities: [4c] Vital Product Data Unknown large resource type 35, will not decode more. Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci Please help. Best regards Michael Weis PROPRIETARY: This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is intended for the recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the authority by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail.

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[libvirt-users] FreeBSD 10-RELEASE-amd64(on arch x86_64)
by Denis Menshikov 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Good day, would like to install the latest version of libvirt collected from sources for use bhyve. Download ftp://libvirt.org/libvirt/libvirt-1.2.9.tar.gz, system... uname -a FreeBSD vmserver 10.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE #0 r260789: Thu Jan 16 22:34:59 UTC 2014 root@snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 my actions: ./configure make sudo make install next... make all-recursive Making all in . Making all in gnulib/lib GEN alloca.h GEN c++defs.h GEN warn-on-use.h GEN arg-nonnull.h GEN arpa/inet.h GEN byteswap.h GEN configmake.h GEN fcntl.h GEN langinfo.h GEN locale.h GEN netdb.h GEN poll.h GEN pty.h GEN signal.h GEN unused-parameter.h GEN stdio.h GEN stdlib.h GEN string.h GEN strings.h GEN sys/ioctl.h GEN sys/select.h GEN sys/socket.h GEN sys/stat.h GEN sys/time.h GEN sys/types.h GEN sys/uio.h GEN sys/utsname.h GEN sys/wait.h GEN termios.h GEN time.h GEN unistd.h GEN wchar.h GEN wctype.h make all-am CC allocator.lo CC areadlink.lo CC base64.lo CC binary-io.lo CC bitrotate.lo CC c-ctype.lo CC c-strcasecmp.lo CC c-strncasecmp.lo CC c-strcasestr.lo CC careadlinkat.lo CC cloexec.lo CC count-one-bits.lo CC md5.lo CC sha256.lo CC dirname-lgpl.lo CC basename-lgpl.lo CC stripslash.lo CC fd-hook.lo CC freading.lo CC getugroups.lo CC localcharset.lo CC glthread/lock.lo CC malloca.lo CC mgetgroups.lo CC nonblocking.lo CC passfd.lo CC physmem.lo CC pipe2.lo CC sig-handler.lo CC sockets.lo CC stat-time.lo CC strnlen1.lo CC sys_socket.lo CC tempname.lo CC glthread/threadlib.lo CC unistd.lo CC wctype-h.lo CC xsize.lo CC asnprintf.lo CC canonicalize-lgpl.lo CC fclose.lo CC fdatasync.lo CC fflush.lo CC fseek.lo CC fseeko.lo CC getgroups.lo CC ioctl.lo CC mktime.lo CC openpty.lo CC printf-args.lo CC printf-parse.lo CC pthread_sigmask.lo CC random_r.lo CC rawmemchr.lo CC regex.lo In file included from regex.c:70: ./regex_internal.c:1392:11: warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false [-Wtautological-compare] if (idx < 0 || idx >= set->nelem) ~~~ ^ ~ 1 warning generated. CC secure_getenv.lo CC timegm.lo CC vasnprintf.lo CCLD libgnu.la GEN charset.alias GEN ref-add.sed GEN ref-del.sed Making all in include Making all in libvirt Making all in src GEN libvirt_access.xml GEN libvirt_access_qemu.xml GEN libvirt_access_lxc.xml GEN libvirt_access.syms GEN libvirt_access_qemu.syms GEN libvirt_access_lxc.syms GEN libvirt.syms GEN libvirt.def Next, the compile stop, activity on the CPU no. What am I doing wrong? -- Denis Menshikov

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[libvirt-users] Assigning IPv6 address to guest
by The Cop 05 Oct '14

05 Oct '14

Hello, I am trying to assign an IPv6 address to one of my guests. I followed the following guide, unsuccessfully: https://www.berrange.com/posts/2011/06/16/providing-ipv6-connectivity-to-vi… . I have the following config files: dumpxml of the guest `deb`: http://sprunge.us/iUef net-dumpxml of network `default`: http://sprunge.us/WTfH net-dumpxml of network `ip6`: http://sprunge.us/YEXc Host: ifconfig: http://sprunge.us/cJOg Routing table: IPv6: http://sprunge.us/GChZ IPv4: http://sprunge.us/dACN /etc/network/interfaces: http://sprunge.us/fHcf /var/lib/libvirt/radvd/ip6-radvd.conf: http://sprunge.us/JcfF ip6tables: http://sprunge.us/JGBG uname -a: http://sprunge.us/acFF Guest: ifconfig: http://sprunge.us/JIFN Routing table: IPv6: http://sprunge.us/ZPfT IPv4: http://sprunge.us/gbXA /etc/network/interfaces: http://sprunge.us/ZaBB uname -a: http://sprunge.us/CFFL Both machines are running Debian Wheezy. virsh version is 0.9.12.3. The IP address I'm trying to assign to the guest is "2607:5300:60:1156::2/64". Forgive me if I'm making some trivial mistake, but this is more or less the first time I'm productively using IPv6. Thanks

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[libvirt-users] pxe boot of new xen VMs
by Alvin Starr 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

When I try to pxe boot a new VM through lvm and libxl I find about 1 in 10 times the pxe requests will be acknlwledged but if I go into the interacive ipxe screens it will boot every time. Is it possible that the network configuration is not built when the VM starts trying to get its pxe address? -- Alvin Starr || voice: (905)513-7688 Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 alvin(a)netvel.net ||

