Re: [PATCH] vmx: Relax virtualHW.version check

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2014-05-11 12:08 GMT+02:00 Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 04:41:16PM +0200, Matthias Bolte wrote:
>>
>> The original implementation of the VMX config parser assumed that the
>> virtualHW.version would have more influence on the content of the VMX
>> file than it actually seems to have. It started with accepting only
>> version 4. Additonal versions were added later without any additional
>
>
> s/Additonal/Additional/
>
>
>> changes in the parser itself. This suggests that the influence of the
>> virtualHW.version on the content and format of the VMX file is small
>> or non-existent.
>>
>> The parser worked without any changes across several virtualHW and
>> vSphere versions. So instead of adding new virtualHW.version values to
>> the parser as they come along, or adding an extra flag to allow unknown
>> virtualHW.version values just relax the check to require version 4 or
>> later.
>> ---
>>
>> This patch is meant as a alternative for this patch series:
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-May/msg00122.html
>>
>
> ACK, totally agree, I was just afraid of suggesting something like
> this :-)
>
> Martin

Thanks, pushed.

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Matthias Bolte
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