[libvirt] [PATCH] libxl: add PV console if not explicitly specified

Jim Fehlig jfehlig at suse.com
Tue Jul 1 01:11:21 UTC 2014


Eric Blake wrote:
> On 06/30/2014 10:29 AM, Jim Fehlig wrote:
>   
>> Xen PV domains always have a PV console, so add one to the domain
>> config via post-parse callback if not explicitly specified in
>> the XML.  The legacy Xen driver behaves similarly, causing a
>> regression when switching to the new Xen toolstack.  I.e.
>>
>>   virsh console pv-domain
>>
>> will no longer work after upgrading a xm/xend stack to xl/libxl.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig at suse.com>
>> ---
>>  src/libxl/libxl_domain.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
>>     
>
> Sounds like a good thing to have in 1.2.6, then.
>   

Yep.  With this fix, users can 'virsh create existing-dom-config
--console' after switching out Xen toolstacks and still get access to
their PV console.

> ACK
>   

Thanks, pushed.

Regards,
Jim




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