Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/6] libxl: introduce libxl__alloc_vdev

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2012, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Stefano Stabellini writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 5/6] libxl: introduce 
> > libxl__alloc_vdev"):
> > ...
> > > I don't think it is worth adding one more option for something like
> > > this: nobody should be using this option anyway. I am still unconvinced
> > > there is a valid use case for this.
> > 
> > I think it's important.  An additional config option is IMO necessary
> > to allow the admin to impose their vbd allocation strategy.
> 
> It shouldn't be a per-VM paramater (part of libxl_domain_config, for
> example) and I don't think it is a good idea to plumb a new parameter
> through from XL to libxl_create for this purpose.
> 
> What did you have in mind when you thought about having a new paramater
> for this?

In case it wasn't obvious I decided to go for modifying libxl_create,
see the new version of the series.

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