Re: [Libvir] Request for additional entry points

On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 16:47 -0500, Daniel Veillard wrote: > Well libvirt doesn't have the notion of 'passive' domain yet, i.e. domain > we know exists but are not running or activated at a given point in time. > If we define virDomainSetConfig() then we have to be able to extract at least > the name (and uuid) from the xmlDesc. And that routine could then returm > a virDomainPtr associated to this unactive domain (or the associated > active domain if it exists). Those unactive domains could then be listed > in virConnectListDomains(). How would that jive with other ways to create inactive domains ? Right now I can create a file in /etc/xen and immediately have an incative domain; I always thought that the xm scripts would eventually be replaced by libvirt-based scripts and conventions for where to put files, but that libvirt would remain focused on active domains. I agree that it would be nice to have a standard way to enumerate 'defined' (as opposed to 'active') domains, but it seems a little odd to require a library to do what amounts to putting a file into a well-defined place.