Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Quick Search: in
[SOLVED] qemu - passthrough internal dvd drive (virtio scsi)
View unanswered posts
View posts from last 24 hours

 
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Other Things Gentoo
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
sdauth
l33t
l33t


Joined: 19 Sep 2018
Posts: 650
Location: Ásgarðr

PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:29 pm    Post subject: [SOLVED] qemu - passthrough internal dvd drive (virtio scsi) Reply with quote

Hi,
With libvirtd / virt-manager one can achieve it like this with xml editing :

1. Adding a scsi controller :
Code:
<controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'>
   <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0c' function='0x0'/>
</controller>

2. Adding a hostdev device :
Code:
<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='scsi' managed='no'>
  <source>
    <adapter name='scsi_host2'/>
    <address bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
  </source>
  <readonly/>
  <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
</hostdev>


Where 'scsi_host2' has the number changed to the the first digit of internal dvd drive from the lsscsi output.
This works great and allows full passthrough, no more strange error (buffer I/O etc..)

What's the correct command line switch to achieve the same thing with qemu ?

Thanks!


Last edited by sdauth on Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:24 am; edited 3 times in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Anon-E-moose
Watchman
Watchman


Joined: 23 May 2008
Posts: 6147
Location: Dallas area

PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

for my win7 vm (snippet)

Code:
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0 \
-drive file=/w/virtual/W7.qcow2,if=none,id=ssd1,format=qcow2,aio=native,cache=none \
-device scsi-hd,drive=ssd1 -no-reboot \


for win11 vm

Code:
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0 \
-drive file=/w/virtual/W11.img,if=none,id=ssd1,format=raw,aio=native,cache=none \
-device scsi-hd,drive=ssd1 \


But before I created files (from dd'ing the ssd), I was passing through the whole ssd /dev/sda or whatever

I've found no need for controller/bus/target/unit, I just accept the default.
_________________
UM780, 6.1 zen kernel, gcc 13, profile 17.0 (custom bare multilib), openrc, wayland
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
sdauth
l33t
l33t


Joined: 19 Sep 2018
Posts: 650
Location: Ásgarðr

PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anon-E-moose, it's for a dvd drive passthrough, not hdd.
Anyway, I tried the following :

Code:
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0 \
-drive file=/dev/sr0,if=none,id=drive-disk,format=raw,cache=none,media=cdrom,readonly=on \
-device scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,drive=drive-disk,id=cdrom \


the drive appears as "QEMU QEMU CD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device" in the win10 vm.
I tried to insert a disk and here what happens in dmesg :

Code:
[12608.619795] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#2 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=0s
[12608.619806] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#2 Sense Key : Not Ready [deferred]
[12608.619811] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#2 Add. Sense: Medium not present - tray closed
[12608.619816] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#2 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00
[12608.619819] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 2 prio class 2
[12711.480410] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[12711.509766] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[12711.540803] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[12711.572801] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[12711.603737] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[12711.634746] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[12711.665720] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[12711.712363] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[12711.744229] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[12711.775072] I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[12965.932251] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#13 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=0s
[12965.932262] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#13 Sense Key : Not Ready [deferred]
[12965.932267] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#13 Add. Sense: Medium not present - tray closed
[12965.932272] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] tag#13 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00
[12965.932275] blk_print_req_error: 39 callbacks suppressed


So the passthrough doesn't look good. :o

When I use libvirtd & virt-manager, the drive appears as "ASUS DRW-24D1ST 1.0" and produces zero error in dmesg. (buffer I/O etc as shown above)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Anon-E-moose
Watchman
Watchman


Joined: 23 May 2008
Posts: 6147
Location: Dallas area

PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
-device scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,drive=drive-disk,id=cdrom \


change to

Code:
-device scsi-block,bus=scsi0.0,drive=drive-disk,id=cdrom \


Or just "-cdrom /dev/sr0" and ignore the scsi stuff

Edit to add: https://www.qemu.org/2021/01/19/virtio-blk-scsi-configuration/
_________________
UM780, 6.1 zen kernel, gcc 13, profile 17.0 (custom bare multilib), openrc, wayland
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
sdauth
l33t
l33t


Joined: 19 Sep 2018
Posts: 650
Location: Ásgarðr

PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
qemu-system-x86_64: -device scsi-block,bus=scsi0.0,drive=drive-disk,id=cdrom: cannot get SG_IO version number: No medium found
Is this a SCSI device?


-cdrom /dev/sr0
works but not full passthrough.

From your link :

Code:
CD-ROMs and in general any application that sends SCSI commands are better served by the virtio-scsi device, which has full SCSI support. SCSI passthrough was removed from the Linux virtio-blk driver in v5.6 in favor of using virtio-scsi.

