[Libvir] [PATCH][RFC] libvirt ldoms support

[Eunice Moon]

Hi,

As John mentioned, the LDoms Manager (ldm) XML interface has been
used by a different set of software such as SNMP MIB, BUI, and other
tools/applications (before the libvirt), so we can't really change
the ldm XML formats.

But, I will look into the way (conversion between the LDoms XML
and libvirt XML formats) to make it compatible with the official
libvirt.

Thanks,
Eunice

Cole Robinson wrote:
> John Levon wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 04:19:47PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
>>
>>>> That's hardly fair. There's a big 'RFC' in the subject and Ryan
>>>> explicitly said they weren't ready. Eunice has been responding to all
>>>> your comments. Who's been talking of "final solutions"?
>>>>
>>> To quote Eunice:
>>>
>>>> I don't think the first option (to change the LDoms Manager XML
>>>> format to be based on the libvirt XML format) is a feasible one
>>>> since LDoms has been released public and some tools/applications
>>>> are already based on the LDom Manager's XML interfaces.
>>> How can that be interpreted as anything but 'final'? An RFC is not
>>> about implementation details, it should be about the big picture.
>>> Already shipping a supported product based on an XML format that
>>> was not discussed upstream prior is about as final as it gets, IMO.
>> All Eunice is saying (pretty clearly IMO) is that the ldoms XML format
>> is used by an entire set of software already *unrelated to libvirt*.
>> That is Sun can't change their 'ldm' binary  etc. to use libvirt's
>> format. I wouldn't be surprised if it pre-dates the libvirt project
>> altogether.
>>
>> You could equally complain about Xen's .py files. It's the same
>> situation.
>>
>> regards
>> john
> 
> Apologies in that case. I misunderstood what was being implied here.
> I thought the xml format posted was being actively built by the
> ldom libvirt patch, and not that it was a format which predated
> the libvirt support. The reality is still a regrettable situation
> (analogous to libvirt simply dumping a xen config file on a dumpxml
> command), but far better than the former.
> 
> - Cole
> 
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