Re: [libvirt] RFC: Domain events add DEFINED and UNDEFINED events

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I suppose I could make some sort of configure option to only compile it in optionally...

I don't have access to a solaris box though...so don't really know what the appropriate API would be in that situation

Daniel Veillard wrote on 11/07/2008 07:39 AM:
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 12:26:23PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>>> Yesterday, I began looking into creating a xen driver patch for emitting the DEFINED/UNDEFINED events via inotify.
>>> It looks like the easiest way to do this right now is to create yet another Xen sub-driver.
>>> I don't expect this to take an extremely long time, as this tutorial from IBM makes it fairly straightforward to understand:
>>> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-inotify.html
>> The experimental user mode linux driver has some iNotify code in
>> it too if you want another point of reference. See the
>> umlInotifyEvent() method umlStartup() where I register for the
>> events
>>
>> http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-October/msg00355.html
> 
>   Hum, the only problem is that contrary to uml , the xen drivers should
> not be Linux specific, but inotify is linux specific.
> Making this subdriver Linux only should still be okay until someone
> using Solaris comes with an appropriate patch though,
> 
> /me hopes to never get involved again into the mess of portable APIs
>     for file changes notifications.
> 
> Daniel
> 

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