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Re: [Xen-devel] xl block-attach vs block-detach



On Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > What would be the rationale behind using blkback+loop for "file:"?
> > Backward compatibility?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Do you think it might break something for users if we change the backend
> > from xend to xl?
> 
> This cannot be excluded, particularly because (just like me here)
> users tend to do things you didn't expect them to when you write
> the code.

I see your point but actually that is quite an obvious bug, not a very
subtle one that only happens in strange user configs.

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