Hi, when using "virsh dumpxml <domain> > xmlfile" on a running paravirt xen domain that has no bootloader entry whatsoever I get: ... <bootloader/> <os> <type>linux</type> <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz-vm</kernel> <initrd>/boot/initrd.img-vm</initrd> <cmdline>root=/dev/sda1 ro </cmdline> </os> ... reimporting this via "virsh define xmlfile" and then dumping again gives something like: ... <bootloader/> <os> <type>linux</type> </os> ... since a bootloader tag is found the kernel and initrd entries are being dropped. My hack is to ignore empty bootloader statements for the moment: diff --git a/src/xend_internal.c b/src/xend_internal.c index fd38a61..5428cd7 100644 --- a/src/xend_internal.c +++ b/src/xend_internal.c @@ -1438,9 +1438,6 @@ xend_parse_sexp_desc(virConnectPtr conn, struct sexpr *root, if (tmp != NULL) { bootloader = 1; virBufferVSprintf(&buf, " <bootloader>%s</bootloader>\n", tmp); - } else if (sexpr_has(root, "domain/bootloader")) { - bootloader = 1; - virBufferVSprintf(&buf, " <bootloader/>\n"); } tmp = sexpr_node(root, "domain/bootloader_args"); if (tmp != NULL && bootloader) { Would that be the right place to fix this? Cheers, -- Guido