[Libvir] Empty <bootloader> tag?
Hello,
I created a guest from XML without a <bootloader> tag. When I run
dumpxml on the guest, I notice that an empty <bootloader /> tag is
appended. Is this the expected behavior? This seems to differ from the
behavior of other optional tags.
Thanks!
Log:
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$ cat no_boot.xml
<domain type='xen' id='-1'>
<name>domU1</name>
<uuid>12278656-c4c9-11dc-8852-feffffffffff</uuid>
<os>
<type>linux</type>
<kernel>/tmp/default-xen-kernel</kernel>
<initrd>/tmp/default-xen-initrd</initrd>
<cmdline>TERM=xterm </cmdline>
</os>
<memory>131072</memory>
<vcpu>1</vcpu>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
<devices>
<interface type='ethernet'>
<target dev='vif-1.0'/>
<mac address='11:22:33:aa:bb:cc'/>
</interface>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='file'/>
<source file='/tmp/default-xen-dimage'/>
<target dev='xvda'/>
</disk>
</devices>
</domain>
$ sudo virsh define no_boot.xml
Domain domU1 defined from no_boot.xml
$ sudo virsh dumpxml domU1
<domain type='xen' id='-1'>
<name>domU1</name>
<uuid>12278656-c4c9-11dc-8852-feffffffffff</uuid>
<bootloader/>
<os>
<type>linux</type>
<kernel>/tmp/default-xen-kernel</kernel>
<initrd>/tmp/default-xen-initrd</initrd>
<cmdline>TERM=xterm </cmdline>
</os>
<memory>131072</memory>
<vcpu>1</vcpu>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
<devices>
<interface type='ethernet'>
<target dev='vif-1.0'/>
<mac address='11:22:33:aa:bb:cc'/>
</interface>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='file'/>
<source file='/tmp/default-xen-dimage'/>
<target dev='xvda'/>
</disk>
</devices>
</domain>
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Kaitlin Rupert
IBM Linux Technology Center
kaitlin(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com