From: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net>, Paul.Clements@steeleye.com
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH][RFC] qemu-nbd:multiple files server
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:27:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48C7E766.2040009@codemonkey.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1220867251.4147.30.camel@frecb07144>
Laurent Vivier wrote:
> This patch allows the NBD client to select the file to use.
>
> It modifies the NBD protocol to allow the client to provide a filename
> if the NBD server reports a disk size of 0.
>
I don't have a problem with it from a client/server perspective, but we
need to make sure that we're extending the NBD protocol in a way that's
compatible with other implementations.
So please make sure Paul is on board with how you're extending the protocol.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
> Example:
>
> # add in /etc/services
>
> nbd 1024/tcp
>
> # add in /etc/inetd.conf
>
> nbd stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/qemu-nbd /usr/local/bin/qemu-nbd --nocache --read-only --port 0 --directory /ISO
>
> In /ISO, there are:
>
> debian-31r0a-amd64-netinst.iso openSUSE-10.3-GM-x86_64-mini.iso
> debian-40r0-i386-netinst.iso ubuntu-6.06-desktop-amd64.iso
> debian-40r0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso ubuntu-7.10-desktop-amd64.iso
> debian-40r1-amd64-netinst.iso ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso
> debian-40r1-powerpc-netinst.iso winxp_64.iso
>
> Then I can start qemu with:
>
> x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -net nic -net tap -hda new_disk.qcow2 -cdrom nbd:my_nbd_server:1024:ubuntu-6.06-desktop-amd64.iso -boot d
>
> or
>
> x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -net nic -net tap -hda new_disk.qcow2 -cdrom nbd:my_nbd_server:1024:winxp_64.iso -boot d
>
> My goal is to be able to provide an install CD server, without
> configuring BOOTD/DHCP/TFTP server.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net>
>
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2008-09-08 9:47 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH][RFC] qemu-nbd:multiple files server Laurent Vivier
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