[Qemu-devel] Fedora Virt status

[Qemu-devel] Fedora Virt status

[Justin M. Forbes]

Fedora 14
- We have 79 open bugs, 9 of which have fixes in awaiting updates.
- 1 bug has been closed in the last week
- Virt-preview has been opened for Fedora 14, more details below

Fedora 15
- Upcoming Deadlines:
  2011-01-25  Feature Submission Deadline (2 Weeks!)
  2011-02-08  Feature Freeze--Planning & Development Ends
  2011-02-08  Branch Fedora 15 from Rawhide-- Branch Freeze
  2011-02-15  Software String Freeze
  2011-02-15  Alpha Change Deadline
  2011-03-01  Alpha Release
  2011-03-15  Software Translation Deadline
  2011-03-22  Beta Change Deadline Features 100% Complete
  2011-04-05  Beta Release
  2011-04-25  Final Change Deadline
  2011-04-26  Compose 'Final' RC
  2011-05-10  Fedora 15 Final Release
- Feature submission deadline is fast approaching, let's get those feature
  submissions done.

  == Virt Preview Repository ==
  The virt-preview repository is now active for F14 users wishing to run the
  latest F15 virt packages on their stable F14 systems.  F13 virt-preview users
  will still get the latest F14 packages.  For details on how to run enable 
  virt-preview, please see:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository
  Also note that virt-preview for F14 and later releases will live on the new(ish)
  repos.fedorapeople.org site.

  == Bugs of importance: ==
- 662380 Encrypted disks do not work
  Using virsh to create the encrypted disk, resulting disk is unusable.

- 655280 libvirt does not support vendor/product based USB device
  passthrough with QEMU

- 656943 KVM guest crashes if vmware vga option is used
  Reports of qemu crashing when a vga option is passed, using debian guests

- 589130 USB disk not marked as removable
  USB Mass storage devices are not marked as removable to a guest.
  Bug has been filed upstream as well there is some debate as to what is
  the correct behavior here.

[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Boris Derzhavets]

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Windows 7 KVM install runs unbelievably fast on SL 6 ( alpha 3) vs F14 with the
most recent libvirt stuff :

[root@fedora14b ~]# rpm -qa|grep libvirt
libvirt-python-0.8.7-1.fc14.x86_64
libvirt-0.8.7-1.fc14.x86_64
libvirt-client-0.8.7-1.fc14.x86_64

Boris.
P.S. It happens no matter of pre-install loading Virtio SCSI driver, which is also
possible  only on SL6 via virtio-win.1.1.16.noarch.rpm.

--- On Wed, 1/12/11, Justin M. Forbes <jmforbes@linuxtx.org> wrote:

From: Justin M. Forbes <jmforbes@linuxtx.org>
Subject: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status
To: virt@lists.fedoraproject.org
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 5:12 PM

Fedora 14
- We have 79 open bugs, 9 of which have fixes in awaiting updates.
- 1 bug has been closed in the last week
- Virt-preview has been opened for Fedora 14, more details below

Fedora 15
- Upcoming Deadlines:
  2011-01-25  Feature Submission Deadline (2 Weeks!)
  2011-02-08  Feature Freeze--Planning & Development Ends
  2011-02-08  Branch Fedora 15 from Rawhide-- Branch Freeze
  2011-02-15  Software String Freeze
  2011-02-15  Alpha Change Deadline
  2011-03-01  Alpha Release
  2011-03-15  Software Translation Deadline
  2011-03-22  Beta Change Deadline Features 100% Complete
  2011-04-05  Beta Release
  2011-04-25  Final Change Deadline
  2011-04-26  Compose 'Final' RC
  2011-05-10  Fedora 15 Final Release
- Feature submission deadline is fast approaching, let's get those feature
  submissions done.

  == Virt Preview Repository ==
  The virt-preview repository is now active for F14 users wishing to run the
  latest F15 virt packages on their stable F14 systems.  F13 virt-preview users
  will still get the latest F14 packages.  For details on how to run enable 
  virt-preview, please see:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository
  Also note that virt-preview for F14 and later releases will live on the new(ish)
  repos.fedorapeople.org site.

