[please don't top-post on technical lists] On 04/09/2013 03:19 PM, Daniele Testa wrote: > Hi, > > Actually, the serial is not there :) > Works for me, but that's a new qemu, new libvirt and new fedora guest, see below. > Btw, as you can see in the XML, libvirt and/or KVM is completely ignoring > my target="vdb" and attaches the drive to "/dev/vdi" inside the virtual > server. Yes, this is an issue, but we do state in the documentation that the target attribute is just a hint as to where to plug the disk and we currently cannot guarantee the disk name precisely. > > (root@h2)-(/)# virsh --version > 0.7.5 > This version is very old and even though the serial element is supported, ... > (root@h2)-(/)# kvm --version > QEMU PC emulator version 0.12.3 (qemu-kvm-0.12.3), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 > Fabrice Bellard > ... it might not be for such old qemu. > The log-file only shows the command used to start the virtual server. It > does not contain any of the commands I used to attache the additional disk. > And that command would help identify whether we start qemu with the serial parameter (which I doubt with such old implementation) or not. > Regards, > Daniele > > > 2013/4/9 Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> On 04/08/2013 11:58 PM, Daniele Testa wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am adding a disk to my KVM virtual server, but for some reason it >> refuses >>> to honor the <address> >>> >>> I have tried the following 3: >>> >>> <disk type='block' device='disk'> >>> <driver name='phy' type='raw'/> >>> <source dev='/dev/nbd2'/> >>> <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> >>> <serial>my-fake-serial</serial> >>> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='3' unit='2'/> >>> </disk> >>> >>> >>> <disk type='block' device='disk'> >>> <driver name='phy' type='raw'/> >>> <source dev='/dev/nbd2'/> >>> <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> >>> <serial>my-fake-serial</serial> >>> <address type='pci' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/> >>> </disk> >>> >>> >>> <disk type='block' device='disk'> >>> <driver name='phy' type='raw'/> >>> <source dev='/dev/nbd2'/> >>> <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/> >>> <serial>my-fake-serial</serial> >>> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='8'/> >>> </disk> >>> >>> I would assume the last one is the one to use, as I am using a "virtio" >>> bus. However, the <address> attribute is simply ignored and the disk is >>> always attached as this: >>> >>> pci-0000:00:05.0 >>> >>> Further, how do I read the "my-fake-serial" from within the virtual >> machine? >>> >> >> The serial for vdb for example is in /sys/class/block/vdb/serial >> >> I know I haven't helped with the addresses, don't know much about that, >> but try attaching your libvirt version and the log of >> /var/log/libvirt/qemu/<machine_name>.log. >> I'll see when I'll get to you. Maybe somebody will found out in the >> meantime. If not, feel free to create a bug for this. >> >> Martin >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > libvirt-users mailing list > libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users > _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
