VM complaining: consider bios upgrade...

[jurgen.depicker at let.be]

Dear all, 

On one of my windows Vms (KVM), I get from time to time a 'windows 
recovered from a serious error' message, and if I click the wonderfully 
useful (ahum) support link, I reach this page: 
http://wer.microsoft.com/responses/Response.aspx/1445/en/5.1.2600.2.00010100.3.0?SGD=67dba5c9-dc73-4bb8-8065-512ebd1c74ac 

I quote the first part of it here: 

"Consider BIOS upgrade 

Microsoft is unable to determine the exact cause of this error. However, 
this problem was most likely caused by an error in your computer’s random 
access memory (RAM). RAM is the main internal storage area the computer 
uses to run programs and store data. 

During the crash analysis, we noticed the basic input/output system (BIOS) 
version on this computer does not match the specifications for the central 
processing unit (CPU), also known as a processor, that is installed on 
your computer. This can occur when a newer processor is installed on an 
older system board or older BIOS. Using a BIOS that does not support the 
installed processor can result in Windows system crashes. Contact your 
computer manufacturer or motherboard manufacturer for an updated version 
of BIOS for your computer's processor." 


Now I'm not sure what this is all about: how can I possibly upgrade my 
VM's BIOS, or should I do something else?  Can it have something to do 
with the processor specs in the VM's XML definition?

Thanks for looking into this, 

Jürgen 

<domain type='kvm'>
  <name>SEPLET</name>
  <uuid>b0b25881-f021-962b-eaa9-a9f63b14cde2</uuid>
  <memory>2097152</memory>
  <currentMemory>2097152</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>2</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-0.12'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
  <clock offset='localtime'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/NFSVM/SEPLET.img'/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source 
file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/nfs-pool3/WINXPPROSP3ENG.iso'/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
      <readonly/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' 
function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:6d:a8:73'/>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <target dev='vnet3'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' 
function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <target port='0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty'>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
    </console>
    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
    </input>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/>
    <video>
      <model type='vga' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' 
function='0x0'/>
    </video>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' 
function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type='dynamic' model='apparmor'/>
</domain>
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