On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:17:31AM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote: > Control: severity -1 wishlist > Control: tags -1 + confirmed upstream > > On 19.12.2012 04:09, Josh Triplett wrote: > > Package: qemu-kvm > > Version: 1.1.2+dfsg-3 > > Severity: normal > > > > kvm doesn't seem to accept mount_tag=/dev/root , and gives a strange > > series of error messages when attempting to do so: > > > > kvm: -virtfs local,id=root,path=/,mount_tag=/dev/root,security_model=none: > > Parameter 'id' expects an identifier > > Identifiers consist of letters, digits, '-', '.', '_', starting with a > > letter. > > duplicate fsdev id: /dev/root > > While the error message is misleading, the thing actually > works when specified properly. Use: > > -fsdev local,id=root,path=/,security_model=none \ > -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=root,mount_tag=/dev/root
Huh, I see. Thanks for the explanation and workaround. > > Please consider fixing this, to unbreak virtio 9p root filesystems. > > See also http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/127551/ , dated Nov-2011, -- > that patch hasn't been applied to upstream yet. So, when using -virtfs, you don't need the accompanying -device? That sounds handy, if it worked. That patch looks sensible; I look forward to seeing it applied, but in the meantime the workaround you supplied will work nicely. Thanks again, Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
