Max Zhen writes: > > In discussion with Max, this was in fact the plan, this is perhaps not > > clear in the case. There will be no --rate option (I'm sure Max will > > confirm). > > > Exactly. There will be no --rate option for virt-install(1M). Users > will be forced to use this new syntax, if they want to set bandwidth to > the virtual interface. > I listed '--rate' to show the mess we can have, if we take that > approach. This is just for people to understand why we take this effort > to make the new style. Sorry for any confusion.
Then I guess my question is why "--rate" is a bad thing for virt-install but it's a good thing for virsh. Shouldn't there be some consistency here? > > The XML is also an external standard and is therefore Committed. In many > > cases it's the only way to interrogate the domain config sadly. > > > Although it is not necessary, user can also manually create a XML file > to describe the configuration for a virtual interface and pass that file > to virsh to add the interface to the domU. > > Since we'll push the change to upstream later, these XML elements will > become part of the standard format in the future eventually. So, > 'committed' level is more appropriate in this case. OK. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
