Re: [Libvir] Fix handling of HVM boot parameters

On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 05:08 -0400, Daniel Veillard wrote: > There is the read-only attribute. For example UML has no specific way > to indicate an emulated CD-ROM, there is just a read-only command line > flag. > > <disk type='file'> > <source file='/root/boot.iso'/> > <target dev='hdc'/> > <readonly/> > </disk> > > After all since we don't have hardware to tell us what kind of device > it is, it is really a matter of what kind of accesses are allowed. How > it is mapped underneath depends on the engine used, but should probably > not affect the XML format. But read-only isn't all that you want -- think about giving access to a CD-R drive. It's not read-only, but we still need to have it exposed as a CD device. And with things like the bios for qemu and HVM guests, if a device is a CD-ROM or a hard drive makes a large difference. Thinking out loud, what if we went with something like <cdrom type='file'> <source file='/root/boot.iso'/> <target dev='hdc'/> </cdrom> for CDs and then similarly <floppy .../> for floppies