[fedora-virt] Fedora virt status

Justin M. Forbes jmforbes at linuxtx.org
Fri Feb 12 20:46:03 UTC 2010


Fedora 13
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  Feature Freeze deadline for F-13 was earlier this week, and all packages
  should be feature complete.  Now it is time to widdle down the bug list
  and get F13 as clean as possible.

  F-13 schedule:

  2010-02-16  Alpha Freeze (4 days)
  2010-03-23  Beta (Final Development) Freeze (39 days)
  2010-04-29  Compose Release Candidate (76 days)


Fedora Cloud SIG
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  Progressis being made towards updated Fedora in the EC2 cloud, and
  There is some interest in supporting the IBM Cloud. More details
  can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cloud_SIG

F12 Virt Preview
================

  As was announced before, the virt-preview repository for F12 users wishing
  to test out the latest virtualization bits is available.  Instructions for
  using this repository can be found at:
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository

  Recent updates in this repository include:

  python-virtinst-0.500.2-1:
  - Update to version 0.500.2
  - virt-install --autostart option for setting domain autostart flag
  - virt-install --host-device now supports values via lsusb and lspci

  qemu-0.12.2-6:
  - Add vhost net support

  virt-manager-0.8.3-1:
  - Update to 0.8.3 release
  - Manage network interfaces: start, stop, view, provision bridges, bonds, etc.
  - Option to 'customize VM before install'.


Bugs
====

  DOOM-O-METER: 238 bugs open 1 week ago, up to 244 now.

  Feature Freeze has happened, so it is time to really start attacking
  this bug list! Anyone wishing to help can find more information at:
  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_bugs

= Important =

== kernel ==

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545851
    KVM/networking-related crash

    A patch has been submitted upstream, and this should be fixed with
    the next kernel update.

== kvm ==

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555788
    SIGTRAP leakage between separate virtual machines

    Patches have been posted for this, and a resolution is coming soon.
    This requires kernel patches, so timeframe coinsides with the 2.6.32
    update for F12.

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478317
    almost 9 thousand syscalls per second while idle

    This is believed to be a result of the USB Tablet device, but several
    users have noticed high host CPU usage while guests were idle.

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544339
    Segfaults logged from kvm (qemu-kvm) resulting in guest sudden crash
    and data loss

    A number of users complaining of guests crashing and sometimes taking
    the host with them.  This appears to be related to sound emulation. 
    We are waiting for feedback from virt-preview users.

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544940
    reattach virtio to rhel{5,6} guests will cause qemu-kvm crash



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