[pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server v2 08/32] drive: remove geometry options gone since QEMU 3.1

Fiona Ebner f.ebner at proxmox.com
Wed Jun 18 15:01:45 CEST 2025


It was not possible to start a QEMU instance with these options set
since QEMU version 3.1, QEMU commit b24ec3c462 ("block: Remove
deprecated -drive geometry options") and thus also not to take a
backup. It is still possible to restore an old backup with these
options set.

Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com>
---

Changes in v2:
* Different approach, skip dropped keys, rather than allowing all
  additional properties.

 src/PVE/QemuServer.pm       |  2 +-
 src/PVE/QemuServer/Drive.pm | 28 +++-------------------------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index cfeb8949..95a84c56 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ sub print_drive_commandline_full {
     my $is_rbd = $path =~ m/^rbd:/;
 
     my $opts = '';
-    my @qemu_drive_options = qw(heads secs cyls trans media cache rerror werror aio discard);
+    my @qemu_drive_options = qw(media cache rerror werror aio discard);
     foreach my $o (@qemu_drive_options) {
         $opts .= ",$o=$drive->{$o}" if defined($drive->{$o});
     }
diff --git a/src/PVE/QemuServer/Drive.pm b/src/PVE/QemuServer/Drive.pm
index 0e99257b..96bb12c4 100644
--- a/src/PVE/QemuServer/Drive.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/QemuServer/Drive.pm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
     print_drive
 );
 
-my $DROPPED_PROPERTIES = [];
+my $DROPPED_PROPERTIES = ['cyls', 'heads', 'secs', 'trans'];
 
 our $QEMU_FORMAT_RE = qr/raw|qcow|qcow2|qed|vmdk|cloop/;
 
@@ -176,27 +176,6 @@ my %drivedesc_base = (
         default => 'disk',
         optional => 1,
     },
-    cyls => {
-        type => 'integer',
-        description => "Force the drive's physical geometry to have a specific cylinder count.",
-        optional => 1,
-    },
-    heads => {
-        type => 'integer',
-        description => "Force the drive's physical geometry to have a specific head count.",
-        optional => 1,
-    },
-    secs => {
-        type => 'integer',
-        description => "Force the drive's physical geometry to have a specific sector count.",
-        optional => 1,
-    },
-    trans => {
-        type => 'string',
-        enum => [qw(none lba auto)],
-        description => "Force disk geometry bios translation mode.",
-        optional => 1,
-    },
     snapshot => {
         type => 'boolean',
         description => "Controls qemu's snapshot mode feature."
@@ -765,7 +744,7 @@ sub drive_is_read_only {
     return $drive->{interface} ne 'sata' && $drive->{interface} ne 'ide';
 }
 
-# ideX = [volume=]volume-id[,media=d][,cyls=c,heads=h,secs=s[,trans=t]]
+# ideX = [volume=]volume-id[,media=d]
 #        [,snapshot=on|off][,cache=on|off][,format=f][,backup=yes|no]
 #        [,rerror=ignore|report|stop][,werror=enospc|ignore|report|stop]
 #        [,aio=native|threads][,discard=ignore|on][,detect_zeroes=on|off]
@@ -843,8 +822,7 @@ sub parse_drive {
     return if $res->{iops_wr} && $res->{iops};
 
     if ($res->{media} && ($res->{media} eq 'cdrom')) {
-        return if $res->{snapshot} || $res->{trans} || $res->{format};
-        return if $res->{heads} || $res->{secs} || $res->{cyls};
+        return if $res->{snapshot} || $res->{format};
         return if $res->{interface} eq 'virtio';
     }
 
-- 
2.39.5





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