Bug 805413

In general, if you specify bootindex for one disk it is better to specify it for all of them, especially if you have disks on different buses (as is the case with virtio-blk + USB or virtio-scsi + USB).  So this, while remaining low priority, is a little more than just nice-to-have.

> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Here is a sample command line for the usb-host case:
> x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults -vga cirrus -readconfig
> ich9-ehci-uhci.cfg -device
> usb-host,bus=ehci.0,vendorid=0x0a16,productid=0x2499,bootindex=2
> /path/to/disk.img -boot menu=on
> 
> Actual results:
> Error "Property 'usb-host.bootindex' not found"
> 
> Expected results:
> USB host device comes second in the boot menu
> 

Hi Paolo,

   I have reproduce this issue on the qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.265.el6rhev.x86_64 and seabios-0.6.1.2-16.el6.x86_64.rpm with the same steps, and also hit this issue,there is no bootindex parameter for the usb-host and usb-redir devices.

   But I meet anther issue, there has no boot device in boot menu for the passthrough USB stick from host to guest with "-boot menu=on" in CLI. I have file a bug for the usb-redir devices(Bug #808730), but I don't know whether should i file a new bug for the usb passthrough devices, please help me check it and tell me it & thx.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
host info:
# uname -r && rpm -q qemu-kvm
2.6.32-251.el6.x86_64
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.265.el6rhev.x86_64
# rpm -q seabios
seabios-0.6.1.2-16.el6.x86_64
guest info:
guest_name: RHEL-Server-6.3-64
# uname -r
2.6.32-251.el6.x86_64

Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot a guest with a passthrough physical USB stick passigned to guest with "-boot menu=on".
eg:# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -M rhel6.3.0 -cpu SandyBridge -enable-kvm -smp 8,sockets=1,cores=8,threads=1 -m 4G -name RHEL-Server-6.3-64 -uuid 76463a17-b88c-4ce7-ad9e-a8136b2a4550 -drive file=/home/lv_seabios/rhel6.3_20120313_x86_64.qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=qcow2,cache=none,werror=stop,rerror=stop -device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0 -netdev tap,script=/etc/qemu-ifup,id=netdev0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=netdev0,id=device-net0,mac=64:31:50:23:19:45 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=ballooning -spice port=5931,disable-ticketing -vga qxl -monitor stdio -boot menu=on -nodefaults -device usb-ehci,id=ehci -device usb-host,hostbus=2,hostaddr=13,id=hostdev1,bus=ehci.0,port=1
2.press F12 during POST.

How reproducible:
100%

Actual results:
after the step 2,
SeaBIOS (version seabios-0.6.1.2-16.el6)


gPXE (http://etherboot.org) - 00:04.0 CB00 PCI2.10 PnP BBS PMMDFE0@10 CA00

Press F12 for boot menu.

Select boot device:

1. Virtio disk PCI:0:3
2. gPXE (PCI 00:04.0)
3. Legacy option rom

Expected results:
after press F12 during POST, we can see the boot device in boot menu for the passthrough USB stick, and select it to boot, the seabios could boot from the selected boot device successfully.

I'm not really sure of how SeaBIOS populates the boot menu.  Just to be sure and to record full information in the BZ, is the USB stick bootable?  An easy way is to dd a RHEL or Fedora ISO network boot image onto the stick.  Please make sure you list this step into the "steps to reproduce" next time.  Thanks!

(In reply to comment #6)
> I'm not really sure of how SeaBIOS populates the boot menu.  Just to be sure
> and to record full information in the BZ, is the USB stick bootable?  An easy
> way is to dd a RHEL or Fedora ISO network boot image onto the stick.  Please
> make sure you list this step into the "steps to reproduce" next time.  Thanks!

IIRC Seabios does not check if media is bootable before adding it to boot menu.

(In reply to comment #6)
> I'm not really sure of how SeaBIOS populates the boot menu.  Just to be sure
> and to record full information in the BZ, is the USB stick bootable?  An easy
> way is to dd a RHEL or Fedora ISO network boot image onto the stick.  Please
> make sure you list this step into the "steps to reproduce" next time.  Thanks!

Hi Paolo,
 
   I have retested it on qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.267.el6.x86_64, and find it, affter press F12 during POST, i can select it to boot from the passthrough USB stick. That's correct. Maybe i missed some steps last week causing i did not see the USB bootable passthrough in the boot menu, and thx. for your help.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.create a bootable USB stick via "liveusb-creator" tool.
2.boot a guest with a passthrough physical USB stick passigned to guest with
"-boot menu=on".
3.press F12 during POST.

Actual results:
after the step 3,
SeaBIOS (version seabios-0.6.1.2-16.el6)


gPXE (http://etherboot.org) - 00:04.0 CB00 PCI2.10 PnP BBS PMMDFE0@10 CA00

Press F12 for boot menu.

Select boot device:

1. USB MSC Drive Kingston DT 101 G2 PMAP
2. Virtio disk PCI:0:3
2. gPXE (PCI 00:04.0)
3. Legacy option rom

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Already fixed upstream (commit 65bb3a5c11b00671c1067ee27ea364b6d7e6e2ac), closing this as deferred and changing the libvirt bug to RHEL7.