<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> > Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:16:05 +0000 > From: berrange@redhat.com > To: crobinso@redhat.com > CC: x_k_123@hotmail.com; libvirt-list@redhat.com; virt-tools-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] Questions about virt-manager running on Arch of Itanium 64 > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:09:28AM -0500, Cole Robinson wrote: > > On 11/23/2009 01:43 AM, Dustin Xiong wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:14:09 -0500, cole wrote: > > >> > > >> cc-ing libvirt-list > > >> > > > > >> >>> My cpu is itanium 64, the OS is RHEL.The libvirt is 0.6.3, > > > virt-manager > > >> >>> is 0.6.1. > > >> > > >> Ah, are you using the version of libvirt that comes with RHEL 5.4? That > > >> version has been patched to only look for the qemu-kvm binary in one &g! t; > >> spot: /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm IIRC. You could try to work with that! , but > > >> since you are already building upstream KVM, vir! t-manage r, and > > > virtinst, > > >> might not be a bad idea to pull upstream libvirt as well. > > >> > > > > > > yes, my libvirt rpm and other related rpms all came from the RHEL 5.4 > > > iso. And they all build for itanium 64 > > > # rpm -qa | grep libvirt > > > libvirt-python-0.6.3-20.el5 > > > libvirt-devel-0.6.3-20.el5 > > > libvirt-0.6.3-20.el5 > > > > > > And i try to make a link, it still doesn't work. > > > ln -s /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ia64 /usr/libexec/qemu-system-ia64 > > > > > > > Actually I think that destination needs to be /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm, not > > qemu-system-ia64. And looking at the rh! el5 code, this can also be > > /usr/bin/qemu-kvm &! gt; > > That's not going to help. 'ia64' is not listed as a valid architecture > in qemu_conf.c, so it'll never be pulled into the capabilities, and thus > libvirt will never even look for a KVM binary > The libvirt and virt-manager rpm all come from the iso of <h3 id="release0">Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Server (Itanium)</h3>Does the redhat have the plans to implement the architecture ia64 in libvirt ? > Someone needs to update qemu_conf.c to handle ia64 correctly. > If i want to update qemu_conf.c to handle ia64 , which files or datastruct needs to update ? Only the qemu_conf.c ? thanks a lot <hr />Windows Live: <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_3:092010' target='_new'>Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when they e-mail you.</a></body> </html>