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Bug 1163439

Summary:	need patches applied to 1.2.9 in order for it to work on ppc64le architecture
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Michael Wolf <mjwolf>
Component:	libvirt	Assignee:	Libvirt Maintainers <libvirt-maint>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	21	CC:	agedosier, berrange, clalancette, crobinso, dan, itamar, jforbes, laine, libvirt-maint, pkrempa, veillard, virt-maint
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Hardware:	powerpc
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	libvirt-1.2.9.1-1.fc21	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2014-11-18 12:20:27 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Blocks:	1043131, 1051573

Description Michael Wolf 2014-11-12 17:09:10 UTC

Description of problem:
Need additional patches to libvirt for it to run correctly on the ppc64le 
architecture

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.2.9

Additional info:
These are the upstream patches with commit id

12c3811 Test: Add a testcase for PowerPC compat mode cpu specification.
9265fd1 docs: Add documentation for compat mode.
1e91174 PowerPC:Improve PVR handling to fall back to cpu generation.
addce06 PowerPC : Add support for launching VM in 'compat' mode.
da636d8 Cpu: Add support for Power LE Architecture.

Comment 1 Peter Krempa 2014-11-12 17:15:48 UTC

(In reply to Michael Wolf from comment #0)

git describe of the mentioned patches:

> 12c3811 Test: Add a testcase for PowerPC compat mode cpu specification.
v1.2.10-43-g12c3811

> 9265fd1 docs: Add documentation for compat mode.
v1.2.10-42-g9265fd1

> 1e91174 PowerPC:Improve PVR handling to fall back to cpu generation.
v1.2.10-41-g1e91174

> addce06 PowerPC : Add support for launching VM in 'compat' mode.
v1.2.10-40-gaddce06

> da636d8 Cpu: Add support for Power LE Architecture.
v1.2.10-39-gda636d8

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2014-11-16 01:23:21 UTC

libvirt-1.2.9.1-1.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libvirt-1.2.9.1-1.fc21

Comment 3 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2014-11-16 08:54:40 UTC

Proposed as a Freeze Exception for 21-final by Fedora user sharkcz using the blocker tracking app because:

 This update adds the necessary bits for using ppc64le as KVM host.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2014-11-16 14:41:47 UTC

Package libvirt-1.2.9.1-1.fc21:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 21 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing libvirt-1.2.9.1-1.fc21'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-15167/libvirt-1.2.9.1-1.fc21
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2014-11-18 12:20:27 UTC

libvirt-1.2.9.1-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.