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Description of problem: It is not possible to add a new hardware to a virt guest after PCI device for eth0 has been assigned already to a virt guest. The system is configure for PCI device assignement [1], so far untested on a system without active VT-d extensions. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virt-manager-0.8.6-4.el6.noarch libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure system for PCI device assignement by enabling VT-d extensions [1] 2. Add PCI device for eth0 to a virt guest (details -> Add Hardware ...) 3. Try to add another hadware Actual results: Not able to "add hardware" to a virt guest. Error messages in /var/log/messages: Jul 12 08:58:03 dhcp-25-23 libvirtd: 08:58:03.346: 1935: error : interfaceGetXMLDesc:355 : internal error could not get interface XML description (netcf: NETLINK socket operation failed - couldn't find ifindex for interface `eth0`) Expected results: Able to "add hardware" to a virt guest. Additional info: http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/Virtualization/index.html#chap-Virtualization-PCI_passthrough
Are you seeing an explicit error message raised? If so please provide it. Better yet, please provide the full output of virt-manager --debug when reproducing this issue. If the error is occuring when trying to start an existing VM, please provide the contents of /var/log/libvirt/qemu/$vmname.log
No info for 2 months, closing as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. If you are still hitting this issue with latest packages, please reopen with the info requested in comment 1.