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@AndyChiang888 AndyChiang888 commented May 18, 2026

The same firmware image may be deployed on either bare metal device or virtualized platforms (e.g., Proxmox VE).

On bare metal device, qemu-ga may still be started even though no virtio-serial channel is available, resulting in repeated attempts to access /dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0.

This causes continuous service respawning by procd and unnecessary log spam.

This commit adds a pre-check for /dev/virtio-ports to avoid starting qemu-ga when virtio-serial support is not present.

related logs:

daemon.err: qemu-ga[6259]: 1779119060.919739: critical: error opening channel '/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0': No such file or directory
daemon.err: qemu-ga[6259]: 1779119060.919757: critical: failed to create guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[6259]: 1779119060.919762: critical: failed to initialize guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[6259]: 1779119060.919791: critical: error initializing guest agent
daemon.err: qemu-ga[7016]: 1779119065.934454: critical: error opening channel '/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0': No such file or directory
daemon.err: qemu-ga[7016]: 1779119065.934475: critical: failed to create guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[7016]: 1779119065.934481: critical: failed to initialize guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[7016]: 1779119065.934486: critical: error initializing guest agent
daemon.err: qemu-ga[7313]: 1779119070.973746: critical: error opening channel '/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0': No such file or directory
daemon.err: qemu-ga[7313]: 1779119070.973761: critical: failed to create guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[7313]: 1779119070.973766: critical: failed to initialize guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[7313]: 1779119070.973791: critical: error initializing guest agent
daemon.err: qemu-ga[8164]: 1779119076.013910: critical: error opening channel '/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0': No such file or directory
daemon.err: qemu-ga[8164]: 1779119076.013928: critical: failed to create guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[8164]: 1779119076.013934: critical: failed to initialize guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[8164]: 1779119076.013939: critical: error initializing guest agent
daemon.err: qemu-ga[9531]: 1779119081.043780: critical: error opening channel '/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0': No such file or directory
daemon.err: qemu-ga[9531]: 1779119081.043796: critical: failed to create guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[9531]: 1779119081.043801: critical: failed to initialize guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[9531]: 1779119081.043806: critical: error initializing guest agent
daemon.err: qemu-ga[10502]: 1779119086.103792: critical: error opening channel '/dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0': No such file or directory
daemon.err: qemu-ga[10502]: 1779119086.103810: critical: failed to create guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[10502]: 1779119086.103815: critical: failed to initialize guest agent channel
daemon.err: qemu-ga[10502]: 1779119086.103820: critical: error initializing guest agent
daemon.info: procd: Instance qemu-ga::instance1 s in a crash loop 6 crashes, 0 seconds since last crash

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(You can find this by checking the history of the package Makefile.)

Description:


🧪 Run Testing Details

  • OpenWrt Version: SNAPSHOT
  • OpenWrt Target/Subtarget: x86/64
  • OpenWrt Device: N100

✅ Formalities

  • I have reviewed the CONTRIBUTING.md file for detailed contributing guidelines.

If your PR contains a patch:

  • It can be applied using git am
  • It has been refreshed to avoid offsets, fuzzes, etc., using
    make package/<your-package>/refresh V=s
  • It is structured in a way that it is potentially upstreamable
    (e.g., subject line, commit description, etc.)
    We must try to upstream patches to reduce maintenance burden.

@AndyChiang888 AndyChiang888 changed the title qemu-ga: skip starting on bare-metal hardware qemu-ga: skip starting on bare-metal device May 18, 2026
The same firmware image may be deployed on either bare metal device or
virtualized platforms (e.g., Proxmox VE).

On bare metal device, `qemu-ga` may still be started even though no
virtio-serial channel is available, resulting in repeated attempts to
access /dev/virtio-ports/org.qemu.guest_agent.0.

This causes continuous service respawning by procd and unnecessary log
spam.

This commit adds a pre-check for /dev/virtio-ports to avoid starting
`qemu-ga` when virtio-serial support is not present.

Signed-off-by: Andy Chiang <AndyChiang_git@outlook.com>
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