Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-27 Thread George Dunlap
On 27/10/15 14:43, Ian Jackson wrote: > George Dunlap writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver > for xvdX disk"): >> If I then take the came config file and remove 'builder="hvm"', will the >> resulting thing boot as a PV gues

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-27 Thread Ian Jackson
George Dunlap writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk"): > If I then take the came config file and remove 'builder="hvm"', will the > resulting thing boot as a PV guest? I haven't tried this but I don't see why n

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-27 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 10/27/2015 10:26 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: Boris Ostrovsky writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk"): On 10/27/2015 09:19 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: If you want something that is accessible via the BIOS etc. in HVM guests, why not use vdev=hda r

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-27 Thread George Dunlap
On 27/10/15 13:19, Ian Jackson wrote: > George Dunlap writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver > for xvdX disk"): >> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Stefano Stabellini >> wrote: >>> The guest can access xvdX disks via the PV block pr

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Boris Ostrovsky writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk"): > On 10/27/2015 09:19 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: > > If you want something that is accessible via the BIOS etc. in HVM > > guests, why not use vdev=hda rather than vdev=xvda ?

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-27 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 10/27/2015 09:19 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: George Dunlap writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk"): On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Stefano Stabellini wrote: The guest can access xvdX disks via the PV block protocol, or via UEFI firmare

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-27 Thread Ian Jackson
George Dunlap writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk"): > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Stefano Stabellini > wrote: > > The guest can access xvdX disks via the PV block protocol, or via > > UEFI firmare using EFI BootServic

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-27 Thread George Dunlap
On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: >> On 10/16/2015 10:01 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: >> > Anthony PERARD writes ("[PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX >> > disk"): >> > > When a guest configuration list xvdX for its disk

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-27 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > On 10/16/2015 10:01 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Anthony PERARD writes ("[PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX > > disk"): > > > When a guest configuration list xvdX for its disks, there is no need to > > > provide an emulated driver for the sam

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-26 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 10/16/2015 10:01 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: Anthony PERARD writes ("[PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk"): When a guest configuration list xvdX for its disks, there is no need to provide an emulated driver for the same target. Such configuration can work with the OVMF firmware,

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-26 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
On 10/16/2015 10:01 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: Anthony PERARD writes ("[PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk"): When a guest configuration list xvdX for its disks, there is no need to provide an emulated driver for the same target. Such configuration can work with the OVMF firmware,

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-22 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2015-10-16 at 15:01 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Anthony PERARD writes ("[PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX > disk"): > > When a guest configuration list xvdX for its disks, there is no need to > > provide an emulated driver for the same target. > > > > Such configuration can w

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Anthony PERARD writes ("[PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk"): > When a guest configuration list xvdX for its disks, there is no need to > provide an emulated driver for the same target. > > Such configuration can work with the OVMF firmware, as it supports PV > disk. Acked-by: I

[Xen-devel] [PATCH] libxl: No emulated disk driver for xvdX disk

2015-10-14 Thread Anthony PERARD
When a guest configuration list xvdX for its disks, there is no need to provide an emulated driver for the same target. Such configuration can work with the OVMF firmware, as it supports PV disk. Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD --- tools/libxl/libxl_dm.c | 6 ++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+