Re: [PATCH] virt-manager: 'Add Physical Host Device' wizard

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Cole Robinson wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 07:34:46PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> The attached patch adds an option in the 'Add Hardware' wizard to attach
>>> a physical host device to a VM. Current explicitly supported options are
>>> USB, PCI, and Wired NICs (which really just attaches the parent PCI
>>> device, but this way provides a nicer interface).
>>>
>>> Some screenshots:
>>>
>>> http://fedorapeople.org/~crobinso/virt-manager/vmm-add-hostdev1.png
>>> http://fedorapeople.org/~crobinso/virt-manager/vmm-add-hostdev2.png
>>> http://fedorapeople.org/~crobinso/virt-manager/vmm-add-hostdev3.png
>>>
>>> It's all pretty straightforward: most of the work is done at the
>>> virtinst level to pull the useful info out of the nodedev xml.
>> I'm not sure I like having 'Wired NICs' as a separate option. How about
>> listing the logic device type against each PCI / USB devices.
>>
>> eg, in the drop down for PCI devices, alongside the POCI device
>> description, also include the nameof the logical device (eth1)
>> associated with it. This lets you see that assigning PCI device
>> 'X.y.z' means the host will no longer be able to use the device
>> 'eth1'.  I think it would help people to avoid shooting themselvs
>> in the foot when choosing a PCI/USB device
>>
> 
> Sounds good, updated patch attached. Attaching a network card now looks
> like:
> 
> http://fedorapeople.org/~crobinso/virt-manager/vmm-add-hostdev4.png
> 

I've applied this version.

Thanks,
Cole

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