virt-v2v obviously cannot convert this kind of devices, since they are specific to the host of the hypervisor. Thus, emit a warning about the presence of direct network interfaces, so at least this can be noticed when converting a guest. --- v2v/parse_libvirt_xml.ml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/v2v/parse_libvirt_xml.ml b/v2v/parse_libvirt_xml.ml index 9cf4c496b..14cd82afd 100644 --- a/v2v/parse_libvirt_xml.ml +++ b/v2v/parse_libvirt_xml.ml @@ -499,6 +499,24 @@ let parse_libvirt_xml ?conn xml = ) in + (* Check for direct attachments to physical network interfaces. + * (RHBZ#1518539) + *) + let () = + let obj = Xml.xpath_eval_expression xpathctx "/domain/devices/interface[@type='direct']" in + let nr_nodes = Xml.xpathobj_nr_nodes obj in + if nr_nodes > 0 then ( + (* Sadly fn_ in ocaml-gettext seems broken, and always returns the + * singular string no matter what. Work around this by using a simple + * string with sn_ (which works), and outputting it as a whole. + *) + let msg = sn_ "this guest has a direct network interface which will be ignored" + "this guest has direct network interfaces which will be ignored" + nr_nodes in + warning "%s" msg + ) + in + ({ s_hypervisor = hypervisor; s_name = name; s_orig_name = name; -- 2.20.1