Bug 1041026

Summary: [RFE][nova]: Libvirt Driver - Support selection of a non-default video driver
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Reporter: RHOS Integration <rhos-integ>
Component: openstack-novaAssignee: Vladan Popovic <vpopovic>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Omri Hochman <ohochman>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: high    
Version: unspecifiedCC: markmc, ndipanov, ohochman, sgordon, slong, vpopovic, yeylon
Target Milestone: Upstream M3Keywords: FutureFeature, Triaged
Target Release: 5.0 (RHEL 7)   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
URL: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/libvirt-video-driver-selection
Whiteboard: upstream_milestone_icehouse-3 upstream_status_implemented upstream_definition_approved
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
The Libvirt driver now allows instance configuration to use video drivers other than the default (cirros), so that different video driver models and amounts of video RAM can now be specified. These values are configured by setting the "hw_video_model" and "hw_video_ram" properties in the image metadata. Currently supported video-driver models are "vga", "cirrus", "vmvga", "xen", and "qxl".
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: 1081877 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-07-08 15:26:51 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 1085806    
Bug Blocks: 1081877    

Description RHOS Integration 2013-12-12 13:26:45 UTC 
Cloned from launchpad blueprint https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/libvirt-video-driver-selection.

Description:

The purpose of this blueprint is to allow users to select 
a non-default video driver and make the video driver element to be more configurable.

This will allow users to select non-default video drivers for VNC, as well as configuring
 vram and heads for SPICE users.

Specification URL (additional information):

None
Comment 10 Omri Hochman 2014-04-13 12:55:41 UTC 
blocked by - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085806
Comment 11 Omri Hochman 2014-04-23 08:54:59 UTC 
Tested with openstack-nova-2014.1-0.11.b3.el6.noarch  

The image video properties can be modified :
 'hw_video_model'
 'hw_video_ram'  

Results are in libvirt.xml:
------------------------
   <video>
      <model type="qxl" vram="64"/>
    </video>
  </devices>
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-08 15:26:51 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2014-0853.html