And yet, they don't provide a single working example of how to achieve that. :o
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Anon-E-moose
Watchman
Watchman


Joined: 23 May 2008
Posts: 6147
Location: Dallas area

PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
qemu-system-x86_64: -device scsi-block,bus=scsi0.0,drive=drive-disk,id=cdrom: cannot get SG_IO version number: No medium found
Is this a SCSI device?


Leave out the bus=scsi0.0

And the if= might need to be specified, but I don't know what parms are allowable, documentation for qemu options sucks big time.

Edit to add:

Quote:
if=interface

This option defines on which type on interface the drive is connected. Available types are: ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash, virtio, none.


https://www.mankier.com/1/qemu#
_________________
UM780, 6.1 zen kernel, gcc 13, profile 17.0 (custom bare multilib), openrc, wayland
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
sdauth
l33t
l33t


Joined: 19 Sep 2018
Posts: 650
Location: Ásgarðr

PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like that ?

Code:
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0 \
-drive file=/dev/sr0,if=scsi,id=drive-disk,format=raw,cache=none,media=cdrom,readonly=on \
-device scsi-block,drive=drive-disk,id=cdrom \


->
Code:
qemu-system-x86_64: -drive file=/dev/sr0,if=scsi,id=drive-disk,format=raw,cache=none,media=cdrom,readonly=on: machine type does not support if=scsi,bus=0,unit=0
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Anon-E-moose
Watchman
Watchman


Joined: 23 May 2008
Posts: 6147
Location: Dallas area

PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you change scsi-block back to scsi-cd leaving everything else alone, what happens?
_________________
UM780, 6.1 zen kernel, gcc 13, profile 17.0 (custom bare multilib), openrc, wayland
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
sdauth
l33t
l33t


Joined: 19 Sep 2018
Posts: 650
Location: Ásgarðr

PostPosted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Exact same error.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Anon-E-moose
Watchman
Watchman


Joined: 23 May 2008
Posts: 6147
Location: Dallas area

PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Passing through a cdrom is tricky, most of the options expect something like a hd (random access) instead of a block device.

Since it works in libvirt, it should work with cmdline args, the problem is figuring them out.

I'm curious what are you passing through by cd (I usually rip to a file and then pass that)
_________________
UM780, 6.1 zen kernel, gcc 13, profile 17.0 (custom bare multilib), openrc, wayland
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
sdauth
l33t
l33t


Joined: 19 Sep 2018
Posts: 650
Location: Ásgarðr

PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Found this bug report : https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/issues/448
and shamelessly copy pasted the holy grail 8) :
Code:
-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0 \
-drive file=/dev/sg8,if=none,media=cdrom,readonly=on,format=raw,id=drive-hostdev0 \
-device scsi-generic,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-hostdev0,id=hostdev0 \


the trick was to use /dev/sg8 instead of /dev/sr0 (it might be different on other setup) and -device scsi-generic.
Now the drive correctly appears as "ASUS DRW-24D1ST 1.0" on the SCSI controller in win10 8)

Thanks for your help Anon-E-moose, otherwise I would have probably given up earlier :lol:
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Anon-E-moose
Watchman
Watchman


Joined: 23 May 2008
Posts: 6147
Location: Dallas area

PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I ran across the scsi-generic bit, and knew that it would have to use the /dev/sg* interface, but I didn't know how it all worked or even whether it would.

Glad it works.

Edit to add: I looked up the difference between sg/sr and it makes sense, /dev/sg* is generic scsi, /dev/sr* is cdrom,
but what you really want to pass through is the sg device and let windows figure out what it is.
It's just that the performance of scsi-generic is lower than that of scsi-hd or other variants.
_________________
UM780, 6.1 zen kernel, gcc 13, profile 17.0 (custom bare multilib), openrc, wayland
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
sdauth
l33t
l33t


Joined: 19 Sep 2018
Posts: 650
Location: Ásgarðr

PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I ran some tests with Exact Audio Copy and I have an average of 7x read speed, not bad. With wine, it was around 3x.
For DVD and tools like AnyDVD HD, it is fast. Around 5 minutes for a full DVD dump.
The most important being stability during transfer so I'm very satisfied :)

edit : See also https://www.mail-archive.com/vfio-users@redhat.com/msg03818.html

edit2: For some reason, disk eject sometimes fail from Windows explorer. (and physical eject button doesn't respond)
I can still eject by typing "eject /dev/sr0" from a terminal. A bit ugly but it works.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Other Things Gentoo All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum