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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: libxl: translate xvd[a-d] to hd[a-d] for

To: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: libxl: translate xvd[a-d] to hd[a-d] for new qemu
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:38:49 +0100
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Ian Campbell writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: libxl: translate xvd[a-d] to 
hd[a-d] for new qemu"):
> tools: libxl: translate xvd[a-d] to hd[a-d] for new qemu
> 
> xvde+ are ignored.

I don't think this is strictly speaking correct.  According to the
spec doc/misc/vbd-interface.txt, we are supposed to support vdevs in a
variety of formats.

What this code ought to be doing is using the parsing function and
then reconstituting the vdev name for qemu's benefit.

Ian.

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