Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-06-04 Thread Cole Robinson
Cole Robinson wrote: > Michael DeHaan wrote: >> Cole Robinson wrote: >>> Michael DeHaan wrote: >>> Chris Lalancette wrote: > Michael DeHaan wrote: > > >> I had a user question about how they can specify blktap for Xen in >> Cobbler instead of the fil

Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-05-28 Thread Mark Johnson
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Cole Robinson wrote: > Mark Johnson wrote: >> >> For Solaris dom0, I have a patch that allows driver and subdriver in >> virt-install. >> If interested, I'm happy to submit it..Note, our blktap is different >> (vdisk). We >> have an additional format selection too.

Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-05-28 Thread Michael DeHaan
Cole Robinson wrote: Michael DeHaan wrote: Cole Robinson wrote: Michael DeHaan wrote: Chris Lalancette wrote: Michael DeHaan wrote: I had a user question about how they can specify blktap for Xen in Cobbler instead of the file driver (for

Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-05-28 Thread Cole Robinson
Michael DeHaan wrote: > Cole Robinson wrote: >> Michael DeHaan wrote: >> >>> Chris Lalancette wrote: >>> Michael DeHaan wrote: > I had a user question about how they can specify blktap for Xen in > Cobbler instead of the file driver (for performance reasons

Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-05-28 Thread Cole Robinson
Mark Johnson wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Michael DeHaan wrote: >> I had a user question about how they can specify blktap for Xen in Cobbler >> instead of the file driver (for performance reasons) ... well, it turns out >> they can't (yet). >> >> Under what conditions can we use blkt

Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-05-28 Thread Michael DeHaan
Cole Robinson wrote: Michael DeHaan wrote: Chris Lalancette wrote: Michael DeHaan wrote: I had a user question about how they can specify blktap for Xen in Cobbler instead of the file driver (for performance reasons) ... well, it turns out they can't (yet). Under what cond

Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-05-28 Thread Cole Robinson
Michael DeHaan wrote: > Chris Lalancette wrote: >> Michael DeHaan wrote: >> >>> I had a user question about how they can specify blktap for Xen in >>> Cobbler instead of the file driver (for performance reasons) ... well, >>> it turns out they can't (yet). >>> >>> Under what conditions can we

Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-05-28 Thread Michael DeHaan
Chris Lalancette wrote: Michael DeHaan wrote: I had a user question about how they can specify blktap for Xen in Cobbler instead of the file driver (for performance reasons) ... well, it turns out they can't (yet). Under what conditions can we use blktap, and is that advisable? (I had t

Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-05-28 Thread Chris Lalancette
Michael DeHaan wrote: > I had a user question about how they can specify blktap for Xen in > Cobbler instead of the file driver (for performance reasons) ... well, > it turns out they can't (yet). > > Under what conditions can we use blktap, and is that advisable? (I had > thought this might

Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-05-27 Thread Mark Johnson
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Michael DeHaan wrote: > I had a user question about how they can specify blktap for Xen in Cobbler > instead of the file driver (for performance reasons) ... well, it turns out > they can't (yet). > > Under what conditions can we use blktap, and is that advisable?

[et-mgmt-tools] Virtinst and blktap

2009-05-27 Thread Michael DeHaan
I had a user question about how they can specify blktap for Xen in Cobbler instead of the file driver (for performance reasons) ... well, it turns out they can't (yet). Under what conditions can we use blktap, and is that advisable? (I had thought this might work like virtio, in which case,