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qemu-kvm package

qemu-kvm FTBFS on powerpc and ia64

Bug #568904 reported by Emmet Hikory on 2010-04-23

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	qemu-kvm (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Dustin Kirkland 
	Lucid	Fix Released	Low	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>/msg23996.html

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.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/maverick/qemu-kvm

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote on 2010-04-23:

Sounds perfectly reasonable, Emmet.

Can you attach a patch and I'll get this uploaded?

Changed in qemu-kvm (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Emmet Hikory (persia) wrote on 2010-04-23:

qemu-kvm_0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.debdiff Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain)

qemu-kvm (0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9) lucid; urgency=low
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   * Architecture-specific fixes (LP: #568904)
     - debian/rules: configure with --disable-kvm on powerpc to fix FTBFS
     - debian/control: Disable arch:any stuff on ia64: no qemu/kvm support anyway

Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) on 2010-04-23

Changed in qemu-kvm (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote on 2010-04-24:

Uploaded build fixes per Emmet.

Awaiting approval from the release team in the queue.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2010-04-24:

This bug was fixed in the package qemu-kvm - 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9

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qemu-kvm (0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9) lucid; urgency=low

  * Architecture-specific fixes (LP: #568904)
    - debian/rules: configure with --disable-kvm on powerpc to fix FTBFS
    - debian/control: Disable arch:any stuff on ia64: no qemu/kvm support anyway
-- Emmet Hikory <email address hidden> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:45:55 +0900