[Qemu-devel] 2 build issues for qemu v1.0.1

2012-02-21 Thread Virtbie
Hello I am trying to build from source the qemu v1.0.1 (from git) on a Ubuntu mixed system (part is oneiric 11.10, part is precise 12.04) Here are two issues: During build of: hw/9pfs/virtio-9p-handle.c it gave errors saying it couldnt find definition of AT_EMPTY_PATH. So I added it at the

[Qemu-devel] Is cache=writeback safe yet?

2012-02-20 Thread Virtbie
Dear qemuers, thanks for your exellent software. I would like to use cache=writeback, but I still can't understand if this is safe or not in case of power loss. In particular with virtio-blk on bare LVM device. Qemu manpage still says cache=writeback isn't safe, but I seem to find some

Re: [Qemu-devel] Is cache=writeback safe yet?

2012-02-20 Thread Virtbie
On 02/20/12 16:06, Anthony Liguori wrote: On 02/20/2012 08:18 AM, Virtbie wrote: Dear qemuers, thanks for your exellent software. I would like to use cache=writeback, but I still can't understand if this is safe or not in case of power loss. Safe is too simplistic of a view

Re: [Qemu-devel] Is cache=writeback safe yet?

2012-02-20 Thread Virtbie
On 02/20/12 16:43, Virtbie wrote: Great explanation Anthony, may I still ask: 1) Is WCE + volatile flag exposed to the guest, by all three virtual devices: - virtio - scsi - ide ? (if not, I still don't understand how this works) 2) Is there a minimum guest kernel and a minimum viostor

[Qemu-devel] Clock skew after pausing guests

2011-03-17 Thread Virtbie
Hello all I am seeing, perhaps unsurprisingly, a skewed system clock after pausing and then resuming a qemu-kvm guest. The guest continues with its earlier time. Since I'd like to use the pause technique for backups, which can take 1 hour, this is significant. This is with windows guests, and it