  == Bugs of importance: ==
- 662380 Encrypted disks do not work
  Using virsh to create the encrypted disk, resulting disk is unusable.

- 655280 libvirt does not support vendor/product based USB device
  passthrough with QEMU

- 656943 KVM guest crashes if vmware vga option is used
  Reports of qemu crashing when a vga option is passed, using debian guests

- 589130 USB disk not marked as removable
  USB Mass storage devices are not marked as removable to a guest.
  Bug has been filed upstream as well there is some debate as to what is
  the correct behavior here.

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virt@lists.fedoraproject.org
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/virt



      

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[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:27:17AM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> Windows 7 KVM install runs unbelievably fast on SL 6 ( alpha 3) vs F14 with the
> most recent libvirt stuff :

Boris can you help me to parse this ...

SL6 = Scientific Linux 6?

And you're saying that Windows 7 is much faster on SL6 than on Fedora 14?

> P.S. It happens no matter of pre-install loading Virtio SCSI driver,
> which is also possible only on SL6 via virtio-win.1.1.16.noarch.rpm.

Not sure what 'Virtio SCSI' is.

Are virtio-blk and virtio-net drivers installed in the Windows guest?

What does the libvirt XML for this guest look like (from both SL6 and
Fedora 14)?

Rich.

-- 
Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any
software inside the virtual machine.  Supports Linux and Windows.
http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/

[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Boris Derzhavets]

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> Boris can you help me to parse this ...

> SL6 = Scientific Linux 6?

 Yes, I work with SL6 alpha 4

> And you're saying that Windows 7 is much faster on SL6 than on Fedora 14?

Installation itself . Packages deployment phase is much faster on SL 6 ( alpha 4),
even if I don't pre-load viostor.sys ( option working only on SL 6 )

> Are virtio-blk and virtio-net drivers installed in the Windows guest?

Yes.


Please, view for details :-

http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/set-up-rh-virtio-scsi-driver-on-windows-xp-kvm-at-kvm-qemu-instance-on-f14/

XML profiles for F14 and SL6 will be sent to you a bit latter. I cannot reboot  box right
now.

Boris.


--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:

From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
Cc: virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, "Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes@linuxtx.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 12:40 PM

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:27:17AM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> Windows 7 KVM install runs unbelievably fast on SL 6 ( alpha 3) vs F14 with the
> most recent libvirt stuff :

Boris can you help me to parse this ...

SL6 = Scientific Linux 6?

And you're saying that Windows 7 is much faster on SL6 than on Fedora 14?

> P.S. It happens no matter of pre-install loading Virtio SCSI driver,
> which is also possible only on SL6 via virtio-win.1.1.16.noarch.rpm.

Not sure what 'Virtio SCSI' is.

Are virtio-blk and virtio-net drivers installed in the Windows guest?

What does the libvirt XML for this guest look like (from both SL6 and
Fedora 14)?

Rich.

-- 
Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any
software inside the virtual machine.  Supports Linux and Windows.
http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/



      

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[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Scott Dowdle]

Boris,

----- Original Message -----
> XML profiles for F14 and SL6 will be sent to you a bit latter. I
> cannot reboot box right now.

You don't have to reboot the box to look at the xml configs.  On the vm host machine just look at/copy the VM config files in /etc/libvirtd/qemu/ (or something like that, I'm going from memory).

TYL,
-- 
Scott Dowdle
704 Church Street
Belgrade, MT 59714
(406)388-0827 [home]
(406)994-3931 [work]

[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for F14)

[Boris Derzhavets]

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XML on F14

[root@fedora14b Downloads]# uname -a
Linux fedora14b 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 23 16:04:50 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@fedora14b Downloads]# virsh version
Compiled against library: libvir 0.8.7
Using library: libvir 0.8.7
Using API: QEMU 0.8.7
Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.13.0

[root@fedora14b Downloads]# cat W7V64.xml
<domain type='kvm' id='10'>
  <name>W7V64</name>
  <uuid>cb736260-fecf-db68-8d87-e3c394c9c934</uuid>
  <memory>4194304</memory>
  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>2</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-0.13'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
  <clock offset='localtime'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/mnt/root/Downloads/virtio-win-1.1.16.iso'/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
      <readonly/>
      <alias name='ide0-1-0'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source dev='/dev/vg_kvms/vm01'/>
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
      <alias name='ide0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:2b:bb:99'/>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <target dev='vnet0'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/1'/>
      <target port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/1'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/1'/>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </console>
    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
      <alias name='input0'/>
    </input>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes'/>
    <sound model='ac97'>
      <alias name='sound0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
    </sound>
    <video>
      <model type='vga' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
      <alias name='video0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
      <alias name='balloon0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
</domain>

Boris.
P.S. I did mount SL 6 "/" folder on /mnt.
But /mnt/etc/libvirtd/qemu appears to be empty.


