[Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 2/4] docs: Introduce xenstore paths for PV driver information

[Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

For domain management purposes it is convenient to be able to see
information about PV drivers 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>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>
---

v5:
 - Add more clarification to DISTRIBUTION section.

v4:
 - Rather than just version information, expand the definition of paths
   under ~/drivers to include full distribution information, including
   vendor name.

v2:
 - Modify version specifier to allow for single-part version numbers
   and also arbitrary string suffix (e.g. '-debug')
---
 docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown 
b/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown
index 2d2ce46..b8788f2 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
+* $INDEX -- an integer used as part of a path when listing a set of
+            values. Typically these integers are contiguous.
 
 VALUES are strings and can take the following forms:
 
@@ -51,6 +53,28 @@ 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
   ")".
+* DISTRIBUTION -- information about a software distribution, comprised
+                  of 3 or 4 space separated UTF-8 strings as follows:
+
+                  VENDOR -- Commonly used vendor short name,
+                            e.g "Citrix" rather than "Citrix Systems
+                            Inc."
+
+                  PRODUCT -- Commonly used product (e.g. driver) name
+                             without version information.
+
+                  If the toolstack needs to match on either of the above
+                  values it should support Unix glob style matching.
+
+                  VERSION -- A version number that will sort properly
+                             under coreutils version sorting (sort -V)
+                             rules.
+
+                  ATTRIBUTES -- Optional human readable text to denote
+                                attributes of the software, e.g. "debug".
+                                This text is freeform and no meaning
+                                should be inferred. It is intended for
+                                display purposes only.
 
 Additional TAGS may follow as a comma separated set of the following
 tags enclosed in square brackets.
@@ -380,6 +404,11 @@ protocol definition.
 
 A domain writable path. Available for arbitrary domain use.
 
+#### ~/drivers/$INDEX = DISTRIBUTION [w]
+
+A domain may write information about installed PV drivers using
+paths of this form.
+
 ### Paths private to the toolstack
 
 #### ~/device-model/$DOMID/state [w]
-- 
2.1.4


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