[libvirt-users] avoiding PCI bus 8 / using PCI function / virt-install

[Peter Crowther]

On Wed, 26 Dec 2018 at 16:26, b f31415 <bf31415 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If not, is there a way with one of the virt command line tools to create
> the XML (with the PCI addresses specified) so that I can process that XML
> and re-write the PCI addressing values?  Right now the only way I’ve been
> able to get that detailed XML file is to 1) virt-install and let the VM
> begin the boot process and then do a 2) virsh dumpxml and then 3) virsh
> destroy/undefine that VM, 4) modify the XML and then 5) virsh create
> ./modified.xml.  Is there a cleaner way to do this?
>

It won't do everything you want, but check out virt-install --print-step
--dry-run.  This should at least allow you to get at the XML for the
intermediate steps and remove the brittleness of defining, destroying,
undefining the VM.

Cheers,

- Peter
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