Re: Re: [Xen-tools] [RFC] xm interface proposed changes

[Josh Triplett <josht@us.ibm.com>]

On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 07:32 -0400, Sean Dague wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 12:10:48PM +0100, Ian Pratt wrote:
> > > * cpus-set <DomId> <VCpu> <CPUS>    Set which cpus a VCPU can use. 
> > 
> > I'm not sure about this one, but an struggling to think of anything
> > better. 
> > cpu-set-affinity ?
> 
> Yeh, I was scratching my head a lot on this one too.  Trying to brainstorm
> now (help in this regard would be good):
> 
> cpu-allocate <DomId> <VCpu> <CPUS>?
> vcpu-set <DomId> <VCpu> <CPUS>?

How about vcpu-pin?  "pin" is a relatively common shorthand for setting
affinity.

> > > Commands related to virtual block devices:
> > > 
> > > * block-create <DomId> <BackDev> <FrontDev> <Mode> 
> > > [BackDomId]    Create a new virtual block device for a domain
> > > * block-destroy <DomId> <DevId>  Destroy a domain's virtual 
> > > block device
> > 
> > add/remove (or add/del) might sound a little less brutal than
> > create/destroy.
> 
> Yep, good point.

How about attach/detach?

- Josh Triplett