[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/4] docs: Document a path for PV driver version information...
...to be advertised by a guest. For domain management purposes it is convenient to be able to see PV driver version information in xenstore. The XAPI toolstack in XenServer has always created a ~/drivers path for this purpose. This patch documents that path and also adds a specification of how it should be used. Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx> --- docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown b/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown index ec3cc5f..7701632 100644 --- a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown +++ b/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ before regexp expansion: the "other" domain. i.e. ~ refers to the domain providing a service while $DOMID is the consumer of that service. * $UUID -- a UUID in the form xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx +* $NAME -- a string identifying an object within a domain. Typically + comprising only alphanumeric characters. VALUES are strings and can take the following forms: @@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ VALUES are strings and can take the following forms: * (VALUE | VALUE | ... ) -- a set of alternatives. Alternatives are separated by a "|" and all the alternatives are enclosed in "(" and ")". +* VERSION -- 2 or 3 integers, in decimal form separated by ".", + specifying major version, minor version, and then + (optionally) micro version. Additional TAGS may follow as a comma separated set of the following tags enclosed in square brackets. @@ -377,6 +382,11 @@ protocol definition. A domain writable path. Available for arbitrary domain use. +#### ~/drivers/$NAME/version = VERSION [w] + +A domain may write version information for PV driver $NAME using +this path. + ### Paths private to the toolstack #### ~/device-model/$DOMID/state [w] -- 2.1.4 _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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