From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42396) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1an0f1-00044b-K3 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 04 Apr 2016 05:19:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1an0ew-0005xd-Kd for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 04 Apr 2016 05:19:03 -0400 Received: from smtp.citrix.com ([66.165.176.89]:2326) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1an0ew-0005xS-GH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 04 Apr 2016 05:18:58 -0400 References: <1459347035-32740-1-git-send-email-jgross@suse.com> From: David Vrabel Message-ID: <57023157.6040807@citrix.com> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 10:18:15 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1459347035-32740-1-git-send-email-jgross@suse.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: write information about supported backends List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Juergen Gross , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Cc: kraxel@redhat.com, stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com On 30/03/16 15:10, Juergen Gross wrote: > Add a Xenstore directory for each supported pv backend. This will allow > Xen tools to decide which backend type to use in case there are > multiple possibilities. > > The information is added under > /local/domain//device-model//backends > before the "running" state is written to Xenstore. Using a directory > for each directory enables us to add parameters for specific backends > in the future. "Using a directory for each backend..."? > > In order to reuse the Xenstore directory creation already present in > hw/xen/xen_devconfig.c move the related functions to > hw/xen/xen_backend.c where they fit better. Why Xenstore and not QMP? David From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Vrabel Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: write information about supported backends Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 10:18:15 +0100 Message-ID: <57023157.6040807@citrix.com> References: <1459347035-32740-1-git-send-email-jgross@suse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1459347035-32740-1-git-send-email-jgross@suse.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+gceq-qemu-devel=gmane.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+gceq-qemu-devel=gmane.org@nongnu.org To: Juergen Gross , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com Cc: kraxel@redhat.com, stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On 30/03/16 15:10, Juergen Gross wrote: > Add a Xenstore directory for each supported pv backend. This will allow > Xen tools to decide which backend type to use in case there are > multiple possibilities. > > The information is added under > /local/domain//device-model//backends > before the "running" state is written to Xenstore. Using a directory > for each directory enables us to add parameters for specific backends > in the future. "Using a directory for each backend..."? > > In order to reuse the Xenstore directory creation already present in > hw/xen/xen_devconfig.c move the related functions to > hw/xen/xen_backend.c where they fit better. Why Xenstore and not QMP? David