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Re: [xen-devel][PATCH 2/5] Xl interface change plus changes to code it i

To: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [xen-devel][PATCH 2/5] Xl interface change plus changes to code it impacts
From: Kamala Narasimhan <kamala.narasimhan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:42:07 -0500
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>> Did we decide to leave DISK_BACKEND_DEFAULT (i.e. libxl chooses based on
>> the image type, host's backend support etc) for 4.2? I don't mind if we
>> did but does that make "block-dev-type" as described in patch 1/5
>> non-optional? (and therefore not really deprecated)
> 
> Maybe this is handled in xl by patch 3/5?
> 
> (I should really apply the patch and read the result instead of trying
> to decode the meaning from the patch form)
> 
Yes, a fallback value is set in 3/5 but patch 5/5 will remove that fallback and
do appropriate validation to better handle this.

Kamala


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