[libvirt-users] aarch64 vm doesn't boots
daggs
daggs at gmx.com
Tue Jan 7 13:17:50 UTC 2020
Greetings Andrea,
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2020 at 1:55 PM
> From: "Andrea Bolognani" <abologna at redhat.com>
> To: daggs <daggs at gmx.com>
> Cc: libvirt-users at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] aarch64 vm doesn't boots
>
> On Mon, 2020-01-06 at 20:31 +0100, daggs wrote:
> > > > I'm using ubuntu 16.04 with libvirt 1.3.1, if this is a version issue, I can upgrade to latest version.
> > > > what I'm I missing?
> > >
> > > Your version of libvirt (as well as QEMU and virt-manager, I assume)
> > > is fairly old, and aarch64 support specifically has seen quite a few
> > > improvements in the meantime. On my Fedora 31 laptop, which has
> > >
> > > qemu-system-aarch64-4.2.0-2.fc31.x86_64
> > > libvirt-5.10.0-2.fc31.x86_64
> > > virt-manager-2.2.1-2.fc31.noarch
> > >
> > > I can run the above and, after some time, get a login prompt on the
> > > serial console.
> >
> > I see, I'll try to bump the versions, can you share you're vm's xml file?
>
> This is the exact virt-install command I used:
>
> $ virt-install \
> --cpu cortex-a53 \
> --name alpine-aarch64 \
> --cdrom ~/Downloads/alpine-virt-3.11.2-aarch64.iso \
> --disk size=8 \
> --vcpus 4 \
> --memory 2048 \
> --os-variant alpinelinux3.8 \
> --arch aarch64 \
> --boot loader=/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw,loader.readonly=yes,loader.type=pflash,nvram.template=/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw,loader_secure=no
>
> The '--boot ...' part is only necessary because of an issue in
> current libvirt that's already being worked on.
>
> Here's the full XML:
>
> <domain type='qemu'>
> <name>alpine-aarch64</name>
> <uuid>e4b687d8-b535-436a-bee7-fac688d3d1b4</uuid>
> <metadata>
> <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0">
> <libosinfo:os id="http://alpinelinux.org/alpinelinux/3.8"/>
> </libosinfo:libosinfo>
> </metadata>
> <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory>
> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory>
> <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
> <os>
> <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt-4.2'>hvm</type>
> <loader readonly='yes' secure='no' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw</loader>
> <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/alpine-aarch64_VARS.fd</nvram>
> <boot dev='hd'/>
> </os>
> <features>
> <acpi/>
> <gic version='2'/>
> </features>
> <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'>
> <model fallback='allow'>cortex-a53</model>
> </cpu>
> <clock offset='utc'/>
> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
> <devices>
> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/alpine-aarch64.qcow2'/>
> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
> </disk>
> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
> <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>
> <readonly/>
> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
> </disk>
> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci' ports='15'>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
> <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
> <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
> <target chassis='1' port='0x8'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>
> <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
> <target chassis='2' port='0x9'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>
> <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
> <target chassis='3' port='0xa'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'>
> <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
> <target chassis='4' port='0xb'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'>
> <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
> <target chassis='5' port='0xc'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'>
> <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
> <target chassis='6' port='0xd'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x5'/>
> </controller>
> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
> </controller>
> <interface type='network'>
> <mac address='52:54:00:5a:9c:da'/>
> <source network='default'/>
> <model type='virtio'/>
> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
> </interface>
> <serial type='pty'>
> <target type='system-serial' port='0'>
> <model name='pl011'/>
> </target>
> </serial>
> <console type='pty'>
> <target type='serial' port='0'/>
> </console>
> <channel type='unix'>
> <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
> </channel>
> </devices>
> </domain>
thanks. I'll test it out.
Dagg.
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