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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH V2] Add libxenlight driver

To: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH V2] Add libxenlight driver
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:19:53 +0100
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On 02/23/2011 06:18 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
Because for now you want to be able to have both drivers.  Unless,
perhaps, it's somehow possible to select between them at runtime for
the same URI scheme ?

The Xen driver is already using a multitude of "subdrivers" (query xenstore, query the hypervisor, query xend, read directly from /etc/xen or /var/lib/xend/domains).

Right now xend access is mandatory when running from dom0, but that can change to require either xend or libxl (the question is, what to privilege if both are available?).

Paolo

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