--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Scott Dowdle <dowdle@montanalinux.org> wrote:

From: Scott Dowdle <dowdle@montanalinux.org>
Subject: Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
Cc: virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 2:47 PM

Boris,

----- Original Message -----
> XML profiles for F14 and SL6 will be sent to you a bit latter. I
> cannot reboot box right now.

You don't have to reboot the box to look at the xml configs.  On the vm host machine just look at/copy the VM config files in /etc/libvirtd/qemu/ (or something like that, I'm going from memory).

TYL,
-- 
Scott Dowdle
704 Church Street
Belgrade, MT 59714
(406)388-0827 [home]
(406)994-3931 [work]



      

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[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for F14)

[Dennis Jacobfeuerborn]

On 01/14/2011 09:03 PM, Boris Derzhavets wrote:

> P.S. I did mount SL 6 "/" folder on /mnt.
> But /mnt/etc/libvirtd/qemu appears to be empty.
>
Have you tried "virsh dumpxml <vm-name>" on the SL6 system?

Regards,
   Dennis

Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Cole Robinson]

On 01/14/2011 01:09 PM, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>> Boris can you help me to parse this ...
> 
>> SL6 = Scientific Linux 6?
> 
>  Yes, I work with SL6 alpha 4
> 
>> And you're saying that Windows 7 is much faster on SL6 than on Fedora 14?
> 
> Installation itself . Packages deployment phase is much faster on SL 6 ( alpha 4),
> even if I don't pre-load viostor.sys ( option working only on SL 6 )
>

Probably cache related. In RHEL6 we default to cache=none, not so in
Fedora. Use 'virsh edit' to stick <driver name='qemu' cache='none'/>
in your <disk> block, and restart the guest. Newer virt-manager versions
also allow setting this in the UI.

- Cole

>> Are virtio-blk and virtio-net drivers installed in the Windows guest?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
> Please, view for details :-
> 
> http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/set-up-rh-virtio-scsi-driver-on-windows-xp-kvm-at-kvm-qemu-instance-on-f14/
> 
> XML profiles for F14 and SL6 will be sent to you a bit latter. I cannot reboot  box right
> now.
> 
> Boris.
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 1/14/11, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status
> To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
> Cc: virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, "Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes@linuxtx.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
> Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 12:40 PM
> 
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:27:17AM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>> Windows 7 KVM install runs unbelievably fast on SL 6 ( alpha 3) vs F14 with the
>> most recent libvirt stuff :
> 
> Boris can you help me to parse this ...
> 
> SL6 = Scientific Linux 6?
> 
> And you're saying that Windows 7 is much faster on SL6 than on Fedora 14?
> 
>> P.S. It happens no matter of pre-install loading Virtio SCSI driver,
>> which is also possible only on SL6 via virtio-win.1.1.16.noarch.rpm.
> 
> Not sure what 'Virtio SCSI' is.
> 
> Are virtio-blk and virtio-net drivers installed in the Windows guest?
> 
> What does the libvirt XML for this guest look like (from both SL6 and
> Fedora 14)?
> 
> Rich.
> 

[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6)

[Boris Derzhavets]

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[root@ServerSL6APH ~]# uname -a
Linux ServerSL6APH 2.6.32-71.14.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 11:40:37 CST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@ServerSL6APH ~]# virsh version
Compiled against library: libvir 0.8.1
Using library: libvir 0.8.1
Using API: QEMU 0.8.1
Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.12.1

