Re: [kvm-devel] Cannot install Win XP on AMD X2 with kvm-51

[Amit S. <ami...@qu...>]

On Sunday 11 November 2007 15:50:30 Avi Kivity wrote:
> Amit Shah wrote:
> > On Friday 09 November 2007 22:49:18 Werner Opriel wrote:
> >> Version:
> >> kvm-50 and kvm-51
> >>
> >> Problem:
> >> I am not able to install a Win XP SP2 guest.
> >> The Guest always crashes while installing Windows XP devices at T-37
> >> minutes with a blue-screen and IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL.
> >
> > This is most likely hidden somewhere in the upgrade to qemu CVS just over
> > a month back. Try the userspace tools from kvm-44 and kernel modules from
> > kvm-51 and let us know if that works (in my limited testing here, it
> > did).
>
> I think it works on Intel, so it is probably a problem in irq injection
> on AMD.

I had a similar problem (installation stopping at 37 minutes), while the 
installer hadn't hung. So I tried kvm-43 and 44 userspace and it did work. 
kvm-45 didn't (post-drop).

I got an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL a couple of times, but after that it worked. 
So it could be a combination of a couple of things.