[virt-tools-list] Adding custom device to virt-manager

[Anish Mathew]

Cole,

I am adding a PCIe accelerator with CPUs and a NIC.

Is there any plan to change the procedure for users to add virt-manager 
UI support for a device without code change?
My concern is that as new libvirt source changes are released, I have to 
maintain one or more patches.

Anish


On 8/9/2015 11:23 AM, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 08/07/2015 11:51 AM, Anish Mathew wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am adding a custom PCI device to virt-manager. I have edited
>> virt-manager source (addhardware.py ,__init__.py ,addhardware.ui, device.py)
>> so the custom device will appear in "Add Hardware" window of virt-manager.
>> Now it looks like I have to edit libvirt qemu capabilities
>> (qemu_capabilities.c libvirt.c)
>> to support the device. Is this the right procedure for adding custom devices?
>>
>> I was expecting to edit an XML file or other config file rather than source code.
>> Is there any plan to change this procedure for adding custom devices?
> What is the device you are trying to add?
>
> If you are just trying to attach a device to a libvirt VM, use 'sudo virsh
> edit $vmname' and add your XML
>
> But if you are trying to extend virt-manager to have UI support for a device
> type that it does not already support, you will need to edit code like you say.
>
> What device are you trying to add?
>
> - Cole
>


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