[root@ServerSL6APH ~]# virsh dumpxml W7VIRT64 > W7VIRT64.xml
[root@ServerSL6APH ~]# cat W7VIRT64.xml
<domain type='kvm' id='1'>
  <name>W7VIRT64</name>
  <uuid>393221ea-201c-1799-5299-2213e2aaa805</uuid>
  <memory>4194304</memory>
  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>2</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='rhel6.0.0'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
  <clock offset='localtime'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='floppy'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
      <target dev='fda' bus='fdc'/>
      <alias name='fdc0-0-0'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
      <source dev='/dev/sdb9'/>
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
      <readonly/>
      <alias name='ide0-1-0'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' unit='0'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='fdc' index='0'>
      <alias name='fdc0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
      <alias name='ide0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:cd:d6:fb'/>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <target dev='vnet0'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/0'/>
      <target port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </console>
    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
      <alias name='input0'/>
    </input>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes'/>
    <sound model='ac97'>
      <alias name='sound0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
    </sound>
    <video>
      <model type='vga' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
      <alias name='video0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
      <alias name='balloon0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type='dynamic' model='selinux'>
    <label>system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c179,c357</label>
    <imagelabel>system_u:object_r:svirt_image_t:s0:c179,c357</imagelabel>
  </seclabel>
</domain>

Boris.

--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn <dennisml@conversis.de> wrote:

From: Dennis Jacobfeuerborn <dennisml@conversis.de>
Subject: Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for F14)
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Scott Dowdle" <dowdle@montanalinux.org>, virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 3:05 PM

On 01/14/2011 09:03 PM, Boris Derzhavets wrote:

> P.S. I did mount SL 6 "/" folder on /mnt.
> But /mnt/etc/libvirtd/qemu appears to be empty.
>
Have you tried "virsh dumpxml <vm-name>" on the SL6 system?

Regards,
   Dennis



      

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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Boris Derzhavets]

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> Newer virt-manager versions also allow setting this in the UI.

I just set IDE Disk1 "cashe mode" none  before install.
No relief

Boris.


--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com> wrote:

From: Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>, virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, "Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes@linuxtx.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 3:16 PM

On 01/14/2011 01:09 PM, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>> Boris can you help me to parse this ...
> 
>> SL6 = Scientific Linux 6?
> 
>  Yes, I work with SL6 alpha 4
> 
>> And you're saying that Windows 7 is much faster on SL6 than on Fedora 14?
> 
> Installation itself . Packages deployment phase is much faster on SL 6 ( alpha 4),
> even if I don't pre-load viostor.sys ( option working only on SL 6 )
>

Probably cache related. In RHEL6 we default to cache=none, not so in
Fedora. Use 'virsh edit' to stick <driver name='qemu' cache='none'/>
in your <disk> block, and restart the guest. Newer virt-manager versions
also allow setting this in the UI.

- Cole

>> Are virtio-blk and virtio-net drivers installed in the Windows guest?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
> Please, view for details :-
> 
> http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/set-up-rh-virtio-scsi-driver-on-windows-xp-kvm-at-kvm-qemu-instance-on-f14/
> 
> XML profiles for F14 and SL6 will be sent to you a bit latter. I cannot reboot  box right
> now.
> 
> Boris.
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 1/14/11, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status
> To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
> Cc: virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, "Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes@linuxtx.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
> Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 12:40 PM
> 
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:27:17AM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>> Windows 7 KVM install runs unbelievably fast on SL 6 ( alpha 3) vs F14 with the
>> most recent libvirt stuff :
> 
> Boris can you help me to parse this ...
> 
> SL6 = Scientific Linux 6?
> 
> And you're saying that Windows 7 is much faster on SL6 than on Fedora 14?
> 
>> P.S. It happens no matter of pre-install loading Virtio SCSI driver,
>> which is also possible only on SL6 via virtio-win.1.1.16.noarch.rpm.
> 
> Not sure what 'Virtio SCSI' is.
> 
> Are virtio-blk and virtio-net drivers installed in the Windows guest?
> 
> What does the libvirt XML for this guest look like (from both SL6 and
> Fedora 14)?
> 
> Rich.
> 




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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:39:39PM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > Newer virt-manager versions also allow setting this in the UI.
> 
> I just set IDE Disk1 "cashe mode" none  before install.

I thought you said they were using virtio?

