[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#595042: virt-manager: should allow setting CPU topology

[Török Edwin]

Package: virt-manager
Version: 0.8.4-7
Severity: normal

If I set number of CPUs to higher than 2, then a Windows 7 guest will only see
2.
Reason is that virt-manager invokes kvm like this:
-smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1. Since Windows has a limit of 2 sockets thats
not right.

This works:
-smp 4,sockets=2,cores=2,threads=1

virt-manager should have a way to specify CPU topology (or at least "do the
right thing" for -smp > 2 and not set sockets higher than 2 for Windows).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-rc3-phenom (SMP w/6 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages virt-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2                        2.28.1-3   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  librsvg2-common               2.26.3-1   SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  python                        2.6.5-13   interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-dbus                   0.83.1-1   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-glade2                 2.17.0-4   GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gnome2                 2.28.1-1   Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-gtk-vnc                0.4.1-3    A VNC viewer widget for GTK+ (Pyth
ii  python-gtk2                   2.17.0-4   Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-libvirt                0.8.3-1    libvirt Python bindings
ii  python-support                1.0.9      automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python-urlgrabber             3.9.1-4    A high-level cross-protocol url-gr
ii  python-vte                    1:0.24.3-1 Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  virtinst                      0.500.3-2  Programs to create and clone virtu

Versions of packages virt-manager recommends:
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.30.3-1   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  libvirt-bin                   0.8.3-1    the programs for the libvirt libra

Versions of packages virt-manager suggests:
ii  ssh-askpass                  1:1.2.4.1-9 under X, asks user for a passphras
ii  virt-viewer                  0.2.1-1     Displaying the graphical console o

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