Re: block-nbd script and example config

[Nivedita Singhvi <niv@us.ibm.com>]

Ian Pratt wrote:

>>Find attached the block-nbd script (in /etc/xen/scripts/) and 
>>an example config file. The block-nbd script is based on the 
>>-enbd one.
>>They have been used successfully in the Xen Tutorial at Linux 
>>Kongress.
> 
> 
> disk = [ 'nbd:134.100.233.115 20004,hda1,w' ]
> 
> I think having the space in the export device name is just a little too
> nauseating :-)
> 
> Could we make the script take ip:port and then turn the ':' into a space
> when invoking nbdclient?
> 
> On this subject, I think it would be less confusing if we configured
> disks using a syntax more akin to that which we use for networking e.g.:
> 
> disks = [ 'export=phy:/dev/sda1, target=/dev/sda1, options=rw',
>           'export=phy:/dev/vg/my_usr, target=/dev/sdb1, options=ro' ]
> 
> I know its late in the day to be making changes like this, but it
> doesn't hurt to canvass opinion...

Great idea, I think it will be much cleaner and reduce the
inevitable configuration errors..

thanks,
Nivedita


> I'd also do away with all the fancy stuff we have to build the command
> line and just have a single command line variable that we assemble
> everything in to within the config file. The current magic just makes
> things more confusing.
> 
> 
> Ian
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> Ian
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