[libvirt] domain type "kvm" error
Daniel P. Berrange
berrange at redhat.com
Sun Sep 7 19:20:42 UTC 2008
On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 09:10:54PM +0300, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> Hi all,
> I use "ubuntu hardy" but I dont think the problem is specific to the
> distribution I use.
>
> I installed KVM and libvirt as described here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM
>
> Following that method, created a domain, which dumps like this:
> <domain type='qemu' id='1'>
> <name>xp1</name>
> ...
> </domain>
>
> Launching the guest is OK, but it is as slow as if I directly launched
This is becuse of the type='qemu' attribute
> $ qemu [options]
> I tried to launch:
> $ kvm [options]
> and it is much faster
> My conclusion is that method on the Ubuntu documentation launches a qemu
> without the use of kvm.
That is correct.
>
> I modified that XML dump, changing "qemu" with "kvm":
> <domain type='kvm' id='1'>
> <name>xp1</name>
> ...
> </domain>
You also need to set the 'emulator' path to point to the KVM binary
if its not already specified.
> I undefined the domain "xp1" and re-defined it with that new XML file.
> When I start the new defined domain:
> virsh # start xp1
> libvir: QEMU error : QEMU quit during console startup
> qemu: unknowm parameter 'boot' in \
> 'file=/home/mihamina/xpjohnny.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,boot=on'
> error: Failed to start domain xp1
IIRC the Ubuntu libvirt is hardcoded to use -drive param for disks if the
type is 'kvm'. Latest libvirt will probe to see if this is supported or
not before using it.
> It's a Windows XP domain.
>
> My conclusion is:
> - When domain type is "qemu", qemu is called a certain way, without
> syntax error
> - When domain type is "kvm", qemu/kvm is not called the same way and
> among that, there are syntax errors.
Yes & no. Latest libvirt probes for whether -drive is supported, and
whether the boot= param is supported. The older version in Ubuntu doesn't
do this probe, and just toggles off type=qemu vs type=kvm
Daniel
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