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

Manuel VIVES manuel.vives at diateam.net
Wed May 22 08:00:12 UTC 2013


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(FindMedium is superceded by OpenMedium).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

-- 
1.7.10.4




More information about the libvir-list mailing list