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

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 11:19:15AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> 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 (FindMedium is superceded by OpenMedium).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.

This is now pushed, though I had to merge all 5 patches into 1, since
they would not compile individually & we require history to be fully
bisectable at every patch.

Daniel
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