<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:33:48 +0000 > From: berrange@redhat.com > To: x_k_123@hotmail.com > CC: crobinso@redhat.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 Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:05:08AM +0800, Dustin Xiong wrote: > > > 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: > > > > > > > > > > yes, my libvirt rpm and other related rpm! s 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 rhel5 code, this can also be > > > > /usr/bin/qemu-kvm > > > > > > > > > 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 ca! pabilities, and thus > > > libvirt will never even! look fo r a KVM binary > > > > > > > The libvirt and virt-manager rpm all come from the iso of > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Server (Itanium)Does the redhat have the > > plans to implement the architecture ia64 in libvirt ? > > libvirt as an open source project is happy to support any architecture. > > In RHEL, Red Hat only support a sub-set of the functionality / platforms. > RHEL-5 Xen supports i386, x86_64 and ia64. RHEL-5 KVM only supports x86_64 > > > > 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 ? > > If you search for the table > > static const struct qemu_arch_info const arch_info_hvm[] = { > > It is probably (hopefully?) sufficient to jus! t add > > { "ia64", 64, NULL, "/usr/bin/qemu-system-ia64", NULL, NULL, 0 }, > > The key test is that when you later run > > virsh capabilities > > it should show the /usr/bin/qemu-system-ia64 binary, and also report that > KVM is present. > > I have a feeling you might also need to add code to the src/nodeinfo.c > file, since I think that /proc/cpuinfo on ia64 is in a different format > to that on x86_64. ie, change the linuxNodeInfoCPUPopulate() method so > it can also parse the ia64 format. This is used by the command > > virsh nodeinfo > > > So once 'capabilities' and 'nodeinfo' are working on ia64, then it should > be possible to use virt-manager properly Thanks for your advice. And I downloaded the libvirt-0.7.4.tar.gz, compiled and installed on the itanium. But when I run virsh ,it failed as below: [root@kvm ! bin]# ./virsh error: unable to connect to '/usr/local/dlibv! irt/var/ run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': No such file or directory error: failed to connect to the hypervisor Why the binary libvirt-sock does not generate ? But at the same time, I used libvirt-0.6.3, it works. [root@kvm bin]# virsh Welcome to virsh, the virtualization interactive terminal. Type: 'help' for help with commands 'quit' to quit virsh # the libvirt-0.6.3 comes from the libvirt-0.6.3-20.el5.ia64.rpm Why is there such a difference？ thanks a lot. <hr />Keep your friends updated— <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basic! s.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_5:092010' target='_new'>even when you’re not signed in.</a></body> </html>