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[libvirt-users] time setting after suspend/resume
by Bill Kenworthy 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

Hi, I am using libvirt with qemu/kvm with qemu-guest-agent and suspend/save/resume linux and windows vm's. Time in Windows gets handled fine with ntp but I can get neither ntp or chrony to sync after resume without manually setting the time close to correct first. Searching has gotten me to the point where I can manually set the time using qemu-guest-agent but I cant figure out how to get libvirt to automaticly trigger this on resume. I am finding information saying it works but not how, or that its still work in progress and not implemented yet (but patches exist). Can someone either say "its not working yet" or explain what I am missing please? BillK

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[libvirt-users] increase number of libvirt threads by starting tansient guest doamin - is it a bug?
by ustermann78＠web.de 02 Oct '14

02 Oct '14

hello, if i start a transient guest doamin via "virsh create abcd.xml" i see an additional libvirt thread and also some open files: pstree -h `pgrep libvirtd` libvirtd───11*[{libvirtd}] libvirtd 3016 root 21w REG 253,0 6044 1052094 /var/log/libvirt/libxl/abcd.log libvirtd 3016 root 22r FIFO 0,8 0t0 126124 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 23w FIFO 0,8 0t0 126124 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 24u REG 0,37 0 4 /proc/xen/privcmd libvirtd 3016 root 25u unix 0xffff8807d2c3ad80 0t0 126125 socket libvirtd 3016 root 26r FIFO 0,8 0t0 126127 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 27w FIFO 0,8 0t0 126127 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 28r FIFO 0,8 0t0 124783 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 29w FIFO 0,8 0t0 124783 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 30r FIFO 0,8 0t0 127140 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 31w FIFO 0,8 0t0 127140 pipe if i destroy these vm via "virsh destroy abcd", i see that the additional thread still exists and also the list of openfiles is the same. if i start the transient guest domain again, i observe an increase in the number of libvirt threads ans also in the list of openfiles: [root@localhost libxl]# pstree -h `pgrep libvirtd` libvirtd───12*[{libvirtd}] libvirtd 3016 root 21w REG 253,0 13783 1052094 /var/log/libvirt/libxl/abcd.log libvirtd 3016 root 22r FIFO 0,8 0t0 126124 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 23w FIFO 0,8 0t0 126124 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 24u REG 0,37 0 4 /proc/xen/privcmd libvirtd 3016 root 25u unix 0xffff8807d2c3ad80 0t0 126125 socket libvirtd 3016 root 26r FIFO 0,8 0t0 126127 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 27w FIFO 0,8 0t0 126127 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 28r FIFO 0,8 0t0 124783 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 29w FIFO 0,8 0t0 124783 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 30r FIFO 0,8 0t0 127140 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 31w FIFO 0,8 0t0 127140 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 32w REG 253,0 13783 1052094 /var/log/libvirt/libxl/abcd.log libvirtd 3016 root 33r FIFO 0,8 0t0 129039 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 34w FIFO 0,8 0t0 129039 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 35u REG 0,37 0 4 /proc/xen/privcmd libvirtd 3016 root 36u unix 0xffff8807d398bb80 0t0 129040 socket libvirtd 3016 root 37r FIFO 0,8 0t0 129042 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 38w FIFO 0,8 0t0 129042 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 39r FIFO 0,8 0t0 129043 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 40w FIFO 0,8 0t0 129043 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 41r FIFO 0,8 0t0 129044 pipe libvirtd 3016 root 42w FIFO 0,8 0t0 129044 pipe if i destroy the doamin again and define them via "virsh define abcd.xml" and start them then via "virsh start abcd", the number of libvirtd threads don´t increase again and also the number of open files is the same. My question: is it normal that for transient guest domains the created libvirtd thread sill exists and also the open files after i destroy the doamin? or is it bug? thanks max

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[libvirt-users] -device ide-hd not found error when trying to launch vm using xml file create by virsh domxml-from-native qemu-argv demo.args command
by harsh jain 01 Oct '14

01 Oct '14

Hi. When i try to launch VM with command virsh start vm1.It gives following error -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1: Bus 'ide.0' not found When I create the same qemu command from xml again. It show following addition parameter added by virsh in output qemu command 1) -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 2) -device virtio-balloon-device,id=balloon0 I seems parameter 1 added by virsh domxml-from-native qemu-argv demo.args causing the problem. How to correct this. Regards Harsh Jain '

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[libvirt-users] KVM resource analysis
by Adam King 30 Sep '14

30 Sep '14

Morning all, What is the recommended tool for resource analysis on hypervisors? Many thanks, Adam King IT Systems Administrator

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[libvirt-users] PXE booting from specific vNIC using libvirt
by Pasquale Porreca 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

Hello I managed yet to create a KVM Virtual Machine with several network interfaces (vNICs) and to make it boot from network using PXE. Anyway I noticed that, if there is no answer from a pxe server on the first vNIC, the dhcp request is sent on every vNIC until it gets a response (or the vNIC list ends). I would like to know if there is a way to specify that the dhcp request should be triggered on a specific interface and if it fails stop or try again on same interface (if rebootTimeout is set). Best Regards -- Pasquale Porreca DEK Technologies Via dei Castelli Romani, 22 00040 Pomezia (Roma) Mobile +39 3394823805 Skype paskporr

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