Ping? Would it be feasible? Or is the very basic idea unfit? bests, On 02/27/2017 04:41 PM, Francesco Romani wrote: > Hi, > > > Currently libvirt supports metadata in the domain XML. This is very > convenient for data related to the VM, but it is a little awkward for > devices. Let's pretend I want to have extradata (say, a specific port > for a virtual switch) related to a device (say, a NIC). Nowadays I can > store that data in the metadata section, but I need some kind of mapping > to correlate this piece of information to the specific device. > > I can use the device alias, but this is not available when the device is > created. This is also more complex when doing hotplug/hotunplug, because > I need to do update device and update metadata; if either fails, the > entire operation must be considered failed. > > It would be nice to be able to attach metadata to the device, and this > is what I'm asking for/proposing in this mail. > > Would it be possible in a future libvirt release? > > > If this is not possible, what's the best way to do the aforementioned > mapping? If it's alias (or device address), how can I be sure than I'm > addressing (no pun intended) the right device when I don't have them? > (e.g. hotplug new device, or just first time VM created)? > > > Thanks, > > -- Francesco Romani Red Hat Engineering Virtualization R & D IRC: fromani _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
