Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v2 0/8]: Add arbitrary qemu command-line and monitor commands

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On 04/29/2010 10:05 AM, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 04:20:45PM -0400, Chris Lalancette wrote:
>> As we discussed previously, here is the patch series to add the ability
>> to specify arbitrary qemu command-line parameters and environment variables,
>> and also give arbitrary monitor commands to a guest.  Because these
>> extra arguments have a good shot at confusing libvirt, the use of them
>> is not supported, but left available for advanced users and developers.
>> They are also in a separate library and have a separate on-the-wire
>> protocol.
>>
>> There is one bug left that I have not yet been able to fix.  Because of the
>> complicated way that virsh parses command-line arguments, it is not possible
>> to pass through spaces and quotes when using the qemu-monitor-command.
>> Unfortunately, the qemu monitor commands (and in particular when using QMP)
>> depend heavily on quoting and spacing, so using virsh to send through
>> command-lines is difficult.  I'll have to think about how to better resolve
>> this issue, but it should not hold up the rest of the series.
>>
>> Thanks to Dan Berrange and Eric Blake for their reviews already, and to DV
>> for the Relax NG schema changes.
> 
>   I glanced (very) quickly at the patches and this looks sane to me, but
> since that should wait after 0.8.1 release I assume my full review can
> wait until monday, okay ?

Sure, that is no problem at all.  I wanted to get it out there to see if there
were any more issues with these patches.

I'll wait until next week for format reviews/ACKs, and then we can think about
pushing it.

-- 
Chris Lalancette

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