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Bug
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Resolution: Done
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Undefined
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rhel-10.0
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No
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Important
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rhel-virt-windows
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None
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False
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False
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None
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None
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None
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None
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Unspecified
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Unspecified
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Unspecified
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aarch64
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None
Setup details:
qemu-kvm-10.0.0-7.el10.aarch64
edk2-20250523-2.el10.noarch
kernel-6.12.0-114.el10.aarch64
swtpm-0.9.0-5.el10.aarch64
qemu-kvm cmd line:
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm \ -name guest=win11,debug-threads=on \ -blockdev '{"node-name": "file_aavmf_code", "driver": "file", "filename": "/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-silent-pflash.raw", "auto-read-only": true, "discard": "unmap"}' \ -blockdev '{"node-name": "drive_aavmf_code", "driver": "raw", "read-only": true, "file": "file_aavmf_code"}' \ -blockdev '{"node-name": "file_aavmf_vars", "driver": "file", "filename": "/home/kar/vm1_vars.raw", "auto-read-only": true, "discard": "unmap"}' \ -blockdev '{"node-name": "drive_aavmf_vars", "driver": "raw", "read-only": false, "file": "file_aavmf_vars"}' \ -m 25600 \ -smp 64,maxcpus=64,cores=32,threads=1,clusters=1,sockets=2 \ -cpu 'host' \ -chardev socket,server=on,wait=off,id=qmp_id_qmpmonitor1,path=/var/tmp/qmpmonitor1 \ -mon chardev=qmp_id_qmpmonitor1,mode=control \ -machine virt,gic-version=host,pflash0=drive_aavmf_code,pflash1=drive_aavmf_vars,memory-backend=mem-machine_mem \ -object '{"size": 26843545600, "mem-path": "/dev/shm", "share": true, "id": "mem-machine_mem","qom-type": "memory-backend-file"}' \ -nodefaults -vnc 0.0.0.0:12 -monitor stdio -enable-kvm \ -device ramfb \ -device '{"driver":"qemu-xhci","p2":15,"p3":15,"id":"usb"}' \ -device '{"driver":"usb-tablet","id":"input0","bus":"usb.0","port":"1"}' \ -device '{"driver":"usb-kbd","id":"input1","bus":"usb.0","port":"2"}' \ -device '{"driver":"usb-mouse","id":"input2","bus":"usb.0","port":"3"}' \ -drive file=/home/kvm_autotest_root/iso/ISO/Win11/en-us_windows_11_business_editions_version_24h2_updated_april_2025_arm64_dvd_1221f08c.iso,media=cdrom,if=none,id=drivers \ -device '{"driver":"usb-storage","drive":"drivers"}' \ -drive file=/home/virtio-win-0.1.271.iso,media=cdrom,if=none,id=drivers_win \ -device '{"driver":"usb-storage","drive":"drivers_win"}' \ -drive file=/home/kvm_autotest_root/iso/windows/virtio-win-prewhql-0.1-290_aarch64.iso,media=cdrom,if=none,id=drivers_win_2 \ -device '{"driver":"usb-storage","drive":"drivers_win_2"}' \ -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":8,"chassis":1,"id":"pci.1","bus":"pcie.0","multifunction":true,"addr":"0x2"}' \ -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":9,"chassis":2,"id":"pci.2","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x2.0x1"}' \ -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":10,"chassis":3,"id":"pci.3","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x2.0x2"}' \ -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":11,"chassis":4,"id":"pci.4","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x2.0x3"}' \ -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":12,"chassis":5,"id":"pci.5","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x2.0x4"}' \ -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/home/kvm_autotest_root/images/win11-arm64-virtio.qcow2","node-name":"libvirt-2-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \ -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-2-format","read-only":false,"discard":"unmap","driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-2-storage","backing":null}' \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-scsi-pci","bus":"pci.3","addr":"0x0"}' \ -device '{"driver": "scsi-hd", "id": "image1", "drive": "libvirt-2-format", "write-cache": "on"}' \ -netdev '{"type":"tap","id":"hostnet0"}' \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-net-pci","netdev":"hostnet0","id":"net0","mac":"52:54:00:dc:d6:7d","bus":"pci.4","addr":"0x0"}' \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-pci","id":"balloon0","bus":"pci.2","addr":"0x0"}' \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-gpu-pci","id":"video0","max_outputs":1,"bus":"pci.5","addr":"0x0"}' \ -chardev socket,id=char_vtpm_avocado-vt-vm1_tpm0,path=/home/kar/workspace/root/avocado/data/avocado-vt/swtpm/avocado-vt-vm1_tpm0_swtpm.sock \ -tpmdev emulator,chardev=char_vtpm_avocado-vt-vm1_tpm0,id=emulator_vtpm_avocado-vt-vm1_tpm0 \ -device '{"id": "tpm-crb_vtpm_avocado-vt-vm1_tpm0", "tpmdev": "emulator_vtpm_avocado-vt-vm1_tpm0", "driver": "tpm-tis-device"}'
What were you trying to do that didn't work?
I was attempting to install Windows 11 on an ARM64 virtual machine. The installation failed to proceed because it could not find the necessary virtio drivers to recognize the virtual disk.
What is the impact of this issue to you?
blocks the installation of Windows 11 on an ARM64 VM
Please provide the package NVR for which the bug is seen:
The issue was observed while using the new virtio-win ISO: virtio-win-prewhql-0.1-290_aarch64.iso
How reproducible is this bug?:
100% reproducible. The installation fails at the same step every time.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new virtual machine for Windows 11 on an ARM64 platform.
- Mount the virtio-win-prewhql-0.1-290_aarch64.iso as a virtual CD/DVD drive.
- Begin the Windows 11 installation process.
- Proceed through the initial setup until the "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen.
- Click on "Load driver" to install the virtio drivers.
- Browse to the mounted virtio-win ISO and navigate to the aarch64 driver folder.
Expected results
The installer should successfully find and load the correct virtio drivers from the ISO, allowing the user to select the virtual disk for installation and proceed with the setup.
Actual results
The Windows 11 installer fails to find the virtio drivers for the virtual disk, halting the installation process and making it impossible to install the operating system.
NOTE: I used https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/virtio-win-0.1.271-1/virtio-win.iso vioscsci driver to load driver first and after installation I was able to install network and balloon drivers fron the virtio-win-prewhql-0.1-290_aarch64.iso