On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 09:07:57PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
On 09/27/21 10:30, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 08:34:56AM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>> Per commit ac39fa292c31 ("v2v: Set machine type explicitly for outputs
>> which support it (RHBZ#1581428).", 2020-12-04), Windows 7 guests (which
>> are "more modern" than Windows XP guests) are converted to Q35, not
I440FX
>> boards.
>>
>> Per related commit d0267122e348 ("v2v: -o libvirt: Map IDE disks to
>> bus="sata" on Q35.", 2020-12-04), when a Windows 7 guest with an
IDE
>> CD-ROM -- hence, an I440FX board -- is converted, the CD-ROM in the
>> converted domain will be on the SATA bus (Q35 does not have an IDE
>> controller, only a SATA controller).
>>
>> Because the Windows guest used in "test-v2v-cdrom" is "Windows 7
Phony
>> Edition", it triggers the above cascade, and currently fails with:
>>
>>> --- ./test-v2v-cdrom.expected 2021-09-03 22:51:31.026185527 +0200
>>> +++ test-v2v-cdrom.d/disks 2021-09-19 13:01:47.471745622 +0200
>>> @@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
>>> </disk>
>>> <disk device='cdrom' type='file'>
>>> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>>> - <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>>> + <target dev='sdc' bus='sata'/>
>>> </disk>
>>> ./test-v2v-cdrom.sh: unexpected disk assignments
>>
>> The conversion seems correct, but the test expectation is stale. Most
>> probably, commit d0267122e348 missed updating the test data. Do it now.
>
> Actually the conversion is wrong - we need to update configuration
> inside the guest. Which is why I didn't fix this test - to remind
> myself that there's still a bug to be fixed.
Hmm, good point; now I remember that the i440fx->q35 machine type change
is basically a motherboard replacement for Windows.
So do we have to update some "windows device paths" (leading to the
CD-ROM) in the registry?
We currently partially install the virtio block drivers in the Windows
guest (just enough to get the guest to boot on the target), and
Windows itself re-installs the virtio block driver and other drivers
it needs, and that's enough to get it to see C:
As for other hard disk partitions, Windows does indeed contain a
mapping to other drives in the Registry but IIRC it's not sensitive to
the device driver (unlike Linux /dev/vdX vs /dev/sdX). If you're
interested in that, see libguestfs.git/daemon/inspect_fs_windows.ml:
get_drive_mappings. We never bothered with attempting to handle
conversion of floppy drives or CD-ROMs for Windows.
On Linux we do better: We iterate over all the configuration files in
/etc and change device paths. The significance of this bug is we need
to change (eg) /dev/hdc to /dev/<something>. The difficulty is
working out where the device will appear on the target and not having
it conflict with any hard disk, something we partly control (see
virt-v2v.git/convert/target_bus_assignment.ml*)
Rich.
Thanks,
Laszlo
>
>
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1637857
>
> Rich.
>
>> Fixes: d0267122e348202f6fac4d833f7448409e7129c9
>> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek(a)redhat.com>
>> ---
>> tests/test-v2v-cdrom.expected | 2 +-
>> tests/test-v2v-cdrom.xml.in | 4 +++-
>> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.expected b/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.expected
>> index 34d2bf5961b0..17bd152d8e64 100644
>> --- a/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.expected
>> +++ b/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.expected
>> @@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
>> </disk>
>> <disk device='cdrom' type='file'>
>> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>> - <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>> + <target dev='sdc' bus='sata'/>
>> </disk>
>> diff --git a/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.xml.in b/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.xml.in
>> index 6bad5eab1cd4..a6e1e3f514d5 100644
>> --- a/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.xml.in
>> +++ b/tests/test-v2v-cdrom.xml.in
>> @@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
02110-1301 USA.
>> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
>> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>> <source
file='@abs_top_builddir(a)/test-data/phony-guests/blank-disk.img'/>
>> - <!-- virt-v2v should preserve the device name and bus -->
>> + <!-- virt-v2v should change the bus to sata, due to Windows 7
>> + triggering a machine type change from i440fx to q35. Beyond that,
>> + virt-v2v should preserve the on-bus index. -->
>> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>> </disk>
>> </devices>
>> --
>> 2.19.1.3.g30247aa5d201
>>
>>
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