On 29/10/2007, Daniel P. Berrange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 11:43:33PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: Laurent Vivier <[EMAIL PROTECTED](none)> > > > > This patch allows to define where is connected the CDROM device (bus, > > unit). > > It extends the "-cdrom" syntax to add these paramaters: > > > > -cdrom file[,if=type][,bus=n][,unit=m] > > > > where "type" defines the interface (by default, "ide") > > "n" defines the bus number (by default 1) > > "m" defines the unit number (by default 0) > > > Having a separately named arg just for CDROMs was always rather odd/unhelpful. > I'd suggest that we leave all the -hda,hdb,hdc,-cdrom,-fda,-fdb etc unchanged > and use the -disk for setting up all types of disks, floppys, cdroms, etc. It > would just require one extra field for the -disk arg:
Sounds logical and I thought this was the plan. I also wouldn't mind having -sda, -sdb... following the intuitive naming based on linux /dev, but IIRC there were some people on the list who didn't like this idea. (I know /dev/sda doesn't have to be an SCSI disk on some recent systems, but it's still the most intuitive name for most users). Regards
