Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>> Then I'd prefer we add a protocol=XXX option for magic protocols. 
>> This would be easier to use & clearer than requiring escaping of 
>> magic characters, eg
>>
>>    -drive file=/some/path:with:colons,protocol=file
>>    -drive file=http://some/path,protocol=uri
>>
>> For compatability, we could make it such that if protocol=XXX was 
>> left out,
>> it could try and "guess" it, in same way QEMU does if format=XXX is 
>> left out
>> for content format.
>>   
>
> How about
>
>  -drive file=file:///some/path:with:colons?
>
> Libvirt would use this unconditionally, command-line users can choose.

Why does libvirt care?  That confuses me.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori