Bug 218773

Summary: "acpi" and "apic" can't be changed by user with virt-manager
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Daniel Berrangé <berrange>
Component: virt-managerAssignee: Hugh Brock <hbrock>
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Version: 5.0CC: crobinso, tao, xen-maint
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Fixed In Version: RHEA-2007-0637 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Daniel Berrangé 2006-12-07 14:28:17 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #214361 +++

Description of problem:
In virt-manager, "acpi" and "apic" are always set as "1".  
In some cases, it's necessary to set "acpi" and "apic" as 0, for example a 
windows domain.  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xen-3.0.3-0.1.rc3  
libvirt-0.1.7-2  
virt-manager-0.2.3-2.fc6  
python-virtinst-0.95.0-1.fc6  

How reproducible:
always  

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Launch virt-manager and connect to the local xen instance.  
2.Click "New" button and create a VM.  
3.The items were set as follows.  
  start up memory: 512
  maximum memory : 512
  domain name    : winsrv2k3
  virtualization method : Fully virtualized
  installation source   : /dev/hda
  disk type      : file
  disk image     : /root/winsrv2k3.img
  disk size      : 4000
  vcpus          : 1
4.Refer the configuration file under "/etc/xen".  

Actual results:
The value of "acpi" and "apic" are always set as "1" by virt-manager.  

Expected results:
The value of "acpi" and "apic" can be changed by user with virt-manager.  

Additional info:
The configuration file, "winsrv2k3", is attached with this report.

-- Additional comment from t.shirae.com on 2006-11-07 04:35 EST --
*** Bug 214362 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

-- Additional comment from berrange on 2006-11-15 11:55 EST --
We don't plan to expose the 'acpi' and 'apic' settings directly through the
virt-manager UI, because no average user stands any hope of understanding what
they mean. Instead the plan is to build up a database mapping "OS type/version"
to "required set of acpi, pic settings". The wizard will then present a way to
select what OS type is being installed & automatically apply the optimial
acpi/pic settings to make it work.

Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2007-03-21 23:28:45 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 4 Hugh Brock 2007-06-18 20:10:46 UTC
fixed in virt-manager-0.4.0-1.el5 (in that we allow users to choose an
os-type/os-version pair, which will set acpi and apic appropriately).

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2007-11-07 16:34:30 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2007-0637.html