On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 20:29:04 -0000
Ed Davison <1923...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Trying boot/start a Windows 10 VM. Worked until recently when this
> error started showing up.
>
> I have the following installed on Fedora 33:
> qemu-kvm-5.1.0-9.fc33.x86_64
Could you add used QEMU command line in your case?
>
> This is the error:
>
> Error starting domain: internal error: process exited while connecting
> to monitor: qemu-system-x86_64: /builddir/build/BUILD/qemu-5.1.0/hw/acpi
> /bios-linker-loader.c:239: bios_linker_loader_add_checksum: Assertion
> `start_offset < file->blob->len' failed.
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 65, in
> cb_wrapper
> callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
> File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 101, in tmpcb
> callback(*args, **kwargs)
> File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/libvirtobject.py", line
> 57, in newfn
> ret = fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
> File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/domain.py", line 1329, in
> startup
> self._backend.create()
> File "/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1234, in create
> if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self)
> libvirt.libvirtError: internal error: process exited while connecting to
> monitor: qemu-system-x86_64:
> /builddir/build/BUILD/qemu-5.1.0/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c:239:
> bios_linker_loader_add_checksum: Assertion `start_offset < file->blob->len'
> failed.
>
> I see this were referenced in a patch from some time ago and supposedly
> fixed. Here is the patch info I was able to find:
>
> http://next.patchew.org/QEMU/1515677902-23436-1-git-send-email-
> peter.mayd...@linaro.org/1515677902-23436-10-git-send-email-
> peter.mayd...@linaro.org/
>
> ** Affects: qemu
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
