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To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@eu.citrix.com>, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>, Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Gerd Hoffmann, le Tue 05 Aug 2008 08:52:26 +0200, a =E9crit :
>>> There is: the info node, which is an OR of the
>>> VDISK_CDROM/REMOVABLE/READONLY flags.
>> Who sets that node?  Backend driver or xend?
>=20
> backend, see linux/driver/xen/blkback/xenbus.c=20

Hmm, ok.

mode=3D"r" (in backend directory) means readonly, ok.
device-type=3D"cdrom" (backend dir too) means cdrom, ok.

fixed up these.

removable can't be indicated to the backend via xenstore?

ignoring that for now.

btw: Looks like blktap doesn't set any VDISK_* flags?

cheers,
  Gerd

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