[libvirt] Re: [virt-tools-list] Questions about virt-manager running on Arch of Itanium 64

> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:16:05 +0000 > From: berrange(a)redhat.com > To: crobinso(a)redhat.com > CC: x_k_123(a)hotmail.com; libvirt-list(a)redhat.com; virt-tools-list(a)redhat.com > Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] Questions about virt-manager running on Arch of Itanium 64 > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:09:28AM -0500, Cole Robinson wrote: > > On 11/23/2009 01:43 AM, Dustin Xiong wrote: > > > > > > yes, my libvirt rpm and other related rpms all came from the RHEL 5.4 > > > iso. And they all build for itanium 64 > > > # rpm -qa | grep libvirt > > > libvirt-python-0.6.3-20.el5 > > > libvirt-devel-0.6.3-20.el5 > > > libvirt-0.6.3-20.el5 > > > > > > And i try to make a link, it still doesn't work. > > > ln -s /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ia64 /usr/libexec/qemu-system-ia64 > > > > > > > Actually I think that destination needs to be /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm, not > > qemu-system-ia64. And looking at the rhel5 code, this can also be > > /usr/bin/qemu-kvm > > > That's not going to help. 'ia64' is not listed as a valid architecture > in qemu_conf.c, so it'll never be pulled into the capabilities, and thus > libvirt will never even look for a KVM binary > The libvirt and virt-manager rpm all come from the iso of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Server (Itanium)Does the redhat have the plans to implement the architecture ia64 in libvirt ?

> Someone needs to update qemu_conf.c to handle ia64 correctly. > If i want to update qemu_conf.c to handle ia64 , which files or datastruct needs to update ? Only the qemu_conf.c ?