On 29/10/2007, Daniel P. Berrange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 03:49:18PM +0100, andrzej zaborowski wrote: > > On 29/10/2007, Daniel P. Berrange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 11:43:33PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > From: Laurent Vivier <[EMAIL PROTECTED](none)> > > > > > > > > This patch allows to define where is connected the CDROM device (bus, > > > > unit). > > > > It extends the "-cdrom" syntax to add these paramaters: > > > > > > > > -cdrom file[,if=type][,bus=n][,unit=m] > > > > > > > > where "type" defines the interface (by default, "ide") > > > > "n" defines the bus number (by default 1) > > > > "m" defines the unit number (by default 0) > > > > > > > > > Having a separately named arg just for CDROMs was always rather > > > odd/unhelpful. > > > I'd suggest that we leave all the -hda,hdb,hdc,-cdrom,-fda,-fdb etc > > > unchanged > > > and use the -disk for setting up all types of disks, floppys, cdroms, > > > etc. It > > > would just require one extra field for the -disk arg: > > > > Sounds logical and I thought this was the plan. I also wouldn't mind > > having -sda, -sdb... following the intuitive naming based on linux > > /dev, but IIRC there were some people on the list who didn't like this > > idea. (I know /dev/sda doesn't have to be an SCSI disk on some recent > > systems, but it's still the most intuitive name for most users). > > Adding more -sda arguments is just asking for trouble. On recent Fedora, > even IDE disks will end up as /dev/sdNNN named devices. So what happens > when you have -hda & -sda at same time.... pain & suffering is what > happens :-) Avoiding device names as args by just using -disk is nicer
Apart from the -sda discussion (which I still think is the most intuitive choice, as an alias), I don't think having IDE and SCSI disks in one machine should be any concern? Regards
