From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49320)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <kwolf@redhat.com>) id 1S73pQ-0003Um-Ou
	for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:54:22 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <kwolf@redhat.com>) id 1S73p2-0002ma-6H
	for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:54:16 -0400
Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:12469)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <kwolf@redhat.com>) id 1S73p1-0002mS-Ua
	for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:53:52 -0400
Message-ID: <4F5DE49D.1050402@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:57:17 +0100
From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
References: <1331409387-18234-1-git-send-email-bos@je-eigen-domein.nl>
In-Reply-To: <1331409387-18234-1-git-send-email-bos@je-eigen-domein.nl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ide: Adds "model=s" option,
 allowing the user to override the default disk model name "QEMU
 HARDDISK"
List-Id: <qemu-devel.nongnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/options/qemu-devel>,
	<mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel>,
	<mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=subscribe>
To: Floris Bos <bos@je-eigen-domein.nl>
Cc: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Floris Bos <dev@noc-ps.com>, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Am 10.03.2012 20:56, schrieb Floris Bos:
> Some Linux distributions use the /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_name-of-disk-model_serial addressing scheme
> when refering to partitions in /etc/fstab and elsewhere.
> This causes problems when starting a disk image taken from an existing physical server under qemu,
> because when running under qemu name-of-disk-model is always "QEMU HARDDISK"
> This patch introduces a model=s option which in combination with the existing serial=s option can be used to
> fake the disk the operating system was previously on, allowing the OS to boot properly.
> 
> Cc: kwolf@redhat.com
> Signed-off-by: Floris Bos <dev@noc-ps.com>

Oh, and now that I look at the actual patch, do we really want to add
the model=... option to -drive? I think just the qdev property may be
enough. When you need to set the option, you would need to use -device,
but it's not that hard.

Kevin