Bug 549703

Summary:	insert one floppy disk during guest is running, it cannot be recognized by guest os.
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Miya Chen <michen>
Component:	kvm	Assignee:	Tim Burke <tburke>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	5.5	CC:	ehabkost, llim, tburke, virt-maint, ykaul
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Description Miya Chen 2009-12-22 12:27:32 UTC

Description of problem:
insert one floppy disk during guest is running, it cannot be recognized by guest os.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
# uname -r
2.6.18-182.el5
# rpm -q kvm
kvm-83-139.el5


How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot guest:
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -rtc-td-hack -no-hpet -usbdevice tablet -cpu qemu64,+sse2 -drive file=win08-64-rc2.qcow2,if=ide,format=qcow2,cache=off -smp 2 -m 2G -vnc :1 -net nic,macaddr=20:20:20:11:00:90,model=e1000,vlan=0 -net tap,script=/etc/qemu-ifup,vlan=0 -monitor stdio
2.In qemu monitor:
(qemu) info block
ide0-hd0: type=hd removable=0 file=win08-64-rc2.qcow2 ro=0 drv=qcow2
ide1-cd0: type=cdrom removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted]
floppy0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted]
sd0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted]
(qemu) eject floppy0
(qemu) change floppy0 /root/virtio-drivers.vfd 
(qemu) info block
ide0-hd0: type=hd removable=0 file=win08-64-rc2.qcow2 ro=0 drv=qcow2
ide1-cd0: type=cdrom removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted]
floppy0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 file=/root/virtio-drivers.vfd ro=0 drv=raw
sd0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted]

3.check in guest.
  
Actual results:
Inserted floppy disk can not be seen in guest os.

Expected results:


Additional info:

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2011-01-11 20:46:32 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the
current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this
request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support
representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant,
in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2011-01-11 22:48:16 UTC

This request was erroneously denied for the current release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.  The error has been fixed and this
request has been re-proposed for the current release.