From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
To: Floris Bos <bos@je-eigen-domein.nl>
Cc: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Floris Bos <dev@noc-ps.com>,
Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ide: Adds "model=s" option, allowing the user to override the default disk model name "QEMU HARDDISK"
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:57:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F5DE49D.1050402@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1331409387-18234-1-git-send-email-bos@je-eigen-domein.nl>
Am 10.03.2012 20:56, schrieb Floris Bos:
> Some Linux distributions use the /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_name-of-disk-model_serial addressing scheme
> when refering to partitions in /etc/fstab and elsewhere.
> This causes problems when starting a disk image taken from an existing physical server under qemu,
> because when running under qemu name-of-disk-model is always "QEMU HARDDISK"
> This patch introduces a model=s option which in combination with the existing serial=s option can be used to
> fake the disk the operating system was previously on, allowing the OS to boot properly.
>
> Cc: kwolf@redhat.com
> Signed-off-by: Floris Bos <dev@noc-ps.com>
Oh, and now that I look at the actual patch, do we really want to add
the model=... option to -drive? I think just the qdev property may be
enough. When you need to set the option, you would need to use -device,
but it's not that hard.
Kevin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-12 11:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-10 19:56 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ide: Adds "model=s" option, allowing the user to override the default disk model name "QEMU HARDDISK" Floris Bos
2012-03-11 11:56 ` Andreas Färber
2012-03-12 10:26 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-03-12 11:30 ` Floris Bos / Maxnet
2012-03-12 11:38 ` Kevin Wolf
2012-03-12 11:57 ` Kevin Wolf [this message]
2012-03-12 12:09 ` Floris Bos / Maxnet
2012-03-12 12:45 ` Kevin Wolf
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