Thomas Mueller wrote: > Hi Anthony > > >>> has anybody out there a minimalistic .config to build a minimal guest >>> kernel image with virtio enabled? >>> >>> >> I usually do a make defconfig, enable the CONFIG_VIRTIO_* options in >> .config, then do a make oldconfig and answer 'y' to all of the questions. >> > > ok, i'll give it a try. But "make defconfig" will make a new .config. So > i think there won't ever be any 'y' to give to "make oldconfig"? > > anyhow. after "make defconfig" there was no "CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK" in it. > But in "make menuconfig" i found and enabled it (also > CONFIG_VIRTIO_NIC). (maybe some issues of -rc2) > > > >>> all my tries with virtio ended up with a kernel panic not finding the >>> harddisk... Is virtio for the disk supported by kvm-60 and do i need to >>> enable it on the command line? Without my own virtio enabled kernel >>> things work just fine. >>> >>> >> Please post your command line for launching KVM. Make sure you have a >> root parameter like "root=/dev/vda1". >> > > the "vda1" thing i didn't know. thanks. will also give it a try - tomorrow. > > Is "virtio" block device replacing SATA/SCSI - are the SCSI/SATA > drivers needed on guest? >
The virtio block driver should be the only block driver you need in the guest unless you want to give the guest a cdrom (which requires IDE). The virtio block protocol should support everything needed to expose a CDROM to a guest but we haven't implemented backend support for it yet. Regards, Anthony Liguori > thanks > - Thomas > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
