* [Qemu-devel] Fedora Virt status @ 2011-01-12 22:12 Justin M. Forbes 2011-01-13 16:27 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] " Boris Derzhavets 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Justin M. Forbes @ 2011-01-12 22:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: virt; +Cc: qemu-devel 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. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-12 22:12 [Qemu-devel] Fedora Virt status Justin M. Forbes @ 2011-01-13 16:27 ` Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-14 17:40 ` Richard W.M. Jones 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-13 16:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: virt, Justin M. Forbes; +Cc: qemu-devel [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2757 bytes --] 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. _______________________________________________ virt mailing list virt@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/virt [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 3686 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-13 16:27 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] " Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 17:40 ` Richard W.M. Jones 2011-01-14 18:09 ` Boris Derzhavets 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Richard W.M. Jones @ 2011-01-14 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Boris Derzhavets; +Cc: virt, Justin M. Forbes, qemu-devel 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/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-14 17:40 ` Richard W.M. Jones @ 2011-01-14 18:09 ` Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-14 19:47 ` Scott Dowdle 2011-01-14 20:16 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status Cole Robinson 0 siblings, 2 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 18:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Richard W.M. Jones; +Cc: virt, Justin M. Forbes, qemu-devel [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1999 bytes --] > 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/ [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2938 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-14 18:09 ` Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 19:47 ` Scott Dowdle 2011-01-14 20:03 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for F14) Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-14 20:16 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status Cole Robinson 1 sibling, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Scott Dowdle @ 2011-01-14 19:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Boris Derzhavets; +Cc: virt, qemu-devel 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] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for F14) 2011-01-14 19:47 ` Scott Dowdle @ 2011-01-14 20:03 ` Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-14 20:05 ` Dennis Jacobfeuerborn 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 20:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Scott Dowdle; +Cc: virt, qemu-devel [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3860 bytes --] 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] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 6254 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for F14) 2011-01-14 20:03 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for F14) Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 20:05 ` Dennis Jacobfeuerborn 2011-01-14 20:17 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6) Boris Derzhavets 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Dennis Jacobfeuerborn @ 2011-01-14 20:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Boris Derzhavets; +Cc: virt, Scott Dowdle, qemu-devel 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6) 2011-01-14 20:05 ` Dennis Jacobfeuerborn @ 2011-01-14 20:17 ` Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-15 10:49 ` Richard W.M. Jones 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 20:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dennis Jacobfeuerborn; +Cc: virt, Scott Dowdle, qemu-devel [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 4115 bytes --] [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 [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 6829 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6) 2011-01-14 20:17 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6) Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-15 10:49 ` Richard W.M. Jones 2011-01-15 11:15 ` Boris Derzhavets 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Richard W.M. Jones @ 2011-01-15 10:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: virt, qemu-devel 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. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones libguestfs lets you edit virtual machines. Supports shell scripting, bindings from many languages. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/ See what it can do: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/recipes.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6) 2011-01-15 10:49 ` Richard W.M. Jones @ 2011-01-15 11:15 ` Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-15 13:22 ` Richard W.M. Jones 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-15 11:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: virt, qemu-devel, Richard W.M. Jones [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1196 bytes --] 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. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones libguestfs lets you edit virtual machines. Supports shell scripting, bindings from many languages. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/ See what it can do: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/recipes.html _______________________________________________ virt mailing list virt@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/virt [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2027 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6) 2011-01-15 11:15 ` Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-15 13:22 ` Richard W.M. Jones 2011-01-15 13:45 ` Boris Derzhavets 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Richard W.M. Jones @ 2011-01-15 13:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Boris Derzhavets; +Cc: virt, qemu-devel 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. -- 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/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status (XML for SL6) 2011-01-15 13:22 ` Richard W.M. Jones @ 2011-01-15 13:45 ` Boris Derzhavets 0 siblings, 0 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-15 13:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Richard W.M. Jones; +Cc: virt, qemu-devel [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1288 bytes --] 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. -- 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/ [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1804 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-14 18:09 ` Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-14 19:47 ` Scott Dowdle @ 2011-01-14 20:16 ` Cole Robinson 2011-01-14 20:39 ` Boris Derzhavets 1 sibling, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Cole Robinson @ 2011-01-14 20:16 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Boris Derzhavets; +Cc: virt, Justin M. Forbes, Richard W.M. Jones, qemu-devel 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. > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-14 20:16 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status Cole Robinson @ 2011-01-14 20:39 ` Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-14 21:33 ` Richard W.M. Jones 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 20:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Cole Robinson; +Cc: virt, Justin M. Forbes, Richard W.M. Jones, qemu-devel [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2709 bytes --] > 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. > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 4110 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-14 20:39 ` Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 21:33 ` Richard W.M. Jones 2011-01-14 21:41 ` Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-14 22:02 ` Boris Derzhavets 0 siblings, 2 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Richard W.M. Jones @ 2011-01-14 21:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Boris Derzhavets; +Cc: virt, Justin M. Forbes, qemu-devel, Cole Robinson 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. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-14 21:33 ` Richard W.M. Jones @ 2011-01-14 21:41 ` Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-14 22:02 ` Boris Derzhavets 1 sibling, 0 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 21:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Richard W.M. Jones; +Cc: virt, Justin M. Forbes, qemu-devel, Cole Robinson [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1018 bytes --] 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. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1533 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-14 21:33 ` Richard W.M. Jones 2011-01-14 21:41 ` Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 22:02 ` Boris Derzhavets 2011-01-14 23:00 ` Richard W.M. Jones 1 sibling, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 22:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Richard W.M. Jones; +Cc: virt, Justin M. Forbes, qemu-devel, Cole Robinson [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1827 bytes --] > 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. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2389 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-14 22:02 ` Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-14 23:00 ` Richard W.M. Jones 2011-01-15 10:01 ` Boris Derzhavets 0 siblings, 1 reply; 19+ messages in thread From: Richard W.M. Jones @ 2011-01-14 23:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Boris Derzhavets; +Cc: virt, Justin M. Forbes, qemu-devel, Cole Robinson 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. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into Xen guests. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
* Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status 2011-01-14 23:00 ` Richard W.M. Jones @ 2011-01-15 10:01 ` Boris Derzhavets 0 siblings, 0 replies; 19+ messages in thread From: Boris Derzhavets @ 2011-01-15 10:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Richard W.M. Jones; +Cc: virt, Justin M. Forbes, qemu-devel, Cole Robinson [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 966 bytes --] 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. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into Xen guests. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1459 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 19+ messages in thread
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