[PATCH] qemu-kvm cannot emulate other architectures, however x86_64 guest can run x86 distros. Unset arch when doing kvm installs and allow virtinst.FullVirtInstall() to determine the host architecture for us

[James Laska]

---
 koan/qcreate.py |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/koan/qcreate.py b/koan/qcreate.py
index bb3a9c2..0b49739 100755
--- a/koan/qcreate.py
+++ b/koan/qcreate.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def start_install(name=None, ram=None, disks=None, mac=None,
     vtype = "qemu"
     if virtinst.util.is_kvm_capable():
        vtype = "kvm"
+       arch = None # let virtinst.FullVirtGuest() default to the host arch
     elif virtinst.util.is_kqemu_capable():
        vtype = "kqemu"
     print "- using qemu hypervisor, type=%s" % vtype
-- 
1.6.0.4

[Michael DeHaan]

James Laska wrote:
>  ---
>   koan/qcreate.py |    1 +
>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
>  diff --git a/koan/qcreate.py b/koan/qcreate.py
>  index bb3a9c2..0b49739 100755
>  --- a/koan/qcreate.py
>  +++ b/koan/qcreate.py
>  @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def start_install(name=None, ram=None, disks=None, mac=None,
>       vtype = "qemu"
>       if virtinst.util.is_kvm_capable():
>          vtype = "kvm"
>  +       arch = None # let virtinst.FullVirtGuest() default to the host arch
>       elif virtinst.util.is_kqemu_capable():
>          vtype = "kqemu"
>       print "- using qemu hypervisor, type=%s" % vtype
>     
Applied, thanks!