Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 07:34:42 +0100 From: Marek R <marek321@gmail.com> To: Hilton Day <hilton.day@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hang on subsequent boot with PCI-passthrough Message-ID: <CAF%2Ba0-HuFZ-UbX48SOT%2BZE58JUfoaFyag3k3yquiRo9RRQ9M1g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CABomu8PT-NRV6LvbZJypoYs%2ByBY=bv6m3a_80jhcmDTi5e9Nug@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF%2Ba0-G1mXpyf=Ve3TvC35TV%2B9Q6k%2B3oVD-7Y_xP2uMGxZMwxQ@mail.gmail.com> <CABomu8PT-NRV6LvbZJypoYs%2ByBY=bv6m3a_80jhcmDTi5e9Nug@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello Hilton, Thank you for your reply. The guest boots properly now. Marek On 13 November 2013 19:57, Hilton Day <hilton.day@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Marek, > > This is a known issue with the LSI HBA's which affects virtual instances > (VMware, Xen etc) > > Add these lines to /boot/loader.conf: > hw.pci.enable_msi=1 > hw.pci.enable_msix=0 > > Hilton. > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 4:07 AM, Marek R <marek321@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'm trying to passthrough a LSI HBA to a fbsd xen hvm guest. >> The problem is, it only works the first time. On subsequent boots fbsd >> hangs on the LSI driver, trying to initialize it. >> I presume this is because the PCI device is left in a different state >> than right after the host boot. >> The HBA supports function level reset and I tested it with another OS >> to make sure it indeed works. >> >> Steps to reproduce: >> 1. Boot host. >> 2. Boot fbsd guest with passed PCI device. Fbsd boots fine. >> 3. Restart the guest. Boot hangs on device initialization. >> >> The fbsd guest reboots fine without the passed in device. >> >> The host is Linux, Xen is 4.3.0. Tried with fbsd 9.2 and 10beta3. The >> host does not initialize the device (it's "hidden" with pciback) >> >> Is this a fbsd bug? Is there maybe some setting or boot option I could >> try to fix this? >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-xen@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xen >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-xen-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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