Changes
v2:
Improve coding by removing duplicated actions
Fix typo
On LE systems, some changes on libvirt xml is needed. The input device
for keyboard is not kbd anymore, the architecture is still ppc64 and the
qemu binary is not qemu-kvm as in the other archs.
Signed-off-by: Ramon Medeiros <ramonn(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
src/kimchi/config.py.in | 11 +++++++++--
src/kimchi/osinfo.py | 6 +++++-
src/kimchi/vmtemplate.py | 11 +++++++++--
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/kimchi/config.py.in b/src/kimchi/config.py.in
index 83a5dd0..d5e0f6c 100644
--- a/src/kimchi/config.py.in
+++ b/src/kimchi/config.py.in
@@ -68,12 +68,19 @@ def find_qemu_binary(find_emulator=False):
raise Exception("Unable to get qemu binary location: %s" % e)
try:
xml = connect.getCapabilities()
+
+ # On Little Endian system, the qemu binary is
+ # qemu-system-ppc64, not qemu-system-ppc64le as expected
+ arch = platform.machine()
+ if arch == "ppc64le":
+ arch = "ppc64"
+
if find_emulator:
expr = "/capabilities/guest/arch[@name='%s']\
- /emulator" % platform.machine()
+ /emulator" % arch
else:
expr = "/capabilities/guest/arch[@name='%s']\
- /domain[@type='kvm']/emulator" % platform.machine()
+ /domain[@type='kvm']/emulator" % arch
res = xpath_get_text(xml, expr)
location = res[0]
except Exception, e:
diff --git a/src/kimchi/osinfo.py b/src/kimchi/osinfo.py
index 0e16b50..9bfd148 100644
--- a/src/kimchi/osinfo.py
+++ b/src/kimchi/osinfo.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from kimchi.config import paths
SUPPORTED_ARCHS = {'x86': ('i386', 'i686', 'x86_64'),
- 'power': ('ppc', 'ppc64')}
+ 'power': ('ppc', 'ppc64', 'ppc64le')}
common_spec = {'cpus': 1, 'memory': 1024, 'disks':
[{'index': 0, 'size': 10}],
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ def lookup(distro, version):
params['os_version'] = version
arch = _get_arch()
+ # set up arch to ppc64 instead of ppc64le due to libvirt compatibility
+ if params["arch"] == "ppc64le":
+ params["arch"] = "ppc64"
+
if distro in modern_version_bases[arch]:
if LooseVersion(version) >= LooseVersion(
modern_version_bases[arch][distro]):
diff --git a/src/kimchi/vmtemplate.py b/src/kimchi/vmtemplate.py
index e41a959..bcfbab6 100644
--- a/src/kimchi/vmtemplate.py
+++ b/src/kimchi/vmtemplate.py
@@ -245,9 +245,16 @@ class VMTemplate(object):
mouse = """
<input type='mouse' bus='%(mouse_bus)s'/>
"""
+
+ # PPC64EL does not uses kbd
+ self.info["kbd_type"] = "kbd"
+ if os.uname()[4] == "ppc64le":
+ self.info["kbd_type"] = "keyboard"
+
keyboard = """
- <input type='kbd' bus='%(kbd_bus)s'> </input>
- """
+ <input type='%(kbd_type)s' bus='%(kbd_bus)s'>
</input>
+ """
+
tablet = """
<input type='tablet' bus='%(kbd_bus)s'> </input>
"""
--
1.8.3.1