[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#860363: virt-manager not able to create VM with grub-qemu-firmware

[Stephen Crocker]

Package: virt-manager
Version: 1:1.4.0-5

Packages installed: virt-manager, grub-firmware-qemu qemu-efi
qemu-system-misc qemu-user qemu-user-static vde2 qemu-block-extra
vde2-cryptcab qemu-system-arm

When you choose a efi firmware from within virtual machine manager I
get the error: libvirtError: internal error: process exited while
connecting to monitor: 2017-04-15T06:49:57.766931Z qemu-system-x86_64:
-drive file=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on:
oversized backing file, pflash segments cannot be mapped under
00000000ff800000 this appears to have been raised as Qemu-devel - Bug
1637693

Within Virtual Machine Manager I've created a SSH connection to a
remote QEMU host. I've then tried to create a new virtual machine
through the wizard:


   - New VM Window
   - Select 'Local install Media (ISO image or CDROM)' and press 'Forward'
   - I chose a debian stretch r3 installer image 'Use ISO Image'
   - On this page under then the dropdown against 'OS Type' I chose Linux
   - On this page under then the dropdown against 'Version' I chose
Debian Stretch
   - click forward
   - click 'Forward'
   - click 'Forward'
   - Select ' Customise configuration before install'
   - Under Network selection I chose my second network card and the
'source mode' was 'Bridge'
   - click 'Finish'
   - In the new popup under overview choose 'UEFI aarch64:
/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd'
   - Click 'Apply'
   - Click 'Begin Installation'
   - And view the error:

Unable to complete install: 'internal error: process exited while
connecting to monitor: 2017-04-15T06:49:57.766931Z qemu-system-x86_64:
-drive file=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on:
oversized backing file, pflash segments cannot be mapped under
00000000ff800000'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 88, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/create.py", line 2288, in
_do_async_install
    guest.start_install(meter=meter)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 461, in start_install
    doboot, transient)
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/guest.py", line 396, in _create_guest
    self.domain = self.conn.createXML(install_xml or final_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 3523, in createXML
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: internal error: process exited while connecting to
monitor: 2017-04-15T06:49:57.766931Z qemu-system-x86_64: -drive
file=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd,if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,readonly=on:
oversized backing file, pflash segments cannot be mapped under
00000000ff800000
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