Rich.

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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Boris Derzhavets]

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Set up "Virtio" for boot up disk is  a "post install" procedure on F14.

Boris.

--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:

From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Cole Robinson" <crobinso@redhat.com>, virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, "Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes@linuxtx.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 4:33 PM

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:39:39PM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > Newer virt-manager versions also allow setting this in the UI.
> 
> I just set IDE Disk1 "cashe mode" none  before install.

I thought you said they were using virtio?

Rich.

-- 
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Boris Derzhavets]

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> I thought you said they were using virtio?
*********************************************************************************
Post installation procedure for W7 (x64) & Rawhide Libvirt on F14
*********************************************************************************
1. Original setup on IDE device.
2. Shutdown
3. Add fake.qcow2 disk AS "Virtio"
4. Add CDROM virtio-win-1.1.16.iso
5. Load KVM
6. Update broken SCSI Driver ( in  "Device Manager" ) via attached RH's CD
7. Shutdown
8. Remove fake.qcow2 disk
9. Remove IDE boot up device, say /dev/sdb9
10. Add "Virtio" boot up device - same /dev/sdb9
11. Load KVM with Virtio boot up device.

SL 6 allows to load viostor.sys from floppy virtio-win-1.1.16.vfd
during install and detect "Virtio" defined boot up device.
F14 loads driver , but fails to detect boot up "Virtio" device in installation phase.

Boris.


--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:

From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Cole Robinson" <crobinso@redhat.com>, virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, "Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes@linuxtx.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 4:33 PM

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:39:39PM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> > Newer virt-manager versions also allow setting this in the UI.
> 
> I just set IDE Disk1 "cashe mode" none  before install.

I thought you said they were using virtio?

Rich.

-- 
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virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines.  Tiny program with many
powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc.
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Richard W.M. Jones]

You shouldn't use local files (esp. not qcow2) for performance
testing.

What does it look like if you use an LV for disk?

Rich.

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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status

[Boris Derzhavets]

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fake.qcow2 has nothing to do with performance issue during install on F14.
W7 boot up is device is always LV ( like on SL 6 )

Boris.

--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:

From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Cole Robinson" <crobinso@redhat.com>, virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, "Justin M. Forbes" <jmforbes@linuxtx.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 6:00 PM


You shouldn't use local files (esp. not qcow2) for performance
testing.

What does it look like if you use an LV for disk?

Rich.

-- 
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virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines.  Boot with a
live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into Xen guests.
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[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6)

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:17:42PM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>     <disk type='block' device='disk'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>

This one (SL6) has cache=none, but the Fedora 14 XML you posted
does not.

Rich.

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See what it can do: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/recipes.html

[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6)

[Boris Derzhavets]

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I switched cache to none for boot up device via virt-manager  before W7 install on F14.
It didn't help me. I've already responded to Cole regarding this attempt. Please,
view thread.

Boris.

--- On Sat, 1/15/11, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:

From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6)
To: virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 5:49 AM

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:17:42PM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
>     <disk type='block' device='disk'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>

This one (SL6) has cache=none, but the Fedora 14 XML you posted
does not.

Rich.

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[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6)

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 03:15:05AM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> Please,
> view thread.

I've read every part of the thread(s).  You don't make it easy
to follow what you're talking about.

I would suggest:

(1) Organize your thoughts and experiments logically.

(2) When you have done (1), post a thorough description of the
problem in Bugzilla, giving precise steps to reproduce and all
information necessary.

Rich.

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[Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6)

[Boris Derzhavets]

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Issue :-
Your's the most advanced KVM System F14 performs W7 (x64/x86) install
on IDE boot up device (LV) much slower then RHEL 6 does (SL 6 does)
Both systems have "cache set to none for IDE boot up device" before install 
starts up.

Boris.

--- On Sat, 1/15/11, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:

From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6)
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@yahoo.com>
Cc: virt@lists.fedoraproject.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 8:22 AM

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 03:15:05AM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> Please,
> view thread.

I've read every part of the thread(s).  You don't make it easy
to follow what you're talking about.

I would suggest:

(1) Organize your thoughts and experiments logically.

