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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 2/2] rbd: link and load librbd
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To: Sage Weil <sage@inktank.com>
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>, qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>, Josh Durgin <josh.durgin@inktank.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org

Sage Weil <sage@inktank.com> 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