[Xen-cim] Removing HostedDependency relationships

[Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm debating whether we need Xen_HostedProcessor, Xen_HostedMemory, and Xen_HostedNetworkPort associations.  From Resource Allocation Profile:

6.3.2 Relationship between Host Resource and Virtual Resource
When there is a 1-1 correspondence between the Host Resource and the Virtual Resource, the
HostedDependency association can be used to indicate the correspondence.

In systems where the Virtual Resource always maps to the same Host Resource, the HostedDependency
association may be used to reflect this relationship. Implementations which support scheduling across the
pool of host resources transparent to the consumer would not expose the HostedDependency association
as this relationship could change very frequently


HostedProcessor certain falls into this category.  HostedMemory as well since there is no way to map guest's allocated memory to some physical (or logical) host memory.  Not sure about HostedNetworkPort.  Certainly in simple configurations it is not needed and one could argue in simple cases NetworkPort is fully synthetic.  I have not played with the plethora of network configurations possible, so perhaps this association is needed in some cases (e.g. pci passthru of some network card).

Comments about removing these classes and associated code?

Jim

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