Re: [PATCH] libxl: blktap2 portiblity fixes

[Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@amd.com>]

On Monday 26 July 2010 17:12:34 Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: blktap2 portiblity 
fixes"):
> > On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 15:53 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > >   * Code motion between files, and creation of libxl_linux.c;
> > >   * Provide libxl_netbsd.c and associated Makefile changes to
> > >     disable blktap2 on netbsd
> >
> > I wonder if this might be better as libxl_blk_blktap.c and
> > libxl_blk_none.c or something to correspond to the presence of the
> > specific feature rather than an OS which happens to implement the
> > feature?
>
> Good point.
>
> > (I guess in this specific instance the chances of blktap
> > cropping up on another OS is pretty slim).
>
> Well, but there's no harm to naming the feature rather than the
> platform.  It's good practice.

It's bad practise to have OS specific code in common code.
There's a lot of sysfs code in libxl.c - currently only used for
pci passthrough.

In June/July I discussed three other API functions with Stephano
(which are not part of this series):

- libxl_pciback_flr
     performs FLR on the device specified by BFD

- libxl_pciback_bind
     unhooks pci device from dom0 and bind to pciback

- libxl_pciback_unbind
     unbind pci device from pciback and give back to dom0

These should allow to move all sysfs code in libxl.c into a linux specific
file.


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