From: "Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>
To: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>, xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-4.6] libxl, hotplug/Linux: default to phy backend for raw format file
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:32:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54760EA5.1030407@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1417020935-2934-1-git-send-email-wei.liu2@citrix.com>
El 26/11/14 a les 17.55, Wei Liu ha escrit:
> Modify libxl and hotplug script to allow raw format file to use phy
> backend.
>
> The block script now tests the path and determine the actual type of
> file (block device or regular file) then use the actual type to
> determine which branch to run.
>
> With these changes, plus the current ordering of backend preference (phy
>> qdisk > tap), we will use phy backend for raw format file by default.
Maybe it's a stupid question, but I remember that last time this changed
was attempted it caused problems with local migration. Has this been fixed?
I'm asking because there's no comment of this in the commit message, and
the code doesn't seem to differ from the first try in 11a63a.
Roger.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-26 17:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-26 16:55 [PATCH for-4.6] libxl, hotplug/Linux: default to phy backend for raw format file Wei Liu
2014-11-26 17:32 ` Roger Pau Monné [this message]
2014-11-26 17:44 ` Wei Liu
2014-11-27 15:00 ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-01-08 14:07 ` Ian Campbell
2015-01-08 16:07 ` Wei Liu
2015-01-08 16:11 ` Ian Campbell
2015-01-08 16:47 ` Stefano Stabellini
2015-01-12 16:41 ` Ian Campbell
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