From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 11:19:33 +0100 From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Message-ID: <20200615101933.GF2883@work-vm> References: <20200611191154.GI2968@work-vm> <20200615095550.GE2883@work-vm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20200615095550.GE2883@work-vm> Subject: Re: [Virtio-fs] Getting help setting up virtiofs guest List-Id: Development discussions about virtio-fs List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: David Lomas Cc: virtio-fs@redhat.com * Dr. David Alan Gilbert (dgilbert@redhat.com) wrote: > * David Lomas (dl3@pale-eds.co.uk) wrote: > > Just to say thanks to Dave (all the best people are called Dave) for the > > pointer to use kernel 5.7. That just worked on the guest, and I can now see > > the host filesystem. > > > > Perhaps this page should just > > link to the mainline kernel rather than the virtio-fs one? > > Oops yes! We need to update to say you can either use upstream, or use > the virtio-fs-dev branch of that git. Fixed. > Dave > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 8:11 PM Dr. David Alan Gilbert > > wrote: > > > > > * David Lomas (dl3@pale-eds.co.uk) wrote: > > > > Apologies if this isn't the correct place for this kind or request. > > > > > > It's the right place to ask. > > > > > > > I've been following these instructions to set up host and guest: > > > > https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/howto-qemu.html and > > > > https://libvirt.org/kbase/virtiofs.html > > > > > > > > On the host, I've built the latest version of libvirt (6.4.0) and qemu > > > > (5.0.0), and added sections to the domain definition. All appears well > > > (no > > > > errors at least). This is the relevant section: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > function='0x0'/> > > > > > > > > > > I think that's OK. > > > > > > > On the guest, I've build the kernel (4.19.28), booted it, and confirmed > > > > virtio_fs.ko is a built-in module. > > > > > > Where did you get that kernel? It sounds rather old; the main part of > > > virtiofs is now in the upstream kernel; so if your distro has a recent > > > 5.x kernel, you can just use it. > > > > > > > But on running mount -t virtio_fs test /mnt/test/ I get the following > > > error: > > > > > > > > mount: /mnt/test: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on > > > qube-server, > > > > missing codepage or helper program, or other error. > > > > > > > > Note both those web pages above suggest using mount -t virtiofs, but that > > > > gives unknown filesystem type 'virtiofs' > > > > > > It changed in the newer kernels to the 'virtiofs'. > > > > > > > I'm at a loss to find more detailed information on how to configure > > > > this—are there other resources online, or can anyone suggest what to try > > > > next? > > > > > > I suspect you're suffering from the older kernel here. Try a nice > > > shiny new one. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Virtio-fs mailing list > > > > Virtio-fs@redhat.com > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virtio-fs > > > > > > -- > > > Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Virtio-fs mailing list > > Virtio-fs@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virtio-fs > > -- > Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK > > _______________________________________________ > Virtio-fs mailing list > Virtio-fs@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virtio-fs -- Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK