Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 03/18] xen: introduce 'xen-block', 'xen-disk' and 'xen-cdrom'

[Anthony PERARD]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 10:47:03AM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> This patch adds new XenDevice-s: 'xen-disk' and 'xen-cdrom', both derived
> from a common 'xen-block' parent type. These will eventually replace the
> 'xen_disk' (note the underscore rather than hyphen) legacy PV backend but
> it is illustrative to build up the implementation incrementally, along with
> the XenBus/XenDevice framework. Subsequent patches will therefore add to
> these devices' implementation as new features are added to the framework.
> 
> After this patch has been applied it is possible to instantiate new
> 'xen-disk' or 'xen-cdrom' devices with a single 'vdev' parameter, which
> accepts values adhering to the Xen VBD naming scheme [1]. For example, a
> command-line instantiation of a xen-disk can be done with an argument
> similar to the following:
> 
> -device xen-disk,vdev=hda
> 
> The implementation of the vdev parameter formulates the appropriate VBD
> number for use in the PV protocol.
> 
> [1] https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/man/xen-vbd-interface.7.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <address@hidden>

Now we can add a xen-disk with vdev=xvdbgqcv :)

Reviewed-by: Anthony PERARD <address@hidden>

Thanks,

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Anthony PERARD