Description of problem: $ virt-builder --arch ppc64le fedora-21 --output fedora-21-ppc64le $ virt-inspector -a fedora-21-ppc64le <?xml version="1.0"?> <operatingsystems> <operatingsystem> <root>/dev/sda5</root> <name>linux</name> <arch>ppc64</arch> # incorrect, should be ppc64le The root cause seems to be because guestfs_file_architecture gives the wrong output: $ guestfish --ro -a fedora-21-ppc64le -i ><fs> file-architecture /boot/vmlinuz-3.17.4-301.fc21.ppc64le ppc64 ><fs> file-architecture /bin/ls ppc64 The output of 'file /bin/ls' on ppc64le is: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, 64-bit PowerPC or cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=bf32a7e5068074a54e91a65b2110a34bd0e9aea4, stripped Note 'LSB' indicating little endian. For comparison, on ppc64 (big endian): ELF 64-bit MSB executable, 64-bit PowerPC or cisco 7500, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld64.so.1, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=20d03ec87b2e8a3073bcc9e1427f1598ee8e2821, stripped Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libguestfs-1.29.34-1.fc23.x86_64
Upstream commit: https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/33d2b4a7341830efeddb1f258ac77f67a8004d30 $ virt-builder --arch ppc64le fedora-21 --output fedora-21-ppc64le $ virt-inspector -a fedora-21-ppc64le | grep arch | head -1 <arch>ppc64le</arch> Fixed in libguestfs >= 1.29.45.