From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anthony Liguori Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/2] rbd: link and load librbd dynamically Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:13:57 -0500 Message-ID: <87ppvfuvii.fsf@codemonkey.ws> References: <20130405093124.GA2351@dhcp-200-207.str.redhat.com> <1365552342-22840-1-git-send-email-josh.durgin@inktank.com> <87ip3uctjv.fsf@codemonkey.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-yh0-f42.google.com ([209.85.213.42]:38720 "EHLO mail-yh0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423672Ab3FUTOA (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:14:00 -0400 Received: by mail-yh0-f42.google.com with SMTP id c41so3383950yho.1 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:14:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: ceph-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Sage Weil Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi , Josh Durgin , Kevin Wolf , Paolo Bonzini , qemu-devel , Stefan Hajnoczi , ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org Sage Weil writes: > Hi Anthony, Stefan, Paolo, > > [Resurrecting an old thread, here!] > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 Anthony Liguori wrote: > > Has any progress been made toward a generic dynamic linking solution for > block drivers? It is a conceptually simple change, but non-trivial for > anyone unfamiliar with the build system. There are patches on the list in fact. > In the mean time, the inability to dynamically link librbd is continuing > to cause significant pain for distro users. Would you consider merging > the rbd-specific linking as an interim solution until something is > generically available to qemu? Regards, Anthony Liguori > > sage From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq6mY-00035I-KE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:14:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq6mW-0006UY-TF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:14:02 -0400 Received: from mail-gh0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c05::235]:48001) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uq6mW-0006UL-N9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:14:00 -0400 Received: by mail-gh0-f181.google.com with SMTP id z12so2214651ghb.40 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:14:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Anthony Liguori In-Reply-To: References: <20130405093124.GA2351@dhcp-200-207.str.redhat.com> <1365552342-22840-1-git-send-email-josh.durgin@inktank.com> <87ip3uctjv.fsf@codemonkey.ws> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:13:57 -0500 Message-ID: <87ppvfuvii.fsf@codemonkey.ws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/2] rbd: link and load librbd dynamically List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Sage Weil Cc: Kevin Wolf , Stefan Hajnoczi , qemu-devel , Stefan Hajnoczi , Josh Durgin , Paolo Bonzini , ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org Sage Weil writes: > Hi Anthony, Stefan, Paolo, > > [Resurrecting an old thread, here!] > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 Anthony Liguori wrote: > > Has any progress been made toward a generic dynamic linking solution for > block drivers? It is a conceptually simple change, but non-trivial for > anyone unfamiliar with the build system. There are patches on the list in fact. > In the mean time, the inability to dynamically link librbd is continuing > to cause significant pain for distro users. Would you consider merging > the rbd-specific linking as an interim solution until something is > generically available to qemu? Regards, Anthony Liguori > > sage