Greetings Andrea,> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2020 at 11:37 AM > From: "Andrea Bolognani" <abologna@redhat.com> > To: daggs <daggs@gmx.com>, libvirt-users@redhat.com > Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] aarch64 vm doesn't boots > > On Thu, 2019-12-26 at 09:00 +0100, daggs wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I'm trying to bring up a alpine rpi aarch64 image within kvm but I'm ended up with a stuck system, here is the xml: > [...] > > generated using this cmd: > > virt-install --cpu cortex-a53 --name alpine_rpi4_dev_machine --cdrom ./alpine-virt-3.11.2-aarch64.iso --disk path=alpine-rpi4.qcow2,size=8 --vcpus 4 --memory 2048 --os-type linux --arch aarch64 > > > > I've tried adding a vnc server and vga device but the screen stays black, qxl doesn't work. > > I'm using ubuntu 16.04 with libvirt 1.3.1, if this is a version issue, I can upgrade to latest version. > > what I'm I missing? > > Your version of libvirt (as well as QEMU and virt-manager, I assume) > is fairly old, and aarch64 support specifically has seen quite a few > improvements in the meantime. On my Fedora 31 laptop, which has > > qemu-system-aarch64-4.2.0-2.fc31.x86_64 > libvirt-5.10.0-2.fc31.x86_64 > virt-manager-2.2.1-2.fc31.noarch > > I can run the above and, after some time, get a login prompt on the > serial console. >I see, I'll try to bump the versions, can you share you're vm's xml file? Thanks, Dagg
On Mon, 2020-01-06 at 20:31 +0100, daggs wrote:> > > I'm using ubuntu 16.04 with libvirt 1.3.1, if this is a version issue, I can upgrade to latest version. > > > what I'm I missing? > > > > Your version of libvirt (as well as QEMU and virt-manager, I assume) > > is fairly old, and aarch64 support specifically has seen quite a few > > improvements in the meantime. On my Fedora 31 laptop, which has > > > > qemu-system-aarch64-4.2.0-2.fc31.x86_64 > > libvirt-5.10.0-2.fc31.x86_64 > > virt-manager-2.2.1-2.fc31.noarch > > > > I can run the above and, after some time, get a login prompt on the > > serial console. > > I see, I'll try to bump the versions, can you share you're vm's xml file?This is the exact virt-install command I used: $ virt-install \ --cpu cortex-a53 \ --name alpine-aarch64 \ --cdrom ~/Downloads/alpine-virt-3.11.2-aarch64.iso \ --disk size=8 \ --vcpus 4 \ --memory 2048 \ --os-variant alpinelinux3.8 \ --arch aarch64 \ --boot loader=/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw,loader.readonly=yes,loader.type=pflash,nvram.template=/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw,loader_secure=no The '--boot ...' part is only necessary because of an issue in current libvirt that's already being worked on. Here's the full XML: <domain type='qemu'> <name>alpine-aarch64</name> <uuid>e4b687d8-b535-436a-bee7-fac688d3d1b4</uuid> <metadata> <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0"> <libosinfo:os id="http://alpinelinux.org/alpinelinux/3.8"/> </libosinfo:libosinfo> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu> <os> <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt-4.2'>hvm</type> <loader readonly='yes' secure='no' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw</loader> <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/alpine-aarch64_VARS.fd</nvram> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <gic version='2'/> </features> <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'> <model fallback='allow'>cortex-a53</model> </cpu> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/alpine-aarch64.qcow2'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> <readonly/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci' ports='15'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/> <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='1' port='0x8'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='2' port='0x9'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='3' port='0xa'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='4' port='0xb'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='5' port='0xc'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='6' port='0xd'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x5'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='network'> <mac address='52:54:00:5a:9c:da'/> <source network='default'/> <model type='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <target type='system-serial' port='0'> <model name='pl011'/> </target> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> <channel type='unix'> <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> </devices> </domain> -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
