Description of problem:
Win 2008 R2 (tested with and without SP1) doesnt detect qemu/kvm's virtual serial ports (neither default pty nor "real" physical host tty port)
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
fedora 15 (host)
ms windows server 2008 r2 (guest)
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. create a vm using virt-manager install windows 2008 r2 and boot
2. look for serial port (there should be one, the default pty port)
3. manually try to add serial port using device manager -> add legay hardware
Actual results:
error code 34, resources are already in use
I/O address 0x3F8 is already in use by "PCI-Bus"
IRQ 4 is already in use by "ACPI x64-based PC"
Expected results:
a just-working com port;-)
Additional info:
windows seems not detecting the com port because the i/o address and irq is already in use, but why? i think those addresses are default for first COM port! if i boot linux in that VM, the com port works using exactly those address and irq!
i have found a way to force windows using default I/O address and IRQ by disabling "auto config" under device-manager->serial-port (manually created) -> ressources.
after that you have to reboot and -> IT WORKS!!!
but why auto-detection doesn't work by default is still very strange...
now there is still bug 596553 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596553) with that "opening backend tty failed" error but this is another story and there also is a workaround....
Comment 2Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client
2012-03-15 17:54:06 UTC
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