[Libvirt-cim] [TEST] Issue with VirtualSystemManagementService/06_addresource.py

[Kaitlin Rupert]

Dan Smith wrote:
> KR> This is a good point.  Actually, I thought there was some talk of
> KR> having both Xen and KVM guests use the network interface, but I
> KR> might be mistaken.
> 
> Yeah, and I think this is a good idea.  There's no real benefit to
> supporting the bridge type during the creation of guests because it
> will only result in a lack of association to a pool.
> 
> KR> Right - that's the issue here.  We have a KVM guest with a bridge
> KR> network type.  The AddResource() call fails because it generates
> KR> the new XML incorrectly.
> 
> I guess what we need to do is make sure that device_parsing.c can
> parse a guest with a bridge type of interface and that xmlgen.c writes
> it back out correctly.  Then, we won't break existing guests, but
> won't support creating them in that configuration from scratch.
> 
> Does that sound reasonable?

It means we'd need to do the same with all the interface types (user, 
ethernet, etc).  It's a lot of extra work, but it allows us to manage 
existing guests.

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Kaitlin Rupert
IBM Linux Technology Center
kaitlin at linux.vnet.ibm.com