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Bug 318981 - app-emulation/qemu-kvm: Unable to boot from PXE - Cannot boot from non-existent NIC
Summary: app-emulation/qemu-kvm: Unable to boot from PXE - Cannot boot from non-existe...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo QEMU Project
URL: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug....
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Reported: 2010-05-08 16:52 UTC by Bill Himmelstoss
Modified: 2010-05-18 18:04 UTC (History)
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Description Bill Himmelstoss 2010-05-08 16:52:59 UTC 
When trying to create a diskless guest with virt-manager with the latest stable ebuilds of libvirt, qemu-kvm, etc. it fails with the error "cannot boot from non-existent NIC"

Upon further research I found it reported recently in Fedora which referenced an upstream patch here:  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-04/msg00378.html

I applied this patch against qemu-kvm-0.12.3-r1 in my local overlay and it resolved the issue. How do I go about formatting this patch for the ebuild?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create a kvm guest with virt-manager
2. choose PXE boot 
3. click Finish and observe the error
Comment 1 Matti Bickel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-05-18 10:23:27 UTC 
Thanks for the bug and the link. You can just diff -u <portage ebuild> <your ebuild> and attach it here.

Forwarding to maintainers.
Comment 2 Thomas Sachau gentoo-dev 2010-05-18 18:04:32 UTC 
The patch is in qemu-0.12.4, so qemu-kvm-0.12.4 should have it too. Find it on your local rsync mirror in a few hours.