Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 0/2] Dettach and reset devices before assigning to guests
On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 15:10 +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
I don't like this idea really. The reason we use the PCI address
in the
XML is because that is a guarenteed stable identifier. The names given
to nodedevices are currently under such a guarentee. So if we used the
nodedev naming and then a Fedora release switched from HAL to DeviceKit
nodedev drivers, any guests with PCI devs attached wouuld be broken.
That's a fair point - it's unfortunate, but I do agree.
Cheers,
Mark.