(2) When you have done (1), post a thorough description of the
problem in Bugzilla, giving precise steps to reproduce and all
information necessary.

Rich.

-- 
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software inside the virtual machine.  Supports Linux and Windows.
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[Qemu-devel] Fedora Virt Status

[Justin M. Forbes]

Fedora 14
- We have 90 open bugs, 9 of which have fixes in awaiting updates.
- 4 bugs have been closed in the last week

Fedora 15
- Upcoming Deadlines:
  2011-03-15  Software Translation Deadline
  2011-03-22  Beta Change Deadline Features 100% Complete
  2011-04-05  Beta Release
  2011-04-25  Final Change Deadline
  2011-04-26  Compose 'Final' RC
  2011-05-10  Fedora 15 Final Release

- Virtualization Test Day is coming up on Thursday, April 14th.  Please
  mark your calendars, and join us for testing and bug hunting.  The more
  we can uncover before release, the better off we are.

- There are currently 59 bugs open against rawhide/F15.

 == Updates Needing review ==
  The following packages are in updates-testing and need review and karma as
  appropriate:

  F13:
  - qemu-0.13.0-1.fc13
    A large number of bug fixes and many patches dropped that have been
    upstreamed.

  F15:
  - qemu-0.14.0-2.fc15
    Updated to 0.14.0 final release and re-enabled cris and sparc emulation

  == Virt Preview Repository ==
  The virt-preview repository is now active for F14 users wishing to run the
  latest F15 virt packages on their stable F14 systems.  F13 virt-preview users
  will still get the latest F14 packages.  For details on how to run enable 
  virt-preview, please see:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository

  == Bugs of importance: ==
- 679179 Openbios-ppc subpackage disappeared
  openbios is not building correctly on ppc right now.  This has to be fixed
  as openbios-ppc is an install dependency for qemu-system-ppc

- 681220 Virtual machines using the qxl driver crash
  Reports of qemu crashing when using the qxl driver with spice.  A patch
  has been posted and will make the next build.

[Qemu-devel] Fedora Virt status

[Justin M. Forbes]

Fedora 14
- We have 91 open bugs, 10 of which have fixes in awaiting updates.
- 7 bugs have been closed in the last week

Fedora 15
- Upcoming Deadlines:
  2011-03-29  Software Translation Deadline
  2011-04-05  Beta Change Deadline Features 100% Complete
  2011-04-19  Beta Release
  2011-05-09  Final Change Deadline
  2011-05-10  Compose 'Final' RC
  2011-05-24  Fedora 15 Final Release

- Virtualization Test Day is coming up on Thursday, April 14th.  Please
  mark your calendars, and join us for testing and bug hunting.  The more
  we can uncover before release, the better off we are.

- There are currently 56 bugs open against rawhide/F15.

 == Updates Needing review ==
  The following packages are in updates-testing and need review and karma as
  appropriate:

  F13:
  - libvirt-0.8.2-3.fc13
    fix a lack of API check on read-only connections this build fix one crash in
    the the error handling fix a lack of API check on read-only connections

  F14:
  - libvirt-0.8.3-6.fc14
    fix a lack of API check on read-only connections this build fix one crash in
    the the error handling fix a lack of API check on read-only connections

  == Virt Preview Repository ==
  The virt-preview repository is now active for F14 users wishing to run the
  latest F15 virt packages on their stable F14 systems.  F13 virt-preview users
  will still get the latest F14 packages.  For details on how to run enable 
  virt-preview, please see:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository

  == Bugs of importance: ==
- 679179 Openbios-ppc subpackage disappeared
  It has been decided to drop the qemu-system-ppc and qemu-system-sparc as they
  offer limited use with modern linux systems

- 681220 Virtual machines using the qxl driver crash
  This has been fixed and updates are available in F15 and F14 virt-preview

[Qemu-devel] Fedora virt status

[Justin M. Forbes]

Fedora 14
- We have 103 open bugs, 16 of which have fixes in awaiting updates.
- 1 bugs have been closed in the last week

Fedora 15
- Upcoming Deadlines:
  2011-04-05  Beta Change Deadline Features 100% Complete *today*
  2011-04-19  Beta Release
  2011-05-09  Final Change Deadline
  2011-05-10  Compose 'Final' RC
  2011-05-24  Fedora 15 Final Release

- Virtualization Test Day is coming up on Thursday, April 14th.  That is
  just 1 week away. Please mark your calendars, and join us for testing
  and bug hunting.  The more we can uncover before release, the better
  off we are.