Greetings Andrea,> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2020 at 1:55 PM > From: "Andrea Bolognani" <abologna@redhat.com> > To: daggs <daggs@gmx.com> > Cc: libvirt-users@redhat.com > Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] aarch64 vm doesn't boots > > On Mon, 2020-01-06 at 20:31 +0100, daggs wrote: > > > > I'm using ubuntu 16.04 with libvirt 1.3.1, if this is a version issue, I can upgrade to latest version. > > > > what I'm I missing? > > > > > > Your version of libvirt (as well as QEMU and virt-manager, I assume) > > > is fairly old, and aarch64 support specifically has seen quite a few > > > improvements in the meantime. On my Fedora 31 laptop, which has > > > > > > qemu-system-aarch64-4.2.0-2.fc31.x86_64 > > > libvirt-5.10.0-2.fc31.x86_64 > > > virt-manager-2.2.1-2.fc31.noarch > > > > > > I can run the above and, after some time, get a login prompt on the > > > serial console. > > > > I see, I'll try to bump the versions, can you share you're vm's xml file? > > This is the exact virt-install command I used: > > $ virt-install \ > --cpu cortex-a53 \ > --name alpine-aarch64 \ > --cdrom ~/Downloads/alpine-virt-3.11.2-aarch64.iso \ > --disk size=8 \ > --vcpus 4 \ > --memory 2048 \ > --os-variant alpinelinux3.8 \ > --arch aarch64 \ > --boot loader=/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw,loader.readonly=yes,loader.type=pflash,nvram.template=/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw,loader_secure=no > > The '--boot ...' part is only necessary because of an issue in > current libvirt that's already being worked on. > > Here's the full XML: > > <domain type='qemu'> > <name>alpine-aarch64</name> > <uuid>e4b687d8-b535-436a-bee7-fac688d3d1b4</uuid> > <metadata> > <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0"> > <libosinfo:os id="http://alpinelinux.org/alpinelinux/3.8"/> > </libosinfo:libosinfo> > </metadata> > <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory> > <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory> > <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu> > <os> > <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt-4.2'>hvm</type> > <loader readonly='yes' secure='no' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw</loader> > <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/alpine-aarch64_VARS.fd</nvram> > <boot dev='hd'/> > </os> > <features> > <acpi/> > <gic version='2'/> > </features> > <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'> > <model fallback='allow'>cortex-a53</model> > </cpu> > <clock offset='utc'/> > <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> > <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> > <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> > <devices> > <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator> > <disk type='file' device='disk'> > <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> > <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/alpine-aarch64.qcow2'/> > <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> > </disk> > <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> > <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> > <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/> > <readonly/> > <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> > </disk> > <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci' ports='15'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> > </controller> > <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> > </controller> > <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/> > <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'> > <model name='pcie-root-port'/> > <target chassis='1' port='0x8'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> > </controller> > <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'> > <model name='pcie-root-port'/> > <target chassis='2' port='0x9'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> > </controller> > <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'> > <model name='pcie-root-port'/> > <target chassis='3' port='0xa'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> > </controller> > <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'> > <model name='pcie-root-port'/> > <target chassis='4' port='0xb'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/> > </controller> > <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'> > <model name='pcie-root-port'/> > <target chassis='5' port='0xc'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/> > </controller> > <controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'> > <model name='pcie-root-port'/> > <target chassis='6' port='0xd'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x5'/> > </controller> > <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> > </controller> > <interface type='network'> > <mac address='52:54:00:5a:9c:da'/> > <source network='default'/> > <model type='virtio'/> > <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> > </interface> > <serial type='pty'> > <target type='system-serial' port='0'> > <model name='pl011'/> > </target> > </serial> > <console type='pty'> > <target type='serial' port='0'/> > </console> > <channel type='unix'> > <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> > <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> > </channel> > </devices> > </domain>thanks. I'll test it out. Dagg.