[libvirt PATCH 2/2] kbase: Reorder deployments
Jim Fehlig
jfehlig at suse.com
Thu Dec 15 00:17:20 UTC 2022
On 12/14/22 11:39, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> List the various options so that the most likely ones come
> first.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna at redhat.com>
> ---
> docs/kbase/rpm-deployment.rst | 52 +++++++++++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/kbase/rpm-deployment.rst b/docs/kbase/rpm-deployment.rst
> index d1180fb0c3..31805c2280 100644
> --- a/docs/kbase/rpm-deployment.rst
> +++ b/docs/kbase/rpm-deployment.rst
> @@ -23,32 +23,6 @@ listed on this page will exist.
> Deployment choices
> ==================
>
> -Client only install
> --------------------
> -
> -If an application is capable of using multiple different virtualization drivers
> -it is undesirable to force the installation of a specific set of drivers. In
> -this case the application will merely wish to request a client only install
> -
> -Alternatively if an application is intended to communicate with a hypervisor on
> -a remote host there is no need to install drivers locally, only a client is
> -needed
> -
> -The only required package is the `libvirt-libs`, however, it is useful to
> -also install `libvirt-client`.
> -
> -
> -Every possible virt driver
> ---------------------------
> -
> -There is rarely a need to install every virt driver at once on a given host.
> -In the unlikely event that this is needed, however, the `libvirt` package
> -should be installed.
> -
> -Note that this doesn't actually pull in the hypervisors, only the libvirt
> -code to talk to the hypervisors.
> -
> -
> Full features for one virt driver
> ---------------------------------
>
> @@ -65,6 +39,21 @@ footprint of the daemons is also relatively large since a lot of code is
> loaded.
>
>
> +Client only install
> +-------------------
> +
> +If an application is capable of using multiple different virtualization drivers
> +it is undesirable to force the installation of a specific set of drivers. In
> +this case the application will merely wish to request a client only install
> +
> +Alternatively if an application is intended to communicate with a hypervisor on
> +a remote host there is no need to install drivers locally, only a client is
> +needed
> +
> +The only required package is the `libvirt-libs`, however, it is useful to
> +also install `libvirt-client`.
> +
> +
IMO, these days the "Minimal features for one virt driver" is as likely or more
so than client-only. But you can choose the color of the shed :-).
Reviewed-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig at suse.com>
Regards,
Jim
> Minimal features for one virt driver
> ------------------------------------
>
> @@ -87,6 +76,17 @@ and host devices, leaving only the bare minimum functionality for managing
> KVM guests.
>
>
> +Every possible virt driver
> +--------------------------
> +
> +There is rarely a need to install every virt driver at once on a given host.
> +In the unlikely event that this is needed, however, the `libvirt` package
> +should be installed.
> +
> +Note that this doesn't actually pull in the hypervisors, only the libvirt
> +code to talk to the hypervisors.
> +
> +
> RPM packages
> ============
>
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