Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 3] blktap3/libxl: add support for blktap3 in libxl

[Sylvain Munaut <s.munaut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> This patch series implements support for blktap3 in libxl.

Do you have a public git tree somewhere with all of these ?


> 3. Since there is no block device in dom0 any more, pygrub won't be able to
>    boot from VHD files. To get around this problem, pygrub can use the NBD
>    functionality (existing in blktap2.5): it can explicitly ask tapback to
>    create a NDB in order to access the virtual disk. This functionality will 
> be
>    implemented in a future patch series. However, this will only work for 
> Linux
>    dom0's. As a generic solution that would work on any dom0, we could
>    implement a simple protocol for data exchange between pygrub and tapdisk.

Isn't it possible to just "attach" a blkfront in the dom0 if you want
a block device ?


Cheers,

    Sylvain

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