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+macOS HVF broken with WinXP after Aug 21 2018 92d5f1a414
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+I use macOS with own built Qemu to run old XP system that I have migrated from physical machine. My setup is very simple qemu-system-x86_64 with args:
+-machine pc,accel=hvf,usb=off,vmport=off
+-cpu host
+-vga std
+-m 2048
+-drive file="$img",format=qcow2,cache=none,detect-zeroes=on
+-usb -device usb-tablet
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+Unfortunately as soon I enable HVF with first 2 lines WinXP SP3 hangs on boot (famous mup.sys). It works fine in TCG.
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+I dived into the code checking the differences between HVF, KVM and HAXM and my analysis is:
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+1. Sergio Andres Gomez Del Real b7394c8394 - replaces explicit VMCS_GUEST_INTERRUPTIBILITY checks with hflags/hflags2.
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+2. Paolo Bonzini 92d5f1a414 - changes hflags/hflags2 behavior which breaks in the end HVF interrupt handling and makes WinXP unable to boot. NOTE: This does not break I believe KVM and HAXM as they still do explicit check instead what HVF does in 1. That's why it was probably not reported and Qemu macOS users are rather niche ;)
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+Reverting 92d5f1a414 makes WinXP boot well and work flawlessly.
+Unfortunately b7394c8394 is not easy anymore as too many changes on the way, so it may be not an option.
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+This can be reproduced simply by installing /Users/ono/VM/ISO/en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso
+with HAL as "Standard PC" selectable with F5 on first run.
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+I can also provide fresh ~600MB qcow2 image (without activation key entered yet) that is created before boot that fails. No need for full XP installation to test that.
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+Nevertheless I would really appreciate Paolo looking into this.
+Many thanks for great software,
+Adam
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