Control: severity -1 wishlist Control: tags -1 + confirmed upstream On 19.12.2012 04:09, Josh Triplett wrote: > Package: qemu-kvm > Version: 1.1.2+dfsg-3 > Severity: normal > > kvm doesn't seem to accept mount_tag=/dev/root , and gives a strange > series of error messages when attempting to do so: > > kvm: -virtfs local,id=root,path=/,mount_tag=/dev/root,security_model=none: > Parameter 'id' expects an identifier > Identifiers consist of letters, digits, '-', '.', '_', starting with a letter. > duplicate fsdev id: /dev/root
While the error message is misleading, the thing actually works when specified properly. Use: -fsdev local,id=root,path=/,security_model=none \ -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=root,mount_tag=/dev/root > Please consider fixing this, to unbreak virtio 9p root filesystems. See also http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/127551/ , dated Nov-2011, -- that patch hasn't been applied to upstream yet. /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
