[libvirt] Curl/HTTP block device

[Eric Blake]

On 08/12/2011 04:31 AM, Radek Hladik wrote:
> Hi,
> I've noticed newer version of curl in last qemu changelog. It seems that
> its needed for curl block device. Unfortunatelly, I was not able to find
> out more. I tried to look into qemu source code and to some patches but
> I am not much wiser.
> As I understand it, qemu could be able to use a curl compatible URL as
> block device. Probably only in readonly mode but it still would be very
> usefull for i.e. ISO images.
> Can anyone point me in the right direction and more importantly, is this
> feature available via Libvirt?

I believe you are correct that curl block devices are not yet supported 
in libvirt, but patches would be welcome.

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