From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
To: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org,
apw@canonical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 08/14] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:44:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120817184421.GD29217@decadent.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120817182721.GA7747@aepfle.de>
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 08:27:21PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:51:09AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 06:32:19PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > > > Now, gather DNS information. Invoke an external script (that can be
> > > > distro dependent) to gather the DNS information.
> > >
> > > Where is that script? Why a script, this really isn't in a standard
> > > method for all Linux distros? If not, why not work to do that like the
> > > freedesktop.org people have done for other system configuration items?
> >
> > I suggested using the Network Manager D-Bus API. That obviously
> > isn't going to work everywhere, but it seems to cover the same simple
> > cases that this hypervisor-guest interface allows for.
>
> If its not going to work everywhere how can it be the solution?
You are never going to have a 'works everywhere' solution for
Linux guests.
How are these distribution-specific integration scripts going
to get installed in the guesta, anyway?
Ben.
> The script in turn can do whatever it takes, which includes NM. However
> NM (in its current state) shouldnt be thrown at everyone and everything.
--
Ben Hutchings
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
- Albert Camus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-17 18:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-17 1:31 [PATCH V3 00/14] drivers: hv: kvp K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 01/14] Drivers: hv: kvp: Support the new IP injection messages K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 02/14] Tools: hv: Prepare to expand kvp_get_ip_address() functionality K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 03/14] Tools: hv: Further refactor kvp_get_ip_address() K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 04/14] Tools: hv: Gather address family information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 05/14] Tools: hv: Gather subnet information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 06/14] Tools: hv: Represent the ipv6 mask using CIDR notation K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 07/14] Tools: hv: Gather ipv[4,6] gateway information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 08/14] Tools: hv: Gather DNS information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 16:51 ` Greg KH
2012-08-17 16:55 ` Greg KH
2012-08-17 17:07 ` KY Srinivasan
2012-08-17 17:17 ` Greg KH
2012-08-17 21:41 ` KY Srinivasan
2012-08-17 17:32 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-08-17 17:38 ` Greg KH
2012-08-17 17:51 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-08-17 17:55 ` KY Srinivasan
2012-08-17 17:46 ` KY Srinivasan
2012-08-17 18:27 ` Olaf Hering
2012-08-17 18:44 ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
2012-08-17 18:53 ` Olaf Hering
2012-08-22 8:50 ` Andy Whitcroft
2012-08-22 15:45 ` KY Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 09/14] Tools: hv: Gather DHCP information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 10/14] Tools: hv: Implement the KVP verb - KVP_OP_SET_IP_INFO K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 11/14] Tools: hv: Rename the function kvp_get_ip_address() K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 12/14] Tools: hv: Implement the KVP verb - KVP_OP_GET_IP_INFO K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 13/14] Tools: hv: Get rid of some unused variables K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-08-17 1:32 ` [PATCH V3 14/14] Tools: hv: Correctly type string variables K. Y. Srinivasan
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