Oh dear, the answer is so simple after one finally realizes what is going on... The problem here is that the virtio_blk driver has not been changed to support more than 15 partitions per device. The partition scanning is looking at the GPT partition table but only at the first 15 elements. Since the other two partitions are 127 and 128, they never get added if the device is a virtio disk.
So this isn't exactly a bug but a limitation in virtio right now. I am not sure whether the images could use number 14 and 15 for those two partitions. Then they should be visible for emulated and virtual devices... Otherwise this would be some development work which one had to discuss upstream. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1258631 Title: instances fails to register GPT partition entries on virtio devices Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “linux” source package in Raring: Confirmed Status in “linux” source package in Saucy: Confirmed Status in “linux” source package in Trusty: In Progress Bug description: When booting via KVM and using the VirtIO interface, GPT partition entries are not shown properly. ubuntu@gpt-test-4:~$ sudo parted /dev/vda -s -- print Model: Virtio Block Device (virtblk) Disk /dev/vda: 10.7GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 127 1049kB 2097kB 1049kB BIOS boot partition bios_grub 128 2097kB 89.1MB 87.0MB fat32 EFI System boot 1 89.1MB 10.7GB 10.6GB ext4 Linux filesystem Booting with "-hda <disk>.img" [ 2.612975] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 [ 2.617252] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 2.644685] sda: sda1 sda127 sda128 [ 2.664314] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk Booting with "-drive if=virtio,file=<disk>.img" or "-drive if=scsi,file=<disk>.img": [ 2.411933] brd: module loaded [ 2.422616] loop: module loaded [ 2.442178] vda: vda1 [ 2.455559] scsi0 : ata_piix [ 2.456868] scsi1 : ata_piix ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: udev 204-5ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-5.13-generic 3.12.2 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-5-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Dec 6 18:49:57 2013 Ec2AMI: ami-00000632 Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova Ec2InstanceType: m1.small Ec2Kernel: aki-00000548 Ec2Ramdisk: ari-00000548 Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0627:0001 Adomax Technology Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: OpenStack Foundation OpenStack Nova ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.12.0-5-generic root=LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs console=ttyS0 SourcePackage: systemd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/01/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Bochs dmi.bios.version: Bochs dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Bochs dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnBochs:bvrBochs:bd01/01/2007:svnOpenStackFoundation:pnOpenStackNova:pvr2013.1.3:cvnBochs:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.name: OpenStack Nova dmi.product.version: 2013.1.3 dmi.sys.vendor: OpenStack Foundation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1258631/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
