[virt-tools-list] Running Solaris 10 (x86) as guest network issue

[Jan Vlug]

On Wed, 2015-09-09 at 07:43 -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 09/09/2015 04:48 AM, jan.public at famvlug.nl wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > Did anyone manage to get a Solaris 10 guest with network working
> > with
> > virt-manager?
> > Oracle Solaris 10 download available at:
> > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris10/download
> > s/index.html
> > 
> > I managed to install Solaris 10, but still have network issues.
> > When I
> > ping the Solaris 10 guest when it is started from the host, I do
> > get some
> > replies, but at the moment that the guest enters into graphical
> > mode, no
> > replies are received any more.
> > 
> > There are some hints that I should disable x2apic. I tried to do so
> > without success. I'm not sure whether I did this in the correct way
> > using
> > virt-manager. Detailed instructions are welcome.
> > 
> > Special setup notes: I had to select Cirrus for display hardware
> > because
> > other display hardware had issues.
> > For network hardware: e1000 and rtl8139 are both recognized during
> > installation, but not working well.
> > 
> > During boot of the Solaris 10 guest I several times this warning is
> > displayed:
> > No SOF interrupts have been received, this USB UHCI host controller
> > is
> > unusable.
> > 
> > This is a list of related issues that found:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/638955
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1395217
> > http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/threads/15850-Solaris-10-Guest-no-
> > network-traffic-after-upgrade-to-proxmox-3-1
> > http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Solaris_Guests
> > http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2013-February/012319.html
> > 
> > I'm using Fedora 22 with these software versions:
> > virt-manager:  1.2.1
> > qemu: 2.3.1
> > 
> > If you have any hints, suggestions, experience or even detailed
> > instruction related to solving this issue, could you please let me
> > know?
> > 
> 
> I personally haven't tried. My guess is it's just qemu emulation
> issues that
> upset solaris. Your best bet is to try mailing qemu-devel, maybe
> someone there
> has a working config
> 
> - Cole
> 

Thanks Cole, I will mail them. In the meanwhile, I created a working
configuration for Solaris 10 guests. See the following bug report for
details:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262093