[OE-core] qemu needs target kernel sets CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO=y to boot vmdk qcow2 and vdi

Robert Yang liezhi.yang at windriver.com
Fri Feb 26 01:27:08 UTC 2016



On 02/25/2016 08:42 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 7:10 AM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com
> <mailto:ross.burton at intel.com>> wrote:
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>     On 25 February 2016 at 10:36, Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com
>     <mailto:liezhi.yang at windriver.com>> wrote:
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>         We need enable target kernel's CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO=y to make native qemu
>         can boot hdddirect, vmdk, qcow2 and vdi, otherwise, the scsi drive can't
>         work in qemu since our vm image's root default to /dev/sda2, or we can
>         change it default to /dev/hda2, then we don't have to make any changes
>         on kernel, but I prefer scsi since ide is going to be out of date.
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>     Are there any other virtio drivers that we really should be enabling in the
>     qemu kernels?
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> We already have a fragment for this, and a set of virtio drivers enabled .. which

Yes, others are fine AFAIK.

// Robert

> is why I find this entire thread confusing :)
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>     Ross
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