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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [libvirt] [libvirt RFC PATCH 00/10] Add support for qemu's JSON pseudo'protocol for backing store |
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Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:11:16 -0600 |
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On 07/15/2016 07:49 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 03:46:33PM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote:
>> Libvirt didn't handle this for a long time and VMs with such config would not
>> start we should implement it.
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>> Using JSON is basically the only option to specify advanced configuration
>> for a
>> backing file.
>>
>> Field names were taken from qemu's source since there isn't really
>> documentation for this.
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> Actually, this syntax is formally specified via QEMU QAPI schema
> language. In particular for block device options see
> $QEMU/qapi/block-core.json
Except that it is incomplete; as long as BlockdevOptions doesn't cover
every driver, such as NBD, gluster, and sheepdog, there are still some
und(er)ocumented aspects.
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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- [Qemu-block] [libvirt RFC PATCH 05/10] util: storage: Add json pseudo protocol support for gluster volumes, (continued)
- [Qemu-block] [libvirt RFC PATCH 05/10] util: storage: Add json pseudo protocol support for gluster volumes, Peter Krempa, 2016/07/15
- [Qemu-block] [libvirt RFC PATCH 02/10] util: storage: Add parser for qemu's "json" backing pseudo-protocol, Peter Krempa, 2016/07/15
- [Qemu-block] [libvirt RFC PATCH 06/10] util: storage: Add json pseudo protocol support for iSCSI volumes, Peter Krempa, 2016/07/15
- [Qemu-block] [libvirt RFC PATCH 07/10] Add JSON backing volume parser for 'nbd' protocol, Peter Krempa, 2016/07/15
- [Qemu-block] [libvirt RFC PATCH 09/10] util: storage: Add 'ssh' network storage protocol, Peter Krempa, 2016/07/15
- [Qemu-block] [libvirt RFC PATCH 08/10] util: storage: Add JSON backing store parser for 'sheepdog' protocol, Peter Krempa, 2016/07/15
- [Qemu-block] [libvirt RFC PATCH 10/10] util: storage: Add JSON backing volume parser for 'ssh' protocol, Peter Krempa, 2016/07/15
- Re: [Qemu-block] [libvirt] [libvirt RFC PATCH 00/10] Add support for qemu's JSON pseudo'protocol for backing store, Daniel P. Berrange, 2016/07/15
- Re: [Qemu-block] [libvirt] [libvirt RFC PATCH 00/10] Add support for qemu's JSON pseudo'protocol for backing store,
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