Re: [libvirt] PATCH: support virtual disks

2010-06-11 Thread Andrew Farmer
On 11 Jun 2010, at 06:28, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:52:28AM -0700, Andrew Farmer wrote: >> Libvirt currently makes the assumption that disk devices are always >> accessible as files on the local system. However, certain types of virtual >> stor

Re: [libvirt] PATCH: support virtual disks

2010-06-10 Thread Andrew Farmer
On 10 Jun 2010, at 17:22, Justin Clift wrote: > Haven't taken a look at how NBD devices attach to the host system yet, so I'm > just trying to understand the concept here. > > I'm used to some other network storage types (ie SRP LUNs), that when > configured on a host system present as a disk de

[libvirt] PATCH: support virtual disks

2010-06-10 Thread Andrew Farmer
Libvirt currently makes the assumption that disk devices are always accessible as files on the local system. However, certain types of virtual storage on qemu (e.g, NBD) may not be. This patch defines a new "virtual" disk device which is treated similarly to existing disk types, but which is exe