Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] Do not search xenstore for disk device IDs

Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 02:50:07PM -0700, Jim Fehlig wrote: > >> Disk devices can be referenced by name in Xen, e.g. when modifying >> their configuration or remvoving them. As such, don't search >> xenstore for a device ID corresponding to the disk device. Instead, >> search the disks contained in the domain definition and use the >> disk's target name if found. >> >> This approach allows removing a disk when domain is inactive. We >> obviously can't search xenstore when the domain is inactive. >> > > This sounds reasonable, but I'm wondering if old XenD support the > lookup-based on name ? > Yes, I had thought about this as well. Guess it depends on how old we are talking about. It exists in Xen 3.1.x and newer. I wonder if we should even care about Xen 3.0.x. The upstream tree hasn't been touched in 3 years.