Re: [PATCH 2/2] qemu: command: Don't format image properties for empty -drive

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On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 01:12:01PM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 09:52:42 +0000, Daniel Berrange wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:42:10AM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> > > If a -drive has no image, using image properties makes qemu whine that
> > > they should not be used.
> > > 
> > > This patch stops formating cache/readonly/... for empty drives
> > > for the pre-blockdev syntax. Unfortunately those parameters can't be
> > > added later when inserting media, but on the other hand qemu will start
> > > with an empty drive.
> > 
> > So, IIUC, if you need to set cache/readonly/etc when inserting media,
> > then the fix is simply to use a QEMU that supports blockdev?
> 
> Yes. With blockdev we setup the cache modes as the user
> wishes/configures. Currently AFAIK the user would not get the required
> mode anyways.
> 
> This should not be any problem for cdroms. Floppy drives might end up
> with incorrect cache mode.

If someone cares about data integrity of the floppy drives on host crash,
I think they need to re-evaluate their decision making approach ;-P

Regards,
Daniel
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