[libvirt] virsh reboot not working with QEMU driver?

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Wed Nov 3 20:24:54 UTC 2010


On 11/03/2010 01:44 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 11/03/2010 01:27 PM, Jon Stanley wrote:
>> I've noticed when using the QEMU driver that virsh reboot is not
>> supported. Can this be supported, or is there some functionality that
>> the underlying QEMU is missing?
> 
> Which version of libvirt and qemu?  There has been some progress made on
> this front lately, and the most likely answer is that you are using
> older versions where it was not yet supported.  Also, it may depend on
> whether your guest OS is responsive to ACPI commands.

Just tested on Fedora 14, and it's still not directly supported in
# rpm -q libvirt qemu qemu-kvm
libvirt-0.8.3-2.fc14.x86_64
qemu-0.13.0-1.fc14.x86_64
qemu-kvm-0.13.0-1.fc14.x86_64

And virt-manager is still faking it with a shutdown, wait for event, and
fresh boot.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 619 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/attachments/20101103/eb69b582/attachment-0001.sig>


More information about the libvir-list mailing list