Host OS : Ubuntu 24.04
CPU : i9-9900k
Guest OS : Windows 11
libvirt version: 10.0.0-2ubuntu8.4
Hyper-V does not work with the following error when booting a Windows guest:
> Hypervisor launch failed; The hypervisor was unable to initialize successfully (phase 0x7), and was not started. This initialization failure may be the result of a platform configuration or firmware issue.
/sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters:
- allow_smaller_maxphyaddr: N
- dump_invalid_vmcs: N
- emulate_invalid_guest_state: Y
- enable_apicv: N
- enable_ipiv: N
- enable_shadow_vmcs: Y
- enlightened_vmcs: N
- ept: Y
- eptad: Y
- error_on_inconsistent_vmcs_config: Y
- fasteoi: Y
- flexpriority: Y
- nested: Y
- nested_early_check: N
- ple_gap: 128
- ple_window: 4096
- ple_window_grow: 2
- ple_window_max: 4294967295
- ple_window_shrink: 0
- pml: Y
- preemption_timer: Y
- pt_mode: 0
- sgx: Y
- unrestricted_guest: Y
- vmentry_l1d_flush: not required
- vnmi: Y
- vpid: Y
Note that without `<feature policy="disable" name="waitpkg"/>`, Windows will not boot and will crash.
CPU : i9-9900k
Guest OS : Windows 11
libvirt version: 10.0.0-2ubuntu8.4
Hyper-V does not work with the following error when booting a Windows guest:
> Hypervisor launch failed; The hypervisor was unable to initialize successfully (phase 0x7), and was not started. This initialization failure may be the result of a platform configuration or firmware issue.
/sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters:
- allow_smaller_maxphyaddr: N
- dump_invalid_vmcs: N
- emulate_invalid_guest_state: Y
- enable_apicv: N
- enable_ipiv: N
- enable_shadow_vmcs: Y
- enlightened_vmcs: N
- ept: Y
- eptad: Y
- error_on_inconsistent_vmcs_config: Y
- fasteoi: Y
- flexpriority: Y
- nested: Y
- nested_early_check: N
- ple_gap: 128
- ple_window: 4096
- ple_window_grow: 2
- ple_window_max: 4294967295
- ple_window_shrink: 0
- pml: Y
- preemption_timer: Y
- pt_mode: 0
- sgx: Y
- unrestricted_guest: Y
- vmentry_l1d_flush: not required
- vnmi: Y
- vpid: Y
Note that without `<feature policy="disable" name="waitpkg"/>`, Windows will not boot and will crash.
Code:
<domain type="kvm">
<name>windows-main-vm</name>
<uuid>3844e178-d039-4c86-adc8-05a593a60553</uuid>
<metadata>
<libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0">
<libosinfo:os id="http://microsoft.com/win/11"/>
</libosinfo:libosinfo>
</metadata>
<memory unit="KiB">20971520</memory>
<currentMemory unit="KiB">20971520</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement="static">8</vcpu>
<os firmware="efi">
<type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-q35-8.2">hvm</type>
<firmware>
<feature enabled="no" name="enrolled-keys"/>
<feature enabled="yes" name="secure-boot"/>
</firmware>
<loader readonly="yes" secure="yes" type="pflash">/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd/loader>
<nvram template="/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS_4M.ms.fd">/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/windows-main-vm_VARS.fd</nvram>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<hyperv mode="custom">
<relaxed state="on"/>
<vapic state="on"/>
<spinlocks state="on" retries="8191"/>
<vpindex state="on"/>
<runtime state="on"/>
<synic state="on"/>
<stimer state="on">
<direct state="on"/>
</stimer>
<reset state="on"/>
<ipi state="on"/>
<evmcs state="on"/>
</hyperv>
<smm state="on"/>
<ioapic driver="kvm"/>
</features>
<cpu mode="host-passthrough" check="none" migratable="on">
<topology sockets="1" dies="1" cores="8" threads="1"/>
<feature policy="require" name="vmx"/>
<feature policy="require" name="aes"/>
<feature policy="disable" name="hypervisor"/>
<feature policy="disable" name="waitpkg"/>
</cpu>
<clock offset="localtime">
<timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
<timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>
<timer name="hpet" present="no"/>
<timer name="hypervclock" present="yes"/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
<pm>
<suspend-to-mem enabled="no"/>
<suspend-to-disk enabled="no"/>
</pm>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
<disk type="file" device="disk">
<driver name="qemu" type="qcow2" discard="unmap"/>
<source file="/var/lib/libvirt/images/windows-vm.qcow2"/>
<target dev="sda" bus="sata"/>
<boot order="1"/>
<address type="drive" controller="0" bus="0" target="0" unit="0"/>
</disk>
<controller type="usb" index="0" model="qemu-xhci" ports="15">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x02" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="0" model="pcie-root"/>
<controller type="pci" index="1" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="1" port="0x10"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="2" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="2" port="0x11"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x1"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="3" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="3" port="0x12"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x2"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="4" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="4" port="0x13"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x3"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="5" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="5" port="0x14"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x4"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="6" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="6" port="0x15"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x5"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="7" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="7" port="0x16"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x6"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="8" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="8" port="0x17"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x7"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="9" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="9" port="0x18"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="10" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="10" port="0x19"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x1"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="11" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="11" port="0x1a"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x2"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="12" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="12" port="0x1b"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x3"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="13" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="13" port="0x1c"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x4"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="14" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="14" port="0x1d"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x5"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="15" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="15" port="0x1e"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x6"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="16" model="pcie-to-pci-bridge">
<model name="pcie-pci-bridge"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x07" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</controller>
<controller type="sata" index="0">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x1f" function="0x2"/>
</controller>
<controller type="virtio-serial" index="0">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x03" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</controller>
<controller type="scsi" index="0" model="virtio-scsi">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x0a" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</controller>
<interface type="bridge">
<mac address="52:54:00:43:e5:53"/>
<source bridge="br0"/>
<model type="virtio"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x01" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</interface>
<serial type="pty">
<target type="isa-serial" port="0">
<model name="isa-serial"/>
</target>
</serial>
<console type="pty">
<target type="serial" port="0"/>
</console>
<channel type="spicevmc">
<target type="virtio" name="com.redhat.spice.0"/>
<address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="1"/>
</channel>
<input type="tablet" bus="usb">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="1"/>
</input>
<input type="mouse" bus="ps2"/>
<input type="keyboard" bus="ps2"/>
<tpm model="tpm-crb">
<backend type="emulator" version="2.0"/>
</tpm>
<graphics type="spice" port="-1" autoport="no">
<listen type="address"/>
<image compression="off"/>
<gl enable="no"/>
</graphics>
<graphics type="vnc" port="-1" autoport="yes">
<listen type="address"/>
</graphics>
<sound model="ich9">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x1b" function="0x0"/>
</sound>
<audio id="1" type="spice"/>
<video>
<model type="qxl" ram="65536" vram="65536" vgamem="16384" heads="1" primary="yes"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01" function="0x0"/>
</video>
<redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="2"/>
</redirdev>
<redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="3"/>
</redirdev>
<watchdog model="itco" action="reset"/>
<memballoon model="virtio">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x04" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</memballoon>
<rng model="virtio">
<backend model="random">/dev/urandom</backend>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x05" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</rng>
</devices>
</domain>