[xen-discuss] Finally: Windows PV drivers

[Russ Blaine]

The link has changed; it has moved to

https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=Sun-xVM-guestadd-EA3-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI


Russ Blaine wrote:
> I'm pleased to announce the availability of Windows PV drivers for 32-bit 
> Windows guests.  They are officially called "Sun xVM Guest Additions" and they 
> can be downloaded here:
> 
> https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=sun-xVM-guest_add-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI
> 
> This is an "Early Access" release; some bugs and issues remain and are being 
> worked on.  Things are much faster with these drivers than on a pure HVM domain 
> but we haven't yet analyzed or optimized the performance.
> 
> A few gotchas to be aware of:
> 
> 1) Do not use on a domain with FAT-formatted disks; the drivers can cause a blue 
> screen after the first post-install reboot. This is being actively debugged; the 
> bug ID is:
> 
> 6746380 guest additions crash windows guests with FAT-formatted disks
> 
> 2) Externally initiated shutdown (e.g. "virsh shutdown" in dom0) has not yet 
> been implemented. Without drivers, an external shutdown causes instant domain 
> destruction. After the drivers are installed, shutdown commands will be ignored. 
> This will be fixed; the bug ID is:
> 
> 6704506 need shutdown support for windows xenbus driver
> 
> 3) save, restore, and live migration are not supported in this release. We have 
> this working internally, so expect to see a new version with this capability 
> made available soon.
> 
> And something which may be useful to some of you: after a reboot, the guest will 
> report its IP address back to dom0 via xenbus. This can be examined from dom0:
> 
> -bash-3.2# /usr/lib/xen/bin/xenstore-read /local/domain/3/ipaddr/0
> 10.6.71.204
> 
> [This is an uncommited interface so it could change in a future release.]
> 
> Enjoy!  These are long overdue; it took us much longer than I had hoped to jump 
> through all of the required legal and bureaucratic hoops.
> 
> - Russ
> 
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