[libvirt] Channel with virtio problem

[Laine Stump]

On 08/08/2012 03:29 AM, norazah aziz wrote:
> I have configured the kvm and edit the xml as below, however there are
> an error when I want to run the guest.  The error as follows:
>
> virsh create libvirt.xml
>
> error: Failed to create domain from libvirt-test.xml
> error: XML description for unknown target type for character device:
> virtio is not well formed or invalid
>
>
> Please help me to solve this problem.
>
> ############################################################
> <domain type='kvm'>
>     <name>i-5E36098H</name>
>     <os>
>     <type>hvm</type>
>           <kernel>/opt/eucalyptus-data/suria/i-5E36098H/kernel</kernel>
>         <initrd>/opt/eucalyptus-data/suria/i-5E36098H/ramdisk</initrd>
>  <cmdline>root=LABEL=root console=ttyS0</cmdline>
>     </os>
>     <features>
>         <acpi/>
>     </features>
>     <memory>13107200</memory>
>     <vcpu>1</vcpu>
>     <devices>
>         <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
>         <disk type='file'>
>             <source file='/opt/eucalyptus-data/suria/i-5E36098H/disk'/>
>             <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>         </disk>
>
>         <interface type='network'>
>             <source network='default'/>
>             <mac address='d0:0d:45:D2:08:01'/>
>             <model type='virtio'/>
>         </interface>
>
>         <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
>                 <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0' ports='16'
> vectors='4'/>
>                 <controller type='virtio-serial' index='1'>
>                 <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00'
> slot='0x0a' function='0x0'/>
>         </controller>
>
>         <parallel type='pty'>
>                 <source path='/dev/pts/2'/>
>                 <target port='0'/>
>         </parallel>
>
>         <serial type='pty'>
>                 <source path='/dev/pts/3'/>
>                 <!-- <source mode='bind'
> path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/va-i-5E36098H-isa.sock'/>-->
>                 <target type='virtio' port='0'/>
>
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is your problem. serial targets don't accept a type attribute. Only
channel and console character devices understand target type.





>         </serial>
>
>         <console type='pty'>
>                 <source path='/dev/pts/4'/>
>                 <target type='virtio' port='0'/>
>         </console>
>
>         <channel type='pty'>
>                 <source mode='bind'
> path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/va-i5E36098H-virtio.sock'/>
>                 <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
>                 <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0'
> port='0'/>
>         </channel>
>
>          <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' keymap='en-us'/>
>     </devices>
>
> ########################################################################
>
>
>
>
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