In QEMU, the card itself is a PCI device, but it requires a codec
(either -device hda-output or -device hda-duplex) to actually output
sound. Specifying <sound model='ich6'/> gives us -device intel-hda
-device hda-duplex I think it's important that a simple <sound model='ich6'/>
sets up a useful codec, to have consistent behavior with all other sound cards.
This is basically Dan's proposal of
<sound model='ich6'>
<codec type='output' slot='0'/>
<codec type='duplex' slot='3'/>
</sound>
without the codec bits implemented.
The important thing is to keep a consistent API here, we don't want some
<sound> devs require tweaking codecs but not others. Steps I see to
accomplishing this:
- every <sound> device has a <codec type='default'/> (unless codecs are
manually specified)
- <codec type='none'/> is required to specify 'no codecs'
- new audio settings like mic=on|off could then be exposed in
<sound> or <codec> in a consistent manner for all sound models
v2:
Use model='ich6'
v3:
Use feature detection, from eblake
Set codec id, bus, and cad values
v4:
intel-hda isn't supported if -device isn't available
v5:
Comment spelling fixes
QEMU supports serving VNC over a unix domain socket rather than traditional
TCP host/port. This is specified with:
<graphics type='vnc' socket='/foo/bar/baz'/>
This provides better security access control than VNC listening on
127.0.0.1, but will cause issues with tools that rely on the lax security
(virt-manager in fedora runs as regular user by default, and wouldn't be
able to access a socket owned by 'qemu' or 'root').
Also not currently supported by any clients, though I have patches for
virt-manager, and virt-viewer should be simple to update.
v2:
schema: Make listen vs. socket a <choice>
Currently, boot order can be specified per device class but there is no
way to specify exact disk/NIC device to boot from.
This patch adds <boot order='N'/> element which can be used inside
<disk/> and <interface/>. This is incompatible with the older os/boot
element. Since not all hypervisors support per-device boot
specification, new deviceboot flag is included in capabilities XML for
hypervisors which understand the new boot element. Presence of the flag
allows (but doesn't require) users to use the new style boot order
specification.
The xml watchdog dump option is converted to qemu watchdog pause arg
but it is not reasonable to convert it back from qemu watchdog pause
arg since there already is a xml watchdog pause option, so a test for
the dump option to convert it from arg to xml is not added.
This extends the SPICE XML to allow channel security options
<graphics type='spice' port='-1' tlsPort='-1' autoport='yes'>
<channel name='main' mode='secure'/>
<channel name='record' mode='insecure'/>
</graphics>
Any non-specified channel uses the default, which allows both
secure & insecure usage
* src/conf/domain_conf.c, src/conf/domain_conf.h,
src/libvirt_private.syms: Add XML syntax for specifying per
channel security options for spice.
* src/qemu/qemu_conf.c: Configure channel security with spice
This extends the XML syntax for <graphics> to allow a password
expiry time to be set
eg
<graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' keymap='en-us' passwd='12345' passwdValidTo='2010-04-09T15:51:00'/>
The timestamp is in UTC.
* src/conf/domain_conf.h: Pull passwd out into separate struct
virDomainGraphicsAuthDef to allow sharing between VNC & SPICE
* src/conf/domain_conf.c: Add parsing/formatting of new passwdValidTo
argument
* src/opennebula/one_conf.c, src/qemu/qemu_conf.c, src/qemu/qemu_driver.c,
src/xen/xend_internal.c, src/xen/xm_internal.c: Update for changed
struct containing VNC password
This adds an element
<graphics type='spice' port='5903' tlsPort='5904' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
This is the bare minimum that should be exposed in the guest
config for SPICE. Other parameters are better handled as per
host level configuration tunables
* docs/schemas/domain.rng: Define the SPICE <graphics> schema
* src/domain_conf.h, src/domain_conf.c: Add parsing and formatting
for SPICE graphics config
* src/qemu_conf.c: Complain about unsupported graphics types
* src/qemu_conf.c: Add dummy entry in enumeration
* docs/schemas/domain.rng: Add 'qxl' as a type for the <video> tag
* src/domain_conf.c, src/domain_conf.h: Add QXL to video type
enumerations
Syntax agreed on in
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2010-September/msg00476.html
<domain ...>
<vcpu current='x'>y</vcpu>
...
can now be used to specify 1 <= x <= y current vcpus, in relation
to the boot-time max of y vcpus. If current is omitted, then
current and max are assumed to be the same value.
* docs/schemas/domain.rng: Add new attribute.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document it.
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-smp.xml: Add to
domainschematest.
* tests/xml2sexprdata/xml2sexpr-pv-vcpus.xml: Likewise.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Add memtune element details, added min_guarantee
* src/libvirt.c: Update virDomainGetMemoryParameters api description, make
it more clear that the user first needs to call the api to get the number
of parameters supported and then call again to get the values.
* tools/virsh.pod: Add usage of new command memtune in virsh manpage
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623903 documents a qemu
bug that causes libvirt to hang if virt-manager happens to be
querying balloon info when a guest is paused. Until the qemu bug
is fixed, people need to know how to avoid the issue.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in (Memory balloon device): Mention
model='none'.
