Re: [PATCH] libxl: Turn on user aliases

On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 09:40:30 -0700, Jim Fehlig wrote: > On 2/17/22 04:56, Michal Privoznik wrote: >> When I implemented user aliases I've invented this >> virDomainDefFeatures flag so that individual drivers can signal >> support for user provided aliases. The reasoning was that a >> device alias might be part of guest ABI, or used in a different >> way then in QEMU. Well, neither applies to the libxl driver, so >> it's safe to allow user aliases there. > > I suppose it is safe, but does it make sense since aliases are not used by > the driver in any way, and not supported by libxl? In that case at least the libvirt side user-visible aspect of it does make sense. Users can pick a stable alias for their device if they care about that for any reason.