qemu-kvm FTBFS on powerpc and ia64
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Dustin Kirkland | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
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Low
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Dustin Kirkland |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: qemu-kvm
qemu-kvm FTBFS on powerpc and ia64 in lucid. This is a combination of issues, as follows:
1: kvm support for newer powerpc is *very* new in the kernel, and the lucid kernels don't have the necessary patches (which would be too invasive to integrate). Simply disabling kvm for qemu builds is recommended by upstream:
http://<email address hidden>
2: ia64 host support is *extremely* new (first appearance upstream in March), and so nothing works at all on ia64 hosts.
Long-term, the correct fix is to have the necessary kernel/kvm/qemu patches land, and enable everything everywhere. For lucid, this simply cannot happen, but ia64 builds can be dropped and powerpc builds done without kvm support, which improves supportability.
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Changed in qemu-kvm (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland) |
Sounds perfectly reasonable, Emmet.
Can you attach a patch and I'll get this uploaded?