[libvirt] [PATCH RESEND 0/5] VirtualBox version 4.2 support for libvirt vbox driver

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Mon Jun 3 10:19:15 UTC 2013


On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:00:12AM +0200, Manuel VIVES wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm re-sending this patch for reviewing.
> If necessary I'm willing to make
> some changes to those patches.
> 
> I'm currently working on a better management for snapshots with virtualbox, 
> and my work is based on Virtualbox 4.2 so that's why I'm re sending this patch.
> 
> Regards,
> Manuel VIVES
> 
> Ryan Woodsmall said originally:
> 
> "This patch set adds VirtualBox 4.2 initial support for the libvirt vbox driver.
> I've tested enough to check capabilities, create a VM, destroy it, etc. Five
> patches total:
> 
> - Patch 1 is the C API header file from Oracle, cleaned up for libvirt.
> - Patch 2 is the version specific source file for version dependency.
> - Patch 3 is the src/Makefile.am change to pick up the two new files.
> - Patch 4 is the vbox driver support for the new VirtualBox API/version.
> - Patch 5 is the vbox_tmpl.c template support for the new version.
> 
> A few things have changed in the VirtualBox API - some small (capitalizations
> of things in function names like Ip to IP and Dhcp to DHCP) and some much larger
> (FindMedium is superceded by OpenMedium). The biggest change for the sake of this
> patch set is the signature of CreateMachine is quite a bit different. Using the
> Oracle source as a guide, to spin up a VM with a given UUID, it looks like a text
> flag has to be passed in a new argument to CreateMachine. This flag is built in the
> VirtualBox 4.2 specific ifdefs and is kind of ugly but works. Additionally, there
> is now (unused) VM groups support in CreateMachine and the previous 'osTypeId' arg
> is currently set to nsnull as in the Oracle code.
> 
> The FindMedium to OpenMedium changes were more straightforward and are pretty clear.
> The rest of the vbox template changes are basically spelling/capitalization changes
> from the looks of things.
> 
> This probably isn't perfect, but it works on git and patched against 0.10.2 for a
> few quick tests. Not currently on the list, so ping me directly if you need any
> other info on these, or if anything could use additional work. Thanks! "
> 
> ryan woodsmall (5):
>   vbox C API header for VirtualBox v4.2
>   vbox version-specific C file for VirtualBox v4.2
>   Makefile.am additions for VirtualBox v4.2
>   vbox driver support for VirtualBox v4.2
>   vbox template support for VirtualBox v4.2
> 
>  src/Makefile.am           |    3 +-
>  src/vbox/vbox_CAPI_v4_2.h | 8855 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/vbox/vbox_V4_2.c      |   13 +
>  src/vbox/vbox_driver.c    |    8 +
>  src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c      |   90 +-
>  5 files changed, 8958 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 src/vbox/vbox_CAPI_v4_2.h
>  create mode 100644 src/vbox/vbox_V4_2.c

ACK to all pastches, they look like the sane minimum required to make
vbox 4.2 work.

Daniel
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