[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0 of 5 RFC] blktap3: Introduce xenio daemon (coordinate blkfront with tapdisk).



On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 14:20 +0000, Thanos Makatos wrote:
> This patch series introduces the xenio daemon.

Can we call it something less generic?

>  This daemon is responsible for
> coordinating blkfront and tapdisk, when blkfront changes state. It does so by
> monitoring XenStore for blkfront state changes. The daemon creates/destroys 
> the
> shared ring, instructs the tapdisk to connect to/disconnect from it, and
> manages the state of the back-end.

So xenio creates the ring and manages xenstore? How does tapdisk get
access to the ring?

> 
> This series requires the RFC series described in
> http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-11/msg00875.html
> in order to compile.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-devel mailing list
> Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel



_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel


 


Rackspace

Lists.xenproject.org is hosted with RackSpace, monitoring our
servers 24x7x365 and backed by RackSpace's Fanatical Support®.