On 05/06/2018 05:20 AM, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote:
> On 2018-04-23 10:41, Ivan Mitev wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In 4.0, when creating an AppVM based on a TemplateVM, is it expected
>> that none of the new VM's prefs are copied from the template VM ?
>>
>> For instance: (test2 is a TemplateVM)
>>
>> qvm-prefs test2 kernel -> ''
>> qvm-prefs test2 virt_mode -> 'hvm'
>> qvm-prefs test2 memory -> '2096'
>>
>> qvm-create --template test2 --label red testapp2
>>
>> qvm-prefs testapp2 kernel -> '4.4.18-1'
>> qvm-prefs testapp2 virt_mode -> 'pvh'
>> qvm-prefs testapp2 memory -> '400'
>> ...
>>
>> I'll file an issue if it's a bug; if it isn't, this behavior is a bit
>> problematic: for instance a newly created AppVM from a windows TemplateVM
>> - will never boot because of the 'kernel' pref
>> - will not work in pvh mode
>> - will fail because of too low mem / mem balancing
>> ...
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> ivan
>>
> To my knowledge, app VMs do not copy their properties from template VMs
> upon creation.  They are independent.

Thank you Manuel. I've updated the QWT issue doc [1] to reflect this.

[1] https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3585

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