Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 0/2] Dettach and reset devices before assigning to guests

On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 15:10 +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:

I don't like this idea really. The reason we use the PCI address in the XML is because that is a guarenteed stable identifier. The names given to nodedevices are currently under such a guarentee. So if we used the nodedev naming and then a Fedora release switched from HAL to DeviceKit nodedev drivers, any guests with PCI devs attached wouuld be broken.

That's a fair point - it's unfortunate, but I do agree. Cheers, Mark.