From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefano Stabellini Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] libxl: introduce libxl__alloc_vdev Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:19:26 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1332856772-30292-5-git-send-email-stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> <20337.63133.683848.208682@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <20341.49280.31751.307404@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <20345.53429.51575.373166@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <20346.63616.101912.260089@mariner.uk.xensource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20346.63616.101912.260089@mariner.uk.xensource.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: Ian Jackson Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" , Ian Campbell , Stefano Stabellini List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Tue, 3 Apr 2012, Ian Jackson wrote: > Stefano Stabellini writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/6] libxl: introduce libxl__alloc_vdev"): > > I don't feel that strongly about this, but given that the naming scheme > > used in the guest is actually arbitrary at the moment (as in not document > > or well defined anywhere), I would start the dynamic space before the > > 26th device: I have the feeling that after "xvdz" the behavior is going > > to be even less "defined". I suggest "xvdm" as a starting point. > > That's fine, if the starting point is configurable. I don't think it is worth adding one more option for something like this: nobody should be using this option anyway. I am still unconvinced there is a valid use case for this. Can't we just agree on a starting point, any really? > > > However, that does not mean that the guest should not document its > > > naming conventions. Perhaps this needs to be clarified in the > > > document. > > > > Right, but unless I am missing something there isn't such a thing at the > > moment, at least in Linux. > > > > I'll try to come up with a linux devid to vdev function true to the > > original. > > That would be good. If you felt like documenting the Linux behaviour > properly that would be good. The section "Notes on Linux as a guest" > in docs/misc/vbd-interface.text. the best place for this would be in the Linux Documentation