Is it too late to get this change in? Instead of "net", the tag name should be "interface". Previously, attempting to attach a network device to a KVM guest would return: libvir: QEMU error : XML description for unknown device type is not well formed or invalid error: Failed to attach device from attach-disk.xml With this fix, it returns: libvir: QEMU error test_domain: this function is not supported by the hypervisor: only CDROM disk devices can be attached libvir: QEMU error : this function is not supported by the hypervisor: only CDROM disk devices can be attached error: Failed to attach device from attach-disk.xml Index: src/qemu_conf.c =================================================================== RCS file: /data/cvs/libvirt/src/qemu_conf.c,v retrieving revision 1.77 diff -u -p -r1.77 qemu_conf.c --- src/qemu_conf.c 12 Jun 2008 10:19:24 -0000 1.77 +++ src/qemu_conf.c 12 Jun 2008 16:17:59 -0000 @@ -2964,7 +2964,7 @@ qemudParseVMDeviceDef(virConnectPtr conn if (xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST "disk")) { dev->type = QEMUD_DEVICE_DISK; qemudParseDiskXML(conn, &(dev->data.disk), node); - } else if (xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST "net")) { + } else if (xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST "interface")) { dev->type = QEMUD_DEVICE_NET; qemudParseInterfaceXML(conn, &(dev->data.net), node); } else if (xmlStrEqual(node->name, BAD_CAST "input")) { -- Kaitlin Rupert IBM Linux Technology Center kaitlin@linux.vnet.ibm.com