vhost only works in KVM mode AIUI, and is infact compiled out if
the emulator is built for non-native architecture.
---
src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 3b275e3..f611940 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -462,8 +462,10 @@ qemuOpenVhostNet(virDomainDefPtr def,
{
size_t i;
- /* If the config says explicitly to not use vhost, return now */
- if (net->driver.virtio.name == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_BACKEND_TYPE_QEMU) {
+ /* If running a plain QEMU guest, or
+ * if the config says explicitly to not use vhost, return now*/
+ if (def->virtType != VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM ||
+ net->driver.virtio.name == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_BACKEND_TYPE_QEMU) {
*vhostfdSize = 0;
return 0;
}
--
1.8.3.1