[libvirt] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/3] raw-posix: Re-open host CD-ROM after media change

[Avi Kivity]

On 04/03/2011 02:57 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> In order for media change to work with Linux host CD-ROM it is
> necessary to reopen the file (otherwise the inode size will not
> refresh, this is an issue with existing kernels).
>

Maybe we should fix the bug in Linux (and backport as necessary)?

I think cd-rom assignment is sufficiently obscure that we can require a 
fixed kernel instead of providing a workaround.

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