I continue to get bluescreens on an XP virtual machine running on CentOS 6.3 x86_64 using VirtIO drivers. QEMU: qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6.x86_64 KERNEL: Linux vmhost1 2.6.32-279.1.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 10 13:47:21 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux VIRSH DUMPXML APOLLO: <domain type='kvm' id='28'> <name>Apollo</name> <uuid>d32041b8-853e-e679-edce-2b1f3db55e8a</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <os> <type arch='i686' machine='rhel5.4.0'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> <bootmenu enable='no'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='localtime'> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/> <source file='/dev/mapper/vm_apollo'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <alias name='virtio-disk0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <alias name='ide0-1-0'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <alias name='ide0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0'> <alias name='usb0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:d7:bb:08'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet1'/> <model type='virtio'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/2'/> <target port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/2'> <source path='/dev/pts/2'/> <target type='serial' port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </console> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <alias name='input0'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5901' autoport='yes' keymap='en-us'/> <video> <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/> <alias name='video0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> <seclabel type='none'/> </domain> The bluescreens are IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and KERNEL_MODE_EXECEPTION_NOT_HANDLED. Here is some more info on those: ================================================== Dump File : Mini011413-01.dmp Crash Time : 1/14/2013 9:51:03 AM Bug Check String : IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Bug Check Code : 0x1000000a Parameter 1 : 0x00000000 Parameter 2 : 0x00000002 Parameter 3 : 0x00000000 Parameter 4 : 0x804dce56 Caused By Driver : hal.dll Caused By Address : hal.dll+2ba4 File Description : Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL Product Name : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Company : Microsoft Corporation File Version : 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111) Processor : 32-bit Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+5e56 Stack Address 1 : hal.dll+2ef2 Stack Address 2 : hal.dll+2ba4 Stack Address 3 : win32k.sys+b8b24 Computer Name : Full Path : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini011413-01.dmp Processors Count : 2 Major Version : 15 Minor Version : 2600 Dump File Size : 110,592 ================================================== ================================================== Dump File : Mini010813-01.dmp Crash Time : 1/8/2013 10:38:41 AM Bug Check String : KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED Bug Check Code : 0x1000008e Parameter 1 : 0xc0000005 Parameter 2 : 0x00000000 Parameter 3 : 0xb59a1960 Parameter 4 : 0x00000000 Caused By Driver : hal.dll Caused By Address : hal.dll+2adf File Description : Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL Product Name : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Company : Microsoft Corporation File Version : 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111) Processor : 32-bit Crash Address : Stack Address 1 : hal.dll+2ef2 Stack Address 2 : hal.dll+2adf Stack Address 3 : win32k.sys+194f Computer Name : Full Path : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini010813-01.dmp Processors Count : 2 Major Version : 15 Minor Version : 2600 Dump File Size : 110,592 ================================================== Thanks, Sean -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html