Re: New version of my kvmctl script

[Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>]

On June 2, 2008 11:20 am FinnTux N/A wrote:
> 2008/6/2 Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>:
> > You may want to rename the script.  There's already a kvmctl (at
> > least on Debian) in the /usr/sbin directory that is used for testing.
>
> It comes with some debian kvm packages?

It's part of the kvm package in Lenny (kvm-60) and Sid (kvm-69).  Sorry, 
it's installed under /usr/bin, not /usr/sbin.  Here's the output 
of --help:

# /usr/bin/kvmctl --help
Usage: /usr/bin/kvmctl [OPTIONS] [bootstrap] flatfile
KVM test harness.

  -s, --smp=NUM          create a VM with NUM virtual CPUs
  -p, --protected-mode   start VM in protected mode
  -m, --memory=NUM[GMKB] allocate NUM memory for virtual machine.  A 
suffix
                         can be used to change the unit (default: `M')
  -h, --help             display this help screen and exit

Report bugs to <kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>.

Considering this is a test harness and not a control program, perhaps it 
should be renamed in the kvm sources/builds, to something more 
appropriate like kvmtest.

> Anyways, I was afraid of these naming issues. kvmctl is pretty generic
> name. Any suggestions? 

I'd prefer to keep the management/control scripts/apps named kvmctl, as 
that's easier to remember and fits with things like sysctl, apachectl, 
brctl, and other similar apps.

-- 
Freddie Cash
fjwcash@gmail.com