@@ -408,6 +408,28 @@ these default images; in that case, you will want to populate

         IMAGE_URLS="http://foo.bar.com/image.qcow,"

         IMAGE_URLS+="http://foo.bar.com/image2.qcow"

+

+Instance Type

+-------------

+

+``DEFAULT_INSTANCE_TYPE`` can be used to configure the default instance

+type. When this parameter is not specified, Devstack creates additional

+micro & nano flavors for really small instances to run Tempest tests.

+

+For guests with larger memory requirements, ``DEFAULT_INSTANCE_TYPE``

+should be specified in the configuration file so Tempest selects the

+default flavors instead.

+

+KVM on Power with QEMU 2.4 requires 512 MB to load the firmware -

+`QEMU 2.4 - PowerPC <http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/2.4>`__ so users

+running instances on ppc64/ppc64le can choose one of the default

+created flavors as follows:

+

+    ::

+

+        DEFAULT_INSTANCE_TYPE=m1.tiny

+

+

 IP Version

 ----------

@@ -205,21 +205,12 @@ function configure_tempest {

         if  [[ -z "$DEFAULT_INSTANCE_TYPE" ]]; then

             available_flavors=$(nova flavor-list)

             if [[ ! ( $available_flavors =~ 'm1.nano' ) ]]; then

-                if is_arch "ppc64"; then

-                    # Qemu needs at least 128MB of memory to boot on ppc64

-                    nova flavor-create m1.nano 42 128 0 1

-                else

-                    nova flavor-create m1.nano 42 64 0 1

-                fi

+                nova flavor-create m1.nano 42 64 0 1

             fi

             flavor_ref=42

             boto_instance_type=m1.nano

             if [[ ! ( $available_flavors =~ 'm1.micro' ) ]]; then

-                if is_arch "ppc64"; then

-                    nova flavor-create m1.micro 84 256 0 1

-                else

-                    nova flavor-create m1.micro 84 128 0 1

-                fi

+                nova flavor-create m1.micro 84 128 0 1

             fi

             flavor_ref_alt=84

         else