[Qemu-devel] Fedora Virt Status

[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] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt Status

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 12:45:54PM -0600, Justin M. Forbes wrote:
>   F15:
>   - qemu-0.14.0-2.fc15
>     Updated to 0.14.0 final release and re-enabled cris and sparc emulation

A change in the command-line parsing code in qemu-img causes
virt-make-fs to break (because of a latent bug in virt-make-fs).  Here
is the upstream fix:

http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=commitdiff;h=eda9826d25336bcf661700270c580d4d62128750

I haven't (yet) backported this to F15.

Rich.

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[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

[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 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 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 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 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.