Bug 694001

Summary: Unable to use "VGA passthrough" function
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Daniel Fages <daniel>
Component: xenAssignee: Xen Maintainance List <xen-maint>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 14CC: berrange, jforbes, kraxel, m.a.young, virt-maint, xen-maint
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Fixed In Version: xen-4.0.1-11.fc14 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Daniel Fages 2011-04-06 08:47:05 UTC
Description of problem:
When I want to use the "VGA passthrough" function Xen by having the "gfx_passthru=1" in my HVM configuration, the corresponding domain won't start.
After some work, this is due to the fact that the Xen Python try to start "qemu-dm" with the "--gfx_passthru 1" option whereas it just should be "--gfx_passthru".


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.0.1


How reproducible:
Configure a VM with GFX passthru

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add gfx_passthru=1 to a VM configuration file
2. Try to start the VM
3.
  
Actual results:
The VM won't start

Expected results:
The VM to start with VGA passthrough function enabled

Additional info:
This is the patch I propose to correct the problem (for the 64-bit package, should be the same for the 32-bit one after chaning the file path):
--- usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xen/xend/image.py	2011-03-23 10:29:53.946082001 +0100
+++ usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/xen/xend/image.py	2011-03-23 10:30:18.192082001 +0100
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@
             if a == 'keymap': a = 'k'
 
             # Handle booleans gracefully
-            if a in ['localtime', 'std-vga', 'isa', 'usb', 'acpi']:
+            if a in ['localtime', 'std-vga', 'isa', 'usb', 'acpi', 'gfx_passthru']:
                 try:
                     if v != None: v = int(v)
                     if v: ret.append("-%s" % a)

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2011-05-10 21:36:02 UTC
xen-4.0.1-11.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xen-4.0.1-11.fc14

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-05-13 23:06:33 UTC
Package xen-4.0.1-11.fc14:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 14 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing xen-4.0.1-11.fc14'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xen-4.0.1-11.fc14
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-05-25 02:39:24 UTC
xen-4.0.1-11.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.