Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: adjust --datadir option passed to qemu-upstream's configure script

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > However your patch changes the location of data_dir for the
> > installed case too, from /usr/share/qemu-xen to /usr/lib/xen/share/qemu.
> 
> Sure. But it doesn't matter where exactly the bits get put (and I
> actually view the pace they're currently at as less consistent then
> where they would end up with the patch, but admittedly that's
> likely a matter of taste).
> 
> > If you are after the non-installed case, you must be already setting
> > device_model_override in your VM config file to point to the right
> > binary. You might as well pass:
> 
> No, I did not have to set anything like that - xl/libxl appear to
> be figuring out quite fine where the binary is. Having to add such
> or this ...

xl loads the binary from LIBEXEC/qemu-system-i386, where LIBEXEC is
usually /usr/lib/xen/bin.  Do you set the LIBEXEC configuration
differently somewhere?


> > device_model_args = ['-L', '/path/to/share/file' ]
> 
> ... would additionally require the VM config files to be updated
> each time I update to the tip of -unstable, as I'm having a date
> tag somewhere in the path.
> 
> > that should solve your problem.
> 
> It certainly would, but at a price I consider too high.

I understand what you say, but I fail to see how you can have a working
out of the box configuration using qemu from the build tree... 

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