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From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
	Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 6/8] libxl: introduce libxl__alloc_vdev
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 18:20:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1336152047.3735.8.camel@dagon.hellion.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20388.3809.683062.947217@mariner.uk.xensource.com>

On Fri, 2012-05-04 at 18:16 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [PATCH v5 6/8] libxl: introduce libxl__alloc_vdev"):
> > Right. I think I really should have made this comment on the previous
> > patch, What I was trying to suggest is that using the Linux specific
> > "xvda" in the example in the config file
> 
> "xvda" is not currently thought to be necessarily Linux-specific.  See
> docs/misc/vbd-interface.text.  Perhaps that needs to be revisited, but
> in general it's perfectly possible to pass "xvda" in a domain config
> file for a BSD guest, or whatever.  And Linux writing "xvdfoo" in the
> config file doesn't always make Linux call the device /dev/xvdfoo.

Hrm, I guess. It certainly gives the impression of being Linux specific,
even if technically it isn't, since people associate xvd* with Linux
even if it happens to be valid and work elsewhere. I guess in reality
very few people, including BSD folks, are going to change this (because
it'll just work) so there's no chance of them getting confused.

Ian.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-04 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-04 11:12 [PATCH v5 0/8] qdisk local attach Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-04 11:13 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] libxl: make libxl_device_disk_local_attach/detach internal functions Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-04 11:13 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] libxl: libxl__device_disk_local_attach return a new libxl_device_disk Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-04 14:40   ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-04 16:27   ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-14 13:04     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-14 13:06       ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-14 14:15       ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-04 11:13 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] libxl: add a transaction parameter to libxl__device_generic_add Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-04 14:41   ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-04 11:13 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] libxl: introduce libxl__device_disk_add Stefano Stabellini
2012-04-24 10:45   ` [PATCH v4 0/8] qdisk local attach Stefano Stabellini
2012-04-24 10:45     ` [PATCH v4 1/8] libxl: make libxl_device_disk_local_attach/detach internal functions Stefano Stabellini
2012-04-24 15:16       ` Ian Campbell
2012-04-24 10:45     ` [PATCH v4 2/8] libxl: libxl__device_disk_local_attach return a new libxl_device_disk Stefano Stabellini
2012-04-24 15:02       ` Ian Jackson
2012-04-24 15:25       ` Ian Campbell
2012-04-24 10:45     ` [PATCH v4 3/8] libxl: add a transaction parameter to libxl__device_generic_add Stefano Stabellini
2012-04-24 15:34       ` Ian Jackson
2012-04-24 10:45     ` [PATCH v4 4/8] libxl: introduce libxl__device_disk_add_t Stefano Stabellini
2012-04-24 15:42       ` Ian Jackson
2012-04-24 16:02         ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-04 16:30         ` [PATCH v4 4/8] libxl: introduce libxl__device_disk_add_t [and 1 more messages] Ian Jackson
2012-04-24 10:45     ` [PATCH v4 5/8] xl/libxl: add a blkdev_start parameter Stefano Stabellini
2012-04-24 14:52       ` Ian Jackson
2012-04-24 10:45     ` [PATCH v4 6/8] libxl: introduce libxl__alloc_vdev Stefano Stabellini
2012-04-24 14:58       ` Ian Jackson
2012-04-24 15:04         ` Ian Campbell
2012-04-24 15:16           ` Ian Jackson
2012-04-24 10:45     ` [PATCH v4 7/8] xl/libxl: implement QDISK libxl_device_disk_local_attach Stefano Stabellini
2012-04-24 15:39       ` Ian Jackson
2012-04-24 10:45     ` [PATCH v4 8/8] libxl__device_disk_local_attach: wait for state "connected" Stefano Stabellini
2012-04-24 15:18       ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-04 14:49   ` [PATCH v5 4/8] libxl: introduce libxl__device_disk_add Ian Campbell
2012-05-04 11:13 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] xl/libxl: add a blkdev_start parameter Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-04 14:54   ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-04 16:32   ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-04 11:13 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] libxl: introduce libxl__alloc_vdev Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-04 14:59   ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-04 16:46     ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-04 17:08       ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-04 17:16         ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-04 17:20           ` Ian Campbell [this message]
2012-05-14 13:48     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-14 13:56       ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-04 16:39   ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-14 14:10     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-14 14:22       ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-14 14:43         ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-04 11:13 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] xl/libxl: implement QDISK libxl_device_disk_local_attach Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-04 15:11   ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-04 16:42   ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-14 14:13     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-14 14:23       ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-14 14:45         ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-14 14:46           ` Ian Jackson
2012-05-14 14:52             ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-04 11:13 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] libxl__device_disk_local_attach: wait for state "connected" Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-04 15:13   ` Ian Campbell
2012-05-14 14:16     ` Stefano Stabellini
2012-05-10 13:07 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] qdisk local attach Jan Beulich
2012-05-11 15:57   ` Stefano Stabellini

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