[libvirt-users] Using IVSHMEM with Libvirt

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 03:34:21PM +0500, Qasim Maqbool wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to create a VM with the IVSHMEM feature, and I specify the
> device using qemu command line argument in my XML by using the pass through
> tag as follows:
> 
> <qemu:commandline>
>                 <qemu:arg value='-device
> ivshmem,size=2048M,shm=fd:/mnt/huge/map_1:0x0:0x40000000:/dev/zero:0x0:0x3fffc000:/var/run/.ivshmem_metadata_config_2:0x0:0x4000'/>
> </qemu:commandline>

You've put two separate arguments '-device' and '..the rest...' inside
one single <qemu:arg>. You must use two <qemu:arg> elements - one per
argument.


Regards,
Daniel
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