From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Even on x86_64 the default protocol is the x86-32 one if the guest doesn't specifically ask for x86-64. Fixes: b6af8926fb85 ("xen: add implementations of xen-block connect and disconnect functions...") Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- hw/block/xen-block.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hw/block/xen-block.c b/hw/block/xen-block.c index a07cd7eb5d..64470fc579 100644 --- a/hw/block/xen-block.c +++ b/hw/block/xen-block.c @@ -117,7 +117,11 @@ static void xen_block_connect(XenDevice *xendev, Error **errp) if (xen_device_frontend_scanf(xendev, "protocol", "%ms", &str) != 1) { - protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE; + /* x86 defaults to the 32-bit protocol even for 64-bit guests. */ + if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(qdev_get_machine()), "x86-machine")) + protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32; + else + protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE; } else { if (strcmp(str, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_X86_32) == 0) { protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32; -- 2.40.1