Re: virtio & minimal .config

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Thomas Mueller wrote:
> hi there
>
> i've read http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Virtio?highlight=%28virtio%29 
> about virtio. To test it, i got a new 2.6.25-rc2 kernel  and kvm-60 
> (both on debian).
>
> has anybody out there a minimalistic .config to build a minimal guest 
> kernel image with virtio enabled?
>   

I usually do a make defconfig, enable the CONFIG_VIRTIO_* options in 
.config, then do a make oldconfig and answer 'y' to all of the questions.

> all my tries with virtio ended up with a kernel panic not finding the 
> harddisk... Is virtio for the disk supported by kvm-60 and do i need to 
> enable it on the command line? Without my own virtio enabled kernel 
> things work just fine.
>   

Please post your command line for launching KVM.  Make sure you have a 
root parameter like "root=/dev/vda1".

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Thanks
> - Thomas
>
> PS: maybe a kvm-users mailinglist was more apropriate for this question.
>
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