Public bug reported: I have configured 2 ide disks with name starting with hd, but when the vm boots up, it shows disks whose name starting with sd.
1. ide disks in vm xml: <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/data3_raw.qcow2'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/data2.qcow2'/> <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/> </disk> 2. in VM: sda 8:0 0 2G 0 disk sdb 8:16 0 1G 0 disk 3. from vm.log: le=/data2.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-1 -device ide- hd,bus=ide.0,unit=1,drive=drive-ide0-0-1,id=ide0-0-1 -drive file=/data3_raw.qcow2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0 -device ide- hd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev t 4. rpm info: (I got the same issue on 2 diff envs) (1) env1 qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105 libvirt-3.2.0-14.el7 (2) env2 libvirt-5.9.0-1.el8 qemu-4.1.0-1.el8 ** Affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: ide-hd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1882350 Title: it always create sdx device when I configure ide device with hdx name Status in QEMU: New Bug description: I have configured 2 ide disks with name starting with hd, but when the vm boots up, it shows disks whose name starting with sd. 1. ide disks in vm xml: <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/data3_raw.qcow2'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/data2.qcow2'/> <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/> </disk> 2. in VM: sda 8:0 0 2G 0 disk sdb 8:16 0 1G 0 disk 3. from vm.log: le=/data2.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-1 -device ide- hd,bus=ide.0,unit=1,drive=drive-ide0-0-1,id=ide0-0-1 -drive file=/data3_raw.qcow2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0 -device ide-hd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev t 4. rpm info: (I got the same issue on 2 diff envs) (1) env1 qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105 libvirt-3.2.0-14.el7 (2) env2 libvirt-5.9.0-1.el8 qemu-4.1.0-1.el8 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1882350/+subscriptions