>> What we need to send not to configure a qemu -net bock is something >> called ( type none) not ( model none ) or (model xen) xend. So what you >> are suggesting is that if we see a < model type='xen' > treat it a >> different way so that it will send (type none) to XEND. ? > > Not quite - we'd not set model for the PV only case. What XenD's logic > is keyed off is the value of the (type ) element. If it is 'ioemu' > then only QEMU is configured. If it is left out completely, both both > QEMU and PV are enabled. If it is any other value, then PV only is > configure. (model) only matters when QEMU is enabled. So I was thinking > we'd have the following as the mapping > > ...no model element... -> No (type) or (model) element at all QEMU + > PV > <model type='e1000'/> -> (type ioemu) (model e1000) QEMU only > <model type='rtl8139'/> -> (type ioemu) (model rtl8139) QEMU only > <model type='ne2k_pci'/> -> (type ioemu) (model ne2k_pci) QEMU only > <model type='netback'/> -> (type netback) no (model) PV only > > Daniel Are we going to put a check on available or supported model types, by adding a new ENUM virDomainNetModel in domain_config.c/.h level. Like the way we have done to other types if so the xend_internal.c level we can put the check like if(def->model==NULL){ // do nothing }else if(NULL && def->model == VIR_DOMAIN_NET_MODEL_NETBACK){ (type netback) }else{ (type ioemu) (model %s) call the emum to sting function } Other way is to make sure each driver holds a list of supported nic models with in the driver code, enum virXENDomainNetModelType. (I would personally prefer this way of checking). So each driver would only have to hold a set of nic models that it will support. or else are we just going to do a string check on xend_internal.c level for "netback" string. >From what I have seen is that if we send a model that is not supported by qemu to xend. qemu-dm configuration will fail.. but the vm will be still running. xend will see it as a running vm. So checking for a supported "model type", is it up to the libvirt or are we going to think that user will always configure with the correct model type. -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list