On 11.06.2013 16:12, Jim Fehlig wrote:
> Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> On 10.06.2013 22:21, Jim Fehlig wrote:
>>
>>> Currently, the libxl driver reports a connection type of "xenlight".
>>> To be compatible with the legacy Xen driver, it should return "Xen".
>>>
>>> Note: I noticed this while testing the libxl driver on OpenStack.
>>> After switching my Xen compute nodes to use the libxl stack, I
>>> could no longer launch instances on those nodes since
>>> hypervisor_type was reported as "xenlight" instead of "xen".
>>> ---
>>> src/libxl/libxl_driver.c | 2 +-
>>> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
>>> index 3990354..935919b 100644
>>> --- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
>>> +++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
>>> @@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ libxlConnectClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
>>> static const char *
>>> libxlConnectGetType(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
>>> {
>>> - return "xenlight";
>>> + return "Xen";
>>> }
>>>
>>> static int
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I am not so convinced about this one. I think there exist some
>> applications which want to distinguish between "Xen" and "xenlight".
>
> If that was the case, we would have went with a libxl:// URI. In fact,
> the original libxl driver patch introduced a libxl:// URI, but Daniel V.
> pointed out that approach conflicted with libvirt's goal of minimizing
> the impact on application stacks as the lower layers churn
>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-March/msg00449.html
Right, you certainly got a point there. But I'd like to see DV's input
in here then.
>
>> If
>> a application (like Openstack) doesn't want, nothing is easier than:
>>
>> type = virConnectGetType(conn);
>> if (!strcmp(type, "Xen") || !strcmp(type, "xenlight")) {
>> DoTheMagic();
>> } else {
>> ReportError("XEN not supported);
>> }
>>
>
> Yes, but every app would have to do that, all because some lower layer
> tool was reworked.
It wasn't reworked. It's here from initial introduction of libxl :)
>
> Regards,
> Jim
>
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