[virt-tools-list] [virt-manager PATCH] virt-install: always enable pae for xen hvm 64bit guest

Pavel Hrdina phrdina at redhat.com
Tue Nov 3 12:15:36 UTC 2015


According to xen documentation 64bit guest has to have pae enabled in
order to be able to run 64bit OS.

Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267160

Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina at redhat.com>
---
 tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-xen-hvm.xml | 1 +
 virtinst/guest.py                                   | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-xen-hvm.xml b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-xen-hvm.xml
index 41f03c0..746cce8 100644
--- a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-xen-hvm.xml
+++ b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-xen-hvm.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   <features>
     <acpi/>
     <apic/>
+    <pae/>
   </features>
   <clock offset="utc"/>
   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
diff --git a/virtinst/guest.py b/virtinst/guest.py
index 6f2b30a..ec66f7a 100644
--- a/virtinst/guest.py
+++ b/virtinst/guest.py
@@ -881,7 +881,12 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder):
         if self.features.apic == "default":
             self.features.apic = self.capsinfo.guest.supports_apic()
         if self.features.pae == "default":
-            self.features.pae = self.capsinfo.guest.supports_pae()
+            if (self.os.is_hvm() and
+                self.type == "xen" and
+                self.os.arch == "x86_64"):
+                self.features.pae = True
+            else:
+                self.features.pae = self.capsinfo.guest.supports_pae()
 
         if (self.features.vmport == "default" and
             self.os.is_x86() and
-- 
2.6.2




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