Re: [PATCH 0 of 5] xl shutdown compatibility with xm

[Sander Eikelenboom <linux@eikelenboom.it>]

Thursday, October 25, 2012, 5:23:17 PM, you wrote:

> Sander Eikelenboom writes ("Re: [PATCH 0 of 5] xl shutdown compatibility with xm"):
>> 
>> So Ian, what would your prefer ?
>> 
>> A) only fix the xendomains init script, since it's automated and a administator can not intervene, for manual usage of xl shutdown keep the current behaviour
>> B) Drop the -F option and let xl shutdown always try the acpi fallback. In this case you can very well turn around IanC's argumentation:
>>    An administrator who knows that a domain can't be shutdown with either the pv or acpi fallback just shouldn't try to use xl shutdown manually.
>>    (and if he does probably nothing devastating will happen)
>> C) Invert the -F option, to NOT try to use the apci fallback
>> 
>> I think option B is acceptable and preferable:

> I agree with you.  But I think we need to convince Ian C.

Ok I tried with the reasoning above.
I agree with his argumentation that for domains that do not properly shutdown with pv and acpi fallback intervention by a admin was and is required.
But i try to explain that for this special case it doesn't matter if xl shutdown tries to do the acpi fallback automatically, since this admin shouldn't use xl shutdown on this domain anyway.


> Ian.