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Description of problem: Libvirt does not check whether requested devices are supported by current qemu-kvm binary. It relies on qemu itself reporting an error, which is fine most of the time. However, newer versions of libvirt are checking the supported devices when starting the guest. QEMU also the information to provide list of categories and buses the device can be attached to. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libvirt-1.1.1-12.el7 qemu-kvm-1.5.3-19.el7 How reproducible: 101% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Add the following device into domain XML: a. <interface type='network'> <source network='default'/> <model type='non-existing_device'/> </interface> b. <interface type='network'> <source network='default'/> <model type='AC97'/> </interface> 2. Start the domain Actual results: a. "error: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: qemu-system-x86_64: -device non-existing_device,...: Parameter 'driver' expects device type" b. "error: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: qemu-system-x86_64: -device AC97,...: Property '.netdev' not found" Expected results: a. "error: unsupported configuration: Device "non-existing_device" is not supported by this QEMU binary" b. "error: unsupported configuration: Device "AC97" cannot be used as an interface" ("with this QEMU binary" Additional info: Libvirt gets enough information to check for case "a." when executing "qom-list-types". QEMU does not provide enough information to check for proper usage in case "b.".
The bug still reproduce on libvirt: # rpm -qa libvirt qemu-kvm libvirt-1.1.1-16.el7.x86_64 qemu-kvm-1.5.3-30.el7.x86_64 Steps 1. Add the follwoing element in the domain # virsh dumpxml rhel6 |grep interface -A 6 <interface type='network'> <mac address='52:54:00:8a:f5:bc'/> <source network='default'/> <model type='AC97'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> # virsh start rhel6 error: Failed to start domain rhel6 error: internal error: early end of file from monitor: possible problem: qemu-kvm: -device AC97,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:8a:f5:bc,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3: Property '.netdev' not found 2. # virsh dumpxml rhel6 |grep interface -A 6 <interface type='network'> <mac address='52:54:00:8a:f5:bc'/> <source network='default'/> <model type='not'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> # virsh start rhel6 error: Failed to start domain rhel6 error: internal error: early end of file from monitor: possible problem: qemu-kvm: -device not,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:8a:f5:bc,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3: Parameter 'driver' expects device type
Re-iterating this information again, most probably it will not be used in libvirt anyway since we need to know more about the devices. I will reopen this BZ or create a new one if anything changes. Sorry for any time wasted. Closing as a NOTABUG then.