UEFI loader should consider the guest architecture not the host
Bug #1902205 reported by
Belmiro Moreira
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack Compute (nova) |
Confirmed
|
Wishlist
|
Belmiro Moreira | ||
Bug Description
"""
It would be great if Nova supports instances with a different architecture than the host.
An use case would be run aarch64 guests in a x86_64 compute node.
"""
In order to use boot an aarch64 guest in a x86_64 host we need to use UEFI.
However, Nova always uses the UEFI loader considering the host architecture.
The guest architecture should be considered instead.
in livbvirt.driver.py:
"for lpath in DEFAULT_
Environment
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Tested using the master branch (29/10/2020)
Other
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I'm now opening target bugs for the generic issue reported in https:/
| description: | updated |
| Changed in nova: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Belmiro Moreira (moreira-belmiro-email-lists) |
| description: | updated |
| Changed in nova: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| tags: | added: libvirt |
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