- There are currently 60 bugs open against rawhide/F15.

 == Updates Needing review ==
  The following packages are in updates-testing and need review and karma as
  appropriate:

  F13:
  - libvirt-0.8.2-3.fc13
    fix a lack of API check on read-only connections this build fix one crash
    in the the error handling fix a lack of API check on read-only connections

  - python-virtinst-0.500.4-2
    virt-install: Fix post install check from erroring (bz 628721)
    virt-install: Don't lowercase kernel args (bz 646029)
    virt-install: Fix installing to iscsi volume (bz 647241)
    virt-install: Fix setting default keymap (bz 636907)
    virt-install: Add ubuntu 10.10 os option (bz 642441)
    virt-install: Fix locale error if paging --help (bz 655328)

  F14:
  - libvirt-0.8.3-6.fc14
    fix a lack of API check on read-only connections this build fix one crash
    in the the error handling fix a lack of API check on read-only connections

  - python-virtinst-0.500.6-1
    Rebased to version 0.500.6
    virt-install: --graphics spice now enables spicevmc and qxl
    virt-install: New --disk parameter io=native|threads

  - virt-manager-0.8.7-1
    Rebased to version 0.8.7
    Allow renaming an offline VM Spice password support (Marc-André Lureau)
    Allow editting NIC <virtualport> settings (Gerhard Stenzel)
    Allow enabling/disabling individual CPU features
    Allow easily changing graphics type between VNC/SPICE for existing VM
    Allow easily changing network source device for existing VM Fix a couple
    configure options

  == Virt Preview Repository ==
  The virt-preview repository is now active for F14 users wishing to run the
  latest F15 virt packages on their stable F14 systems.  F13 virt-preview users
  will still get the latest F14 packages.  For details on how to run enable 
  virt-preview, please see:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository

  == Bugs of importance: ==
  - 679179 Openbios-ppc subpackage disappeared
    This blocker bug has been closed, updates are available in F15 and F14
    virt-preview

  - 693530 Qemu does the wrong thing with Cache=None and looks like corruption
    btrfs complains about corruption when Windows guests do certain types of
    writes with cache=none.

[Qemu-devel] Fedora Virt Status

[Justin M. Forbes]

Fedora 14
- We have 95 open bugs, 5 of which have fixes in awaiting updates.
- 17 bugs have been closed in the last week

Fedora 15
- We have 22 open bugs.
- 9 bugs have been closed in the last week
- Beta is released, go test!
- Upcoming Dates of importance:
  2011-05-09  Final Change Deadline
  2011-05-10  Compose 'Final' RC
  2011-05-24  Fedora 15 Final Release

 == Updates Needing review ==
  The following packages are in updates-testing and need review and karma as
  appropriate:

  F14:
  - libguestfs-1.8.6-1.fc14
    New stable version 1.8.6

  - spice-protocol-0.8.0-1.fc14
    Add support for copy and paste using the primary selection, to use this you 
    need a spice-gtk widget based client and the latest spice-gtk code
    Various small bug fixes

  F15:
  - libguestfs-1.10.2-1.fc15
    New upstream stable version 1.10.2.

  == Virt Preview Repository ==
  The virt-preview repository is now active for F14 users wishing to run the
  latest F15 virt packages on their stable F14 systems.  F13 virt-preview users
  will still get the latest F14 packages.  For details on how to run enable 
  virt-preview, please see:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository

  == Bugs of importance: ==
  - 674530 Change CDROM of guest, new CD is truncated to the size of the old
    Installing a very old guest which requires several CDs, the CD size is
    truncated to the size of the first CD.  This could be a bug in the guest
    kernel, but needs to be investigated to ensure that it is not a hypervisor
    issue.

  - 693530 Qemu does the wrong thing with Cache=None and looks like corruption
    btrfs complains about corruption when Windows guests do certain types of
    writes with cache=none.

