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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 6 of 8] xl: add a global configuration file

To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 6 of 8] xl: add a global configuration file
From: Zhigang Wang <zhigang.x.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:52:30 -0400
Cc: "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Stefano Stabellini writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 6 of 8] xl: add a global 
> configuration file"):
>> I agree with you on not wanting to see xl becoming heavy, however there
>> are few global configuration options that would be too burdensome
>> for the user to specify every single time, in particular I am referring
>> to the autoballoning operation.
> That's one example.  Another is the default network bridge: it makes
> sense to put that in a global config file as it makes domain config
> files more portable between different setups.
>
> Ian.
>
That's OK. Then we should guarantee: a configure can only specified in the
global configure file
or on the command line. But not both.

Here is a very bad example (not exist) we should avoid:

global.conf: migrate_ssl = true/false

# xl migrate --ssl ....

Thanks,

Zhigang

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