[Libvir] dumpxml define not idempotent due to <bootlader/> tag

[Kaitlin Rupert]

Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 12:38:07PM +0100, Guido Guenther wrote:
>> ...
>> since a bootloader tag is found the kernel and initrd entries are being
>> dropped. My hack is to ignore empty bootloader statements for the
>> moment:

I've seen this issue as well.
> 
> Nope, that's no good - empty bootloader indicates use of the defautl XenD
> bootloader. What we need is to not drop the kernel/initrd when doing XML
> to SEXPR back into XenD. We currently create an SXPR with either a (bootloader)
> or a (kernel) block - we should unconditionally do both & not try to second
> guess it. IIRC, John mentioned this is already needed for Solaris too.

Ah.  So to make sure I understand correctly, the planned resolution is 
to leave the empty bootloader tag and then ensure that it's handled 
properly during the domain start?

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Kaitlin Rupert
IBM Linux Technology Center
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