[Qemu-devel] Fedora virt status

[Justin M. Forbes]

Fedora 14
- We have 101 open bugs, 5 of which have fixes in awaiting updates.
- 1 bug has been closed in the last week

Fedora 15
- Release tomorrow!
- We have 36 open bugs 2 of which have fixes in awaiting updates.
- 6 bugs have been closed in the last week
- GA images have been cleared for release
- Upcoming Dates of importance:
  2011-05-24  Fedora 15 Final Release

Fedora 16
 It is time to start planning for the Fedora 16 release.  What features are
 going to be proposed?  What does the community want to see from Fedora 16
 virtualiation?

 == Updates Needing review ==
  The following packages are in updates-testing and need review and karma as
  appropriate:

  F14:
  - libguestfs-1.8.7-1.fc14
    New stable version 1.8.7 with several small bugfixes.

  F15:
  There are no virt packages in updates-testing at this time.

  == Virt Preview Repository ==
  The virt-preview repository is now active for F14 users wishing to run the
  latest F15 virt packages on their stable F14 systems.  F13 virt-preview users
  will still get the latest F14 packages.  For details on how to run enable
  virt-preview, please see:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository

  == Bugs of importance: ==
  - 700560 F15 virt-manager gui locks/freezes in the default storage pool
    There is a bug which states that sym-linked storage pools will lock
    virt-manager, and now reports that the default storage pool does as well.

  - 674530 Change CDROM of guest, new CD is truncated to the size of the old
    Installing a very old guest which requires several CDs, the CD size is
    truncated to the size of the first CD.  This issue has been resolved
    upstream and will be in the next qemu update.

  - 693530 Qemu does the wrong thing with Cache=None and looks like corruption
    btrfs complains about corruption when Windows guests do certain types of
    writes with cache=none. This is really a btrfs issue, qemu behaves as
    expected.

[Qemu-devel] Fedora Virt Status

[Justin M. Forbes]

Fedora 15
- We have 65 open bugs 11 of which have fixes in awaiting updates.
- 12 bugs have been closed in the last week

Fedora 16
 Fedora 16 Feature Freeze is just 1 week away.  It is time to make sure 
 things are in shape for alpha. Important dates for the Fedora 16 Schedule:

    2011-07-26  Feature Freeze--Planning & Development Ends
    2011-07-26  Branch Fedora 16 from Rawhide-- Branch Freeze
    2011-08-02  Software String Freeze
    2011-08-02  Alpha Change Deadline
    2011-08-16  Alpha Release
    2011-08-30  Software Translation Deadline
    2011-09-06  Beta Change Deadline Features 100% Complete
    2011-09-20  Beta Release
    2011-10-10  Final Change Deadline
    2011-10-11  Compose 'Final' RC
    2011-10-25  Fedora 16 Final Release

 == Updates Needing review ==
  The following packages are in updates-testing and need review and karma as
  appropriate:

  F14:
  - libvirt-0.8.3-10.fc14
    CVE-2011-2511, integer overflow in VirDomainGetVcpus

  - libguestfs-1.8.9-1.fc14
    Stable branch update to version 1.8.9

  F15:
  - libguestfs-1.10.5-1.fc15
    Update to stable branch version 1.10.5.

  - spice-protocol-0.8.1-1.fc15
    this package doesn't close any bugs but it is required to build an updated spice-server that will close bugs.

  == Virt Preview Repository ==
  The virt-preview repository is now active for F15 users wishing to run the
  latest F16 virt packages on their stable F15 systems.  F14 virt-preview users
  will still get the latest F15 packages.  For details on how to run enable 
  virt-preview, please see:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository

  At the moment, virt preview is out of sync with F16 due to a bug in binutils
  which will not allow the new seabios to build.  Because libvirt requires the
  newer seabios, updates have been put on hold until the binutils fix is pushed
  to Fedora 15.

  == Bugs of importance: ==
  - 700560 F15 virt-manager gui locks/freezes in the default storage pool
    There is a bug which states that sym-linked storage pools will lock
    virt-manager, and now reports that the default storage pool does as well.

  - 720995 F15 kvm gets stuck while booting 32 bit guest on 64 bit host with smp
    This seems to be the kvmclock regression bug, and the patch will make the next
    update