[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#805189: Bug#805189: libvirt: error: unsupported configuration: IDE controllers are unsupported for this QEMU binary or machine type

[Aurelien Jarno]

On 2015-11-15 22:19, Guido Günther wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 07:56:52PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > Package: libvirt-daemon
> > Version: 1.2.21-1
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > Following the upgrade from jessie to sid, I am unable to start a mips
> > (malta machine), powerpc (g3beige machine) or sparc (sun4u machine) VM.
> > I get the following error message:
> > 
> >   error: unsupported configuration: IDE controllers are unsupported for this QEMU binary or machine type
> > 
> > These machines do have an IDE controller that was supported in previous
> > libvirt versions. And for some of them it is necessary to use it as the
> > bootloader doesn't support scsi or virtio.
> 
> Please attach domain XML for the affected machines to the bug as well as
> libvirtd's output in debug mode when trying to start the VM.

Here is the debug output for the powerpc machine. Others are similar.

$ virsh -d 0 start powerpc
start: domain(optdata): powerpc
start: found option <domain>: powerpc
start: <domain> trying as domain NAME
error: Failed to start domain powerpc
error: unsupported configuration: IDE controllers are unsupported for this QEMU binary or machine type

You'll find the corresponding domain XML file attached.

Thanks,
Aurelien

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Aurelien Jarno                          GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B
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