[Kimchi-devel] [PATCH] Add vfio driver as default for ppc systems.

[Jose Ricardo Ziviani]

 - ppc hotplug does not work with kvm driver, it must be
   vfio by default.

Signed-off-by: Jose Ricardo Ziviani <joserz at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 src/kimchi/model/vmhostdevs.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/kimchi/model/vmhostdevs.py b/src/kimchi/model/vmhostdevs.py
index 964ec49..31e0b92 100644
--- a/src/kimchi/model/vmhostdevs.py
+++ b/src/kimchi/model/vmhostdevs.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from kimchi.model.utils import get_vm_config_flag
 from kimchi.model.vms import DOM_STATE_MAP, VMModel
 from kimchi.rollbackcontext import RollbackContext
 from kimchi.utils import kimchi_log, run_command
+import platform
 
 
 class VMHostDevsModel(object):
@@ -164,6 +165,10 @@ class VMHostDevsModel(object):
         driver = ('vfio' if DOM_STATE_MAP[dom.info()[0]] == "shutoff" and
                   self.caps.kernel_vfio else 'kvm')
 
+        # on ppc systems it must be vfio driver.
+        if platform.machine().startswith('ppc'):
+            driver = 'vfio'
+
         # Attach all PCI devices in the same IOMMU group
         dev_model = DeviceModel(conn=self.conn)
         devs_model = DevicesModel(conn=self.conn)
-- 
1.9.1