From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Jackson Subject: Re: GPLPV drivers 0.9.12-pre9 upload Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:32:15 +0000 Message-ID: <18763.45167.462994.138605@mariner.uk.xensource.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: James Harper Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, xen-users@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org James Harper writes ("[Xen-devel] GPLPV drivers 0.9.12-pre9 upload"): > 3. If you are using the latest Xen 3.3.1 hg (maybe 3.3.0 too?), the > qemu_disable_patches.diff patch applied to the ioemu-remote git repo > (after 'make tools' has downloaded it, or after you've updated it to the > latest) will completely remove the ide disks and network interfaces, > leaving the cdroms as emulated by qemu. This is how things should be > going forward - qemu cdrom's means you get eject and virtual image swap > etc, and performance on a cdrom is hardly critical. Hopefully these > patches will make it into Xen 3.4. Did you want me to apply that .diff to the current qemu-xen-unstable ? If so could you please post it to the list (with an appropriate Signed-off-by section which should probably include the original authorship trail ? Or should I pick up Steven Smith's patch ? Alternatively I'm happy to wait, but current unstable is what will become 3.4 and if you're happy with the interface and the code I'm happy to do so right away. Ian.