Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ide: Adds "model=s" option, allowing the user to override the default disk model name "QEMU HARDDISK"

[Kevin Wolf]

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: address@hidden
> Signed-off-by: Floris Bos <address@hidden>

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