On (Wed) Jul 15 2009 [10:40:37], Anthony Liguori wrote: > Blue Swirl wrote: >> Then how about something like: >> -drive name=hda,if=ide,cache=off,file_is_arg -filearg foo.img >> -drive name=vda,if=virtio,cache=writeback,file_comes_next -patharg foo.img >> -drive name=sdb,if=scsi,unit=1,fnarg -fnarg boo.img >> > > The explicit ordering part seems clunky to me. How about: > > -drive name=vda,if=virtio -drive.vda.file filename.img > > What's nice about this syntax is it generalizes well. You could have: > > -drive.vda.if virtio -drive.vda.file filename.img How would you differentiate between multiple files? For example, filename1.img should be the boot drive and filename2.img should be the secondary drive. Amit -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html