On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 03:30:48PM +0000, Cutter 409 wrote: > Thanks, but I'm actually referring to per VM configuration data. I'm trying > to get some custom configuration strings passed to the hypervisor when a VM > starts. > > I was hoping that somehow I could read the other_config section from the > hypervisor, but maybe it's only possible to pass data after starting the > guest with an event channel?
I don't quite understand what you are asking about, unless by "hypervisor" you actually mean Xapi :-) Maybe it would be easier for me to understand if you tell us what you would like to do more specifically? Cheers, M > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Magnus Therning > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 09:33:26PM +0000, Cutter 409 wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to pass configuration options to the hypervisor. > > > > It seems like each VM has an "other_config" section that I should be able to > > add options to, but I can't seem to figure out how to read them from the > > hypervisor. > > In userland I can set the options using " session.xenapi.VM.add_to_ > > other_config( ) " (In Python) but is there any way to retreive it from the > > hypervisor? > > > > If not, is there another mechanism where I can store additional > > configuration data? > > Arguments for the hypervisor are passed by the boot loader. Take a look at > /boot/extlinux.conf. > > Cheers, > M > > -- > Magnus Therning > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Jabber: magnu...@eng > > There does not now, nor will there ever, exist a programming language > in which it is the least bit hard to write bad programs. > -- Flon's Axiom > > > Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then > being a real problem in the longer term. > -- Alan Kay > > _______________________________________________ > xen-api mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api > > _______________________________________________ > xen-api mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api -- Magnus Therning [email protected] Jabber: magnu...@eng There does not now, nor will there ever, exist a programming language in which it is the least bit hard to write bad programs. -- Flon's Axiom Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term. -- Alan Kay _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
