On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >Btw., will 'kvm run' select the last-created rootfs by default?
>>
>> No, it runs rootfs that's named 'default'. We can change that but
>> I'm not completely convinced running that last-created rootfs is
>> the right thing to do here. Hmm.
>
> I'm not convinced either - just wanted to raise the issue.
Right. So 'kvm run' is supposed to setup and launch a 'default' rootfs
if no rootfs is specified.
> Also, i raised this in the other thread, why not use .kvmtool of the
> current directory? That way it's cwd local like Git and perf. A 'kvm
> run' (union?) mount the cwd or so - so this would be a natural
> equivalent to chroot. The $HOME/.kvmtool is a Qemu-ish global
> workflow.
Yeah, that definitely makes sense. 'kvm setup rootfs' wouldn't create
rootfs under $HOME/.kvmtool/rootfs but under $(PWD)/rootfs.
I guess we'll lose the ability to 'kvm list' all available rootfs
directories, though?
Pekka
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