> On 31 Jan 2018, at 16:53, Yedidyah Bar David <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 5:43 PM, Harry Mallon <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Has anyone used oVirt with non-oVirt provided QEMU versions? >> I need a feature provided by upstream QEMU, but it is disabled in the >> oVirt/CentOS7 QEMU RPM.
just curious - which one? Typically the reason for disabling it is that it’s not really stable >> >> I have two possible methods to avoid the issue: >> 1. Fedora has a more recent QEMU which is closer to 'stock'. I see that >> oVirt 4.2 has no Fedora support, > > Indeed, mostly > >> but is it possible to install the host onto a Fedora machine? > > Didn't try this recently, but it might require not-too-much work with > fc25 or so. > IIRC fc27 is python3-only, and this will require more work (which is > ongoing, but > don't hold your breath). > >> I am trying to use the master branch rpms as recommended in the "No Fedora >> Support" note with no luck currently. > > Another option is to try to rebuild the fedora srpm for CentOS 7. > >> 2. Is it safe/sensible to use oVirt with a CentOS7 host running an upstream >> QEMU version? > > No idea. If it's only for development/testing, I'd say give it a try. it’s as sensible as running any bleeding edge stuff. It should work if you manage to resolve qemu deps you could also rebuild qemu-kvm-ev without the patch which blacklists the feature you want to see. Thanks, michal > >> >> Thanks, >> Harry >> >> >> Harry Mallon >> CODEX | Senior Software Engineer >> 60 Poland Street | London | England | W1F 7NT >> E [email protected] | T +44 203 7000 989 >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > -- > Didi > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