To enable the CPU XML from the capabilities to be pasted directly
into the guest XML with no editing, pick a sensible default for
match and feature policy. The CPU match will be exact and the
feature policy will be require. This should ensure safety for
migration and give DWIM semantics for users
* src/conf/cpu_conf.c: Default to exact match and require policy
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document new defaults
Since version 4.1 ESX(i) can expose virtual serial devices over TCP.
Add support in the VMX handling code for this, add test cases to cover
it and add links to some documentation.
ESX supports two additional protocols: TELNETS and TLS. Add them to
the list of serial-over-TCP protocols.
The <vcpu cpuset=...> attribute has been available since commit
e193b5dd, but without documentation or RNG validation.
* docs/schemas/domain.rng (vcpu): Further validate cpuset.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document it.
* src/conf/domain_conf.c: Fix typos.
Xen supports on_crash actions coredump-{destroy,restart}. libvirt
cannot parse config returned by xend that contains either of these
actions
xen52 # xm li -l test | grep on_crash
(on_crash coredump-restart)
xen52 # virsh dumpxml test
error: internal error unknown lifecycle type coredump-restart
This patch adds a new virDomainLifecycleCrash enum and appends
the new options to existing destroy, restart, preserve, and
rename-restart options.
Add documentation for features added a while ago.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in (Time keeping): Update documentation
of <clock> element to match 0.8.0 addition.
Add a new element to the <os> block:
<bootmenu enable="yes|no"/>
Which maps to -boot,menu=on|off on the QEMU command line.
I decided to use an explicit 'enable' attribute rather than just make the
bootmenu element boolean. This allows us to treat lack of a bootmenu element
as 'use hypervisor default'.
By specifying <vendor> element in CPU requirements a guest can be
restricted to run only on CPUs by a given vendor. Host CPU vendor is
also specified in capabilities XML.
The vendor is checked when migrating a guest but it's not forced, i.e.,
guests configured without <vendor> element can be freely migrated.
In the documentation mention that the direct device support is there
since libvirt 0.7.7. A Linux kernel 2.6.34 is required for macvtap to be
available as standard device.
The description mismatched the actual structure since the video element
was introduced. The nvram attribute is actually called vram. Specify the
unit of the vram attribute.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: refactors the existing character device
documentation to make it explicit which directives configure the guest
interface, and which configure the host interface.
This patch is the result of running the following command in the docs
directory: sed -i 's/\t/ /g; s/\s*$//' *.html.in
* docs/*.html.in:convert tabs into 8 spaces and remove trailing whitespace
Add option to domain XML for
<memoryBacking>
<hugepages/>
</memoryBacking>
* configure.in: Add check for mntent.h
* qemud/libvirtd_qemu.aug, qemud/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug, src/qemu.conf
Add 'hugetlbfs_mount' config parameter
* src/qemu_conf.c, src/qemu_conf.h: Check for -mem-path flag in QEMU,
and pass it when hugepages are requested.
Load hugetlbfs_mount config parameter, search for mount if not given.
* src/qemu_driver.c: Free hugetlbfs_mount/path parameter in driver shutdown.
Create directory for QEMU hugepage usage, chowning if required.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document memoryBacking/hugepages elements
* docs/schemas/domain.rng: Add memoryBacking/hugepages elements to schema
* src/util.c, src/util.h, src/libvirt_private.syms: Add virFileFindMountPoint
helper API
* tests/qemuhelptest.c: Add -mem-path constants
* tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c, tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c: Add tests for hugepage
handling
* tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.xml,
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hugepages.args: Data files for
hugepage tests
The XML allows <encryption format='unencrypted'/>, this implementation
canonicalizes the internal representation so that "disk->encryption" is
non-NULL iff encryption information is available.
A domain with partial encryption information can be defined,
completeness of the information is not verified. The domain won't
start until the remaining information is added, of course.
* docs/formatdomain.html, docs/formatdomain.html.in: Document
new encryption options for disks
* docs/schemas/domain.rng: Pull in storage encryption schema
rules
* src/domain_conf.h, src/domain_conf.c: Wire up storage encryption
XML parsing/formatting APIs
The 'pipe' character type wasn't documented.
TCP uses a <protocol> element, not <wire>
We weren't doing strict validation for protocol and source mode values.
* docs/formatdomain.html.in docs/libvirt.rng docs/formatdomain.html:
document the new PCI passthrough format
* tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address.args
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hostdev-pci-address.xml:
and add a regression test for it.
Daniel
* src/domain_conf.c src/domain_conf.h src/qemu_conf.c
tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl-fullscreen.args
tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-graphics-sdl-fullscreen.xml:
slightly modified patch for SDL fullscreen from Itamar Heim
* docs/formatdomain.html docs/formatdomain.html.in docs/libvirt.rng:
update the schemas and docs about the sdl graphic element attributes
* AUTHORS: add Itamar Heim
Daniel
docs/libvirt-refs.xml docs/html/libvirt-libvirt.html src/libvirt.c:
fixed somedocs and API entry point descriptions as suggested by
Charles Duffy and regenerated the API descriptions.
Daniel
