[et-mgmt-tools] Can't add Sparc guest under Fedora 11 using virt-manager

[Vivek Ayer]

Hey guys,

I'm having trouble adding a sparc guest (using qemu-system-sparc)
under virt-manager. I get the following error which choosing sparc for
my architecture:

Unable to complete install '<class 'libvirt.libvirtError'> internal
error Domain Debian_SPARC didn't show up

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 1501, in do_install
    dom = guest.start_install(False, meter = meter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 541,
in start_install
    return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 633,
in _do_install
    self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 974, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
conn=self)
libvirtError: internal error Domain Debian_SPARC didn't show up

My /var/log/libvirt/Debian_SPARC.log file shows:

LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin /usr/bin/qemu-system-sparc
-S -M sun4m -m 128 -smp 1 -name Debian_SPARC -uuid
49e1fc31-3630-8921-8be4-6a924224ca9a -monitor pty -pidfile
/var/run/libvirt/qemu//Debian_SPARC.pid -no-reboot -boot d -drive
file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/Debian_SPARC.img,if=ide,index=0 -drive
file=/home/vivek/Misc/ISOs/debian-501-i386-CD-1.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2
-net nic,macaddr=54:52:00:6c:42:60,vlan=0 -net
tap,fd=18,script=,vlan=0,ifname=vnet0 -serial pty -parallel none -usb
-vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -soundhw es1370
Supported machines are:
SS-5       Sun4m platform, SPARCstation 5 (default)
SS-10      Sun4m platform, SPARCstation 10
SS-600MP   Sun4m platform, SPARCserver 600MP
SS-20      Sun4m platform, SPARCstation 20
SS-2       Sun4c platform, SPARCstation 2
Voyager    Sun4m platform, SPARCstation Voyager
LX         Sun4m platform, SPARCstation LX
SS-4       Sun4m platform, SPARCstation 4
SPARCClassic Sun4m platform, SPARCClassic
SPARCbook  Sun4m platform, SPARCbook
SS-1000    Sun4d platform, SPARCserver 1000
SS-2000    Sun4d platform, SPARCcenter 2000

This means virt-manager is choosing -M sun4m by default but
qemu-system-sparc is not understanding this. Could you all release a
patch that just removes that switch so qemu-system-sparc will default
to SS-5.

Thanks,
Vivek