attempt to avoid remote qemus from hanging

[tests.git] / system / template-qemu / start-qemu-node

diff --git a/system/template-qemu/start-qemu-node b/system/template-qemu/start-qemu-node
index e35b633..b138531 100755 (executable)
--- a/system/template-qemu/start-qemu-node
+++ b/system/template-qemu/start-qemu-node
@@ -4,35 +4,29 @@
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
 #Getting the env. as passed by the test framework - mostly MACADDR and NODE_ISO
-CONFIG=start-qemu.conf
+CONFIG=qemu.conf
 if [ ! -e ${CONFIG} ];then
-    echo "File for MAC Address not found"
+    echo "File for node_iso version not found"
     exit 1
 fi
 . $CONFIG
 
 #default Value
-QEMU=qemu-system-x86_64
-HDA=hda_10.raw
-RAM=520;
+#always use the 64 bit version of qemu, as this will work on both 32 & 64 bit host kernels
+QEMU=qemu
+HDA=hda_5.img
+RAM=1024
 
-SCRIPT=./qemu-ifup
-TAP="tap,script=$SCRIPT";
-
-
-##check for the creation of new HDA
-#if [ -e "$HDA" ]; then
-#    echo "Disk already existing removing  it..."
-#    rm -rf $HDA
-#fi
-#
+SCRIPT=qemu-ifup
+TAP="tap,script=$SCRIPT"
 
 #Creating new HDA if needed only
+#using qcow2 disk image format which is essential to support VM snapshots
 if [ -f $HDA ] ; then
     echo "Using $HDA"
 else
     echo "Creating hard disk for Qemu install under $HDA"
-    img=$(qemu-img create $HDA 10G)
+    img=$(qemu-img create -f qcow2 $HDA 5G)
     if [ -z "$img" ];then
        echo "Can't Create disk image..."
        exit 1
@@ -41,11 +35,9 @@ fi
 
 echo "New $HDA is created..."
 
-#Command for running the Qemu Emulator
-ARGS="-boot d -cdrom ${NODE_ISO} -hda ${HDA} -m ${RAM}  -net nic,macaddr=${MACADDR} -net $TAP -nographic -pidfile qemu.pid"
-echo $$ > shell.pid
-echo "Running qemu $ARGS"
-$QEMU $ARGS
+rm -f qemu.pid
 
-
-exit
+#Command for running the Qemu Emulator
+ARGS="-boot d  -net nic,macaddr=${MACADDR} -net $TAP, -cdrom ${NODE_ISO} -hda ${HDA} -m ${RAM} -nographic  -pidfile qemu.pid"
+echo "Running $QEMU $ARGS < /dev/null"
+exec $QEMU $ARGS < /dev/null