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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 22/62] block: Support Archipelago as a QEMU block
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Andreas Färber |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 22/62] block: Support Archipelago as a QEMU block backend |
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Thu, 09 Apr 2015 05:48:14 +0200 |
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Am 08.08.2014 um 19:39 schrieb Kevin Wolf:
> From: Chrysostomos Nanakos <address@hidden>
>
> VM Image on Archipelago volume is specified like this:
>
> file.driver=archipelago,file.volume=<volumename>[,file.mport=<mapperd_port>[,
> file.vport=<vlmcd_port>][,file.segment=<segment_name>]]
>
> 'archipelago' is the protocol.
>
> 'mport' is the port number on which mapperd is listening. This is optional
> and if not specified, QEMU will make Archipelago to use the default port.
>
> 'vport' is the port number on which vlmcd is listening. This is optional
> and if not specified, QEMU will make Archipelago to use the default port.
>
> 'segment' is the name of the shared memory segment Archipelago stack is using.
> This is optional and if not specified, QEMU will make Archipelago to use the
> default value, 'archipelago'.
>
> Examples:
>
> file.driver=archipelago,file.volume=my_vm_volume
> file.driver=archipelago,file.volume=my_vm_volume,file.mport=123
> file.driver=archipelago,file.volume=my_vm_volume,file.mport=123,
> file.vport=1234
> file.driver=archipelago,file.volume=my_vm_volume,file.mport=123,
> file.vport=1234,file.segment=my_segment
>
> Signed-off-by: Chrysostomos Nanakos <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 6 +
> block/Makefile.objs | 2 +
> block/archipelago.c | 787
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> configure | 40 +++
> 4 files changed, 835 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 block/archipelago.c
Judging by configure output in v2.3.0-rc2, QEMU seems to rely on
libxseg, which is GPL-3.0+: https://github.com/grnet/libxseg
How can anyone legally build this backend then? o.O
Any chance libxseg can be relicensed to GPL-2.0+?
Regards,
Andreas
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