On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 02:33:09PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Gerd Hoffmann writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/13] xen:
> groundwork for xen support"):
> > So we are scoring at three options for xen now:
> >
> > -xen-domid <nr> specify xen domain id.
> > -xen-create ask qemu to create the domain.
> > -xen-emulate force xen emulation mode.
>
> No, the correct set of options are:
>
> -xen-bare no xend on this system, qemu should create a Xen domain
> without this, Xen machine types use emulated
> Xen functionality
I'm not sure I understand what you mean here ? Are you suggesting this
for the 'Xen hypervisor present, standalone mode - ie no XenD' ? If so
I think that's not right - for standalone mode we shouldn't require any
special args for the admin. We should only require additional args for
cases where management tools like XenD or libvirt are invoking QEMU.
> -xen-domid <nr> has slightly different meanings in the various use cases
Perhaps best not to overload this then - pass domid to the -attach arg
directly, and have a -xen-create <nr> for the scenario where you want
to specify the domid for a newly created VM
> And if you really think you must have the same executable for the xend
> case:
>
> -xen-attach used by xend; qemu is to support a Xen HVM domain
> not to be used from the command line
I'll try to enumerate the scenarios here...
On KVM, using Xenner + shell : No special args
On KVM, using Xenner + libvirtd : -xen-create <domid>
On Xen HV + shell : No special args
On Xen HV + libvirtd : -xen-create <domid>
On Xen HV + XenD : -xen-attach <domid>
NB. by 'shell' I mean the admin manually launching QEMU from the shell
If neither -xen-create or -xen-attach is given, then it will create a
new domain from scratch & auto-allocate a domid. Passing both the
-xen-create and -xen-attach args is forbidden / nonsensical.
In all cases, the actual hypervisor domain ID should be exposed via the
monitor console.
Ian, did I miss any of the use cases you want addressed ? I'm leaving
mini-os out of this now, since as you say, its impossible to have one
binary deal with it, but I'll assume its similar to -xen-attach <domid>
use case in its working.
Daniel
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