[Libvir] [PATCH] hypervisor version

[Atsushi SAKAI]

Hi,　Daniel

　I would prefer keep extra in code.
(extra region stores additional info)

for example (in extra)
xen-unstable : -unstable
fedora7      :.4-1-1.2898.2.3

Thanks
Atsushi SAKAI


Daniel Veillard <veillard at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 06:26:53PM -0400, Mark Johnson wrote:
> > Saving the dom0 patch for last :-)
> > 
> > 
> > On 6/15/07, Daniel Veillard <veillard at redhat.com> wrote:
> > >On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 11:27:21PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 05:06:16PM -0400, Mark Johnson wrote:
> > >> > This is another patch which may not be popular? Xen's
> > >> > extra version does not fit in libvirt's release field (since it's
> > >> > part of an int).
> > >> >
> > >> > Instead of printing out the wrong value, just display
> > >> > major.minor in virsh.
> > >>
> > >> Hmm, so with Xen we have two backend impls of the Version API, one 
> > >talking
> > >> to the hypervisor which only ever returns the first 2 components, and the
> > >> other talking to XenD which processes all 3.
> > >>
> > >> As you say, in practice the extra version from Xen is effectively garbage
> > >>
> > >> So while as root I see
> > >>
> > >> # virsh version
> > >> Compiled against library: libvir 0.2.2
> > >> Using library: libvir 0.2.2
> > >> Using API: Xen 3.0.1
> > >> Running hypervisor: Xen 3.1.0
> > >>
> > >> If run as non-root I instead seee
> > >>
> > >> $ virsh version
> > >> Compiled against library: libvir 0.2.2
> > >> Using library: libvir 0.2.2
> > >> Using API: Xen 3.0.1
> > >> Running hypervisor: Xen 3.730.259
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I think instead of this patch to change the virsh driver though, we 
> > >should
> > >> change teh xend_internal.c file to ignore the extra_version data from 
> > >XenD
> > >> as there's no way to meaningfully interpret it as an int.
> > >
> > >  Agreed, let's fix at the source instead of just dropping the data in
> > >the user land tool. I'm more concerned by getting the API right.
> > 
> > I'm not sure where to go from here..
> > 
> > Is the suggestion to change xend_internal/xen_internal to not set rev
> > and remove the display of the hypervisor rev in virsh?  Or is it something
> > else?
> 
>   Well ideally I would prefer xend to not send something crazy for 'release'
> but since that's unlikely, and since the hypervisor only provide major/minor
> anyway, let's just drop the release in src/xend_internal.c , I'm suggesting
> the enclosed patch,
> 
> Daniel
> 
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