[virt-tools-list] [PATCH v2] virtinst:Add spapr-vio address type for pseries kvm guest

[Li Zhang]

On 02/27/2012 08:34 AM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 02/22/2012 05:13 AM, Li Zhang wrote:
>> For pseries kvm guest, scsi controller can use
>> spapr-vio address type, not only pci address type.
>> So it's necessary to provide such an option to
>> device to configure it.
>>
>> This patch provides spapr-vio address type option for
>> scsi controller. And scsi controller and address type
>> tags are generated in xml file. It is like the following:
>>
>> <controller type='scsi' index='0'>
>>      <address type='spapr-vio'/>
>> </controller>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Li Zhang<zhlcindy at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   virtinst/Guest.py         |    8 ++++++++
>>   virtinst/VirtualDevice.py |    6 +++++-
>>   2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/virtinst/Guest.py b/virtinst/Guest.py
>> index b180770..5c61f36 100644
>> --- a/virtinst/Guest.py
>> +++ b/virtinst/Guest.py
>> @@ -870,11 +870,19 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilderDomain.XMLBuilderDomain):
>>               finally:
>>                   if origpath:
>>                       dev.path = origpath
>> +        def get_vscsi_ctrl_xml():
>> +            vscsi_class = virtinst.VirtualController.get_class_for_type(
>> +                          virtinst.VirtualController.CONTROLLER_TYPE_SCSI)
>> +            ctrl = vscsi_class(self.conn)
>> +            ctrl.set_address("spapr-vio")
>> +            return ctrl._get_xml_config()
>>
>>           xml = self._get_emulator_xml()
>>           # Build XML
>>           for dev in devs:
>>               xml = _util.xml_append(xml, get_dev_xml(dev))
>> +            if dev.address.type == "spapr-vio":
>> +                xml = _util.xml_append(xml, get_vscsi_ctrl_xml())
>>
>
> Hmm, does libvirt not handle this? It generally handles adding implicit
> <controller>  devices, but maybe that's just a back compat thing.
>
> If not it's okay, just want to make sure this is needed.
>
>>           return xml
>>
>> diff --git a/virtinst/VirtualDevice.py b/virtinst/VirtualDevice.py
>> index 2234979..660643d 100644
>> --- a/virtinst/VirtualDevice.py
>> +++ b/virtinst/VirtualDevice.py
>> @@ -143,9 +143,11 @@ class VirtualDeviceAddress(XMLBuilderDomain):
>>       ADDRESS_TYPE_DRIVE         = "drive"
>>       ADDRESS_TYPE_VIRTIO_SERIAL = "virtio-serial"
>>       ADDRESS_TYPE_CCID          = "ccid"
>> +    ADDRESS_TYPE_SPAPR_VIO     = "spapr-vio"
>>
>>       TYPES = [ADDRESS_TYPE_PCI, ADDRESS_TYPE_DRIVE,
>> -             ADDRESS_TYPE_VIRTIO_SERIAL, ADDRESS_TYPE_CCID]
>> +             ADDRESS_TYPE_VIRTIO_SERIAL, ADDRESS_TYPE_CCID,
>> +             ADDRESS_TYPE_SPAPR_VIO]
>>
>>       def __init__(self, conn, parsexml=None, parsexmlnode=None, caps=None, addrstr=None):
>>           XMLBuilderDomain.__init__(self, conn, parsexml, parsexmlnode,
>> @@ -185,6 +187,8 @@ class VirtualDeviceAddress(XMLBuilderDomain):
>>                   self.domain = "0"
>>                   if addrstr.count(":"):
>>                       self.domain, self.bus = addrstr.split(":", 1)
>> +            elif addrstr == "spapr-vio":
>> +                self.type = self.ADDRESS_TYPE_SPAPR_VIO
>>               else:
>>                   raise ValueError(_("Could not determine or unsupported format of '%s'") % addrstr)
>>           except:
>
> Rest looks okay, but please add a unit test. You can probably just add a new
> device to tests/xmlconfig.py:testManyDevices to make sure that implicit
> controller adding works.
>
> Thanks,
> Cole
>

Thanks Cole.
I will do that. :)