Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v4 2/9] qemu: Implement chardev hotplug on config level
On 10.07.2013 20:42, Chris Evich wrote:
On 07/10/2013 01:02 PM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> There are two levels on which a device may be hotplugged: config
> and live. The config level requires just an insert or remove from
> internal domain definition structure, which is exactly what this
> patch does. There is currently no implementation for a chardev
> update action, as there's not much to be updated. But more
> importantly, the only thing that can be updated is path or socket
> address by which chardevs are distinguished. So the update action
> is currently not supported.
Will this help address https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=982304
Maybe I should move or clone that to Fedora instead of RHEL?
For a very specific case of hotplugging character devices - yes. For
general devices which can't be hotplugged yet - no. This patch(set) in
fact just sizes up the set of devices that can be hotplugged.
Michal