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Bug 633699 - Cannot hot-plug nic in windows VM when the vmem is larger
Summary: Cannot hot-plug nic in windows VM when the vmem is larger
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: qemu-kvm
Version: 6.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Andrea Arcangeli
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 580954 653343 1004197
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-09-14 09:28 UTC by Golita Yue
Modified: 2013-09-04 07:58 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version: qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.114.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, when a network interface controller (NIC) was plugged into or unplugged in a running virtual machine with 4 or more gigabytes of virtual memory, a "Device '[device_name]' could not be initialized" error displayed. This is now fixed and plugging or unplugging an NIC in a running virtual machine with 4 or more gigabytes of the virtual memory works as expected.
Clone Of:
: 1004197 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-19 11:30:26 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0534 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2011-05-19 11:20:36 UTC

Comment 14 Andrea Arcangeli 2010-09-15 15:09:34 UTC 
Posted fix in rhvirt-patches with Message-ID: <20100915150855.GF5981>
Comment 15 Andrea Arcangeli 2010-09-15 16:04:36 UTC 
Here a build including the fix: https://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/taskinfo?taskID=2764810
Comment 23 Jaromir Hradilek 2011-01-10 15:40:16 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
When running a virtual machine with 4 or more gigabytes of the virtual memory, an attempt to hot plug a network interface controller (NIC) failed with the following error message:

  Device '[device_name]' could not be initialized

This update resolves this issue, and hot-plugging a NIC in a virtual machine with 4 or more gigabytes of the virtual memory no longer fails.
Comment 24 Misha H. Ali 2011-05-12 01:52:58 UTC 
    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-When running a virtual machine with 4 or more gigabytes of the virtual memory, an attempt to hot plug a network interface controller (NIC) failed with the following error message:
+Previously, when a network interface controller (NIC) was plugged into or unplugged in a running virtual machine with 4 or more gigabytes of virtual memory, a "Device '[device_name]' could not be initialized" error displayed. This is now fixed and plugging or unplugging an NIC in a running virtual machine with 4 or more gigabytes of the virtual memory works as expected.-
-  Device '[device_name]' could not be initialized
-
-This update resolves this issue, and hot-plugging a NIC in a virtual machine with 4 or more gigabytes of the virtual memory no longer fails.
Comment 25 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 11:30:26 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html
Comment 26 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 12:48:36 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html
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