Re: [PATCH] hw/i386/pc: xen: reinstate the "xenfv" machine alias

Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:27:59 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.emulators.xen.devel,gmane.comp.emulators.qemu
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 06:22:38PM +0200, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> Commit 7d2778dea32a4924a469f1cc5767042c8f5b4eea ("hw/i386/pc:
> Remove deprecated pc-q35/pc-i440fx/xenfv 3.1 machines") removed
> the Xen machine type that was providing the "xenfv" alias. As a
> consequence, since the tools are apparently relying on such alias,
> we're getting this, as soon as one tries to start a Xen (HVM) VM:
> 
>   qemu-system-i386: unsupported machine type: "xenfv"
>   Use -machine help to list supported machines
> 
> Reinstate the alias and let it point to the only Xen machine we
> still have.
> 
> Fixes: 7d2778dea3 hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated pc-q35/pc-i440fx/xenfv 3.1 machines
> Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <[email protected]>
> ---
>  hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]>


With regards,
Daniel
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