Re: [Xen-API] Configuration options from the hypervisor?

[Magnus Therning <magnus.therning@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 09:33:26PM +0000, Cutter 409 wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to pass configuration options to the hypervisor.
> 
> It seems like each VM has an "other_config" section that I should be able to
> add options to, but I can't seem to figure out how to read them from the
> hypervisor.
> In userland I can set the options using " session.xenapi.VM.add_to_
> other_config(  ) " (In Python) but is there any way to retreive it from the
> hypervisor?
> 
> If not, is there another mechanism where I can store additional
> configuration data?

Arguments for the hypervisor are passed by the boot loader.  Take a look at
/boot/extlinux.conf.

Cheers,
M

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