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