[Libguestfs] [virt-v2v PATCH 2/4] test-v2v-cdrom: update the CD-ROM's bus to SATA in the converted domain

Laszlo Ersek lersek at redhat.com
Wed Sep 29 19:07:57 UTC 2021


On 09/27/21 10:30, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 08:34:56AM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>> Per commit ac39fa292c31 ("v2v: Set machine type explicitly for outputs
>> which support it (RHBZ#1581428).", 2020-12-04), Windows 7 guests (which
>> are "more modern" than Windows XP guests) are converted to Q35, not I440FX
>> boards.
>>
>> Per related commit d0267122e348 ("v2v: -o libvirt: Map IDE disks to
>> bus="sata" on Q35.", 2020-12-04), when a Windows 7 guest with an IDE
>> CD-ROM -- hence, an I440FX board -- is converted, the CD-ROM in the
>> converted domain will be on the SATA bus (Q35 does not have an IDE
>> controller, only a SATA controller).
>>
>> Because the Windows guest used in "test-v2v-cdrom" is "Windows 7 Phony
>> Edition", it triggers the above cascade, and currently fails with:
>>
>>> --- ./test-v2v-cdrom.expected   2021-09-03 22:51:31.026185527 +0200
>>> +++ test-v2v-cdrom.d/disks      2021-09-19 13:01:47.471745622 +0200
>>> @@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
>>>      </disk>
>>>      <disk device='cdrom' type='file'>
>>>        <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>>> -      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>>> +      <target dev='sdc' bus='sata'/>
>>>      </disk>
>>> ./test-v2v-cdrom.sh: unexpected disk assignments
>>
>> The conversion seems correct, but the test expectation is stale. Most
>> probably, commit d0267122e348 missed updating the test data. Do it now.
> 
> Actually the conversion is wrong - we need to update configuration
> inside the guest.  Which is why I didn't fix this test - to remind
> myself that there's still a bug to be fixed.

Hmm, good point; now I remember that the i440fx->q35 machine type change
is basically a motherboard replacement for Windows.

So do we have to update some "windows device paths" (leading to the
CD-ROM) in the registry?

Thanks,
Laszlo

> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1637857
> 
> Rich.
> 
>> Fixes: d0267122e348202f6fac4d833f7448409e7129c9
>> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek at redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  tests/test-v2v-cdrom.expected | 2 +-
>>  tests/test-v2v-cdrom.xml.in   | 4 +++-
>>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.expected b/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.expected
>> index 34d2bf5961b0..17bd152d8e64 100644
>> --- a/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.expected
>> +++ b/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.expected
>> @@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
>>      </disk>
>>      <disk device='cdrom' type='file'>
>>        <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>> -      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>> +      <target dev='sdc' bus='sata'/>
>>      </disk>
>> diff --git a/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.xml.in b/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.xml.in
>> index 6bad5eab1cd4..a6e1e3f514d5 100644
>> --- a/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.xml.in
>> +++ b/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.xml.in
>> @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
>>        <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
>>          <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>>          <source file='@abs_top_builddir@/test-data/phony-guests/blank-disk.img'/>
>> -        <!-- virt-v2v should preserve the device name and bus -->
>> +        <!-- virt-v2v should change the bus to sata, due to Windows 7
>> +             triggering a machine type change from i440fx to q35. Beyond that,
>> +             virt-v2v should preserve the on-bus index. -->
>>          <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>>        </disk>
>>      </devices>
>> -- 
>> 2.19.1.3.g30247aa5d201
>>
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