[Kimchi-devel] [PATCH 2/2] Disable vhost feature in Ubuntu and SLES (PPC64 LE)
There are know issues related to vhost feature and Little Endian
distros. This patch sets driver name='qemu', disabling the vhost
feature when libvirt starts a virtual machine.
LE Distros: Ubuntu >= 14.04 and SLES >= 12.
Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Trujillo <rodrigo.trujillo(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
src/kimchi/vmtemplate.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/kimchi/vmtemplate.py b/src/kimchi/vmtemplate.py
index 8d5217a..4b0f398 100644
--- a/src/kimchi/vmtemplate.py
+++ b/src/kimchi/vmtemplate.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import socket
import urlparse
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+
+
from kimchi import osinfo
from kimchi.exception import InvalidParameter, IsoFormatError
from kimchi.isoinfo import IsoImage
@@ -265,15 +268,27 @@ drive=drive-%(bus)s0-1-0,id=%(bus)s0-1-0'/>
ret.append(info)
return ret
+ def _disable_vhost(self):
+ # Hack to disable vhost feature in Ubuntu LE and SLES LE (PPC)
+ driver = ""
+ if self.info['arch'] == 'ppc64' and \
+ ((self.info['os_distro'] == 'ubuntu' and LooseVersion(
+ self.info['os_version']) >= LooseVersion('14.04')) or
+ (self.info['os_distro'] == 'sles' and LooseVersion(
+ self.info['os_version']) >= LooseVersion('12'))):
+ driver = " <driver name='qemu'/>\n "
+ return driver
+
def _get_networks_xml(self):
network = """
<interface type='network'>
<source network='%(network)s'/>
<model type='%(nic_model)s'/>
- </interface>
+ %(driver)s</interface>
"""
networks = ""
- net_info = {"nic_model": self.info['nic_model']}
+ net_info = {"nic_model": self.info['nic_model'],
+ "driver": self._disable_vhost()}
for nw in self.info['networks']:
net_info['network'] = nw
networks += network % net_info
--
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