Re: [Qemu-devel] PCI hotplug disable

[Nikolai Zhubr <n-a-zhubr@yandex.ru>]

Hello again,

Ok, actually kvm-Build-an-additional-bios-without-hotplug-support.patch 
from redhat did the trick. (I just somehow screwed it initially)

Still, some more user-friendly way would be nice...

Regards,
Nikolai

21.05.2011 20:11, I wrote:
 > Hello all,
 >
 > is there some simple way to disable pci hotplug support in qemu-kvm (via
 > some command-line options or alike)?
 >
 > Problem is, my guest windows xp is thinking that it could attempt to
 > remove Intel 82371SB, Cirrus Logic 5446, and other pci devices, and
 > enumerates them all under "Safe remove" which is somewhat annoying and
 > maybe risky. I'm using qemu-kvm 0.12.3 as per opensuse 11.3.
 >
 > I've searched for a whole day and only found this:
 > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579737
 > Ok, I've built bios-nohotplug.bin (using
 > kvm-Build-an-additional-bios-without-hotplug-support.patch from redhat's
 > .srpm, then replacing standard bios.bin) but it didn't seem to make any
 > difference.
 >
 > Any hints?
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Nikolai