Re: call for testing: xen 4.1 packages

[Jean-Yves Migeon <jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost>]

On 01.04.2011 19:34, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 06:28:51PM +0100, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:
>> On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 17:29:45 +0200, Manuel Bouyer
>> <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> wrote:
>>>> Correct. But we are missing the glue that will translate the block
>>>> requests from domU: xbd => xbdback => XXX => qemu-dm, eg. the
>>>> "blocktap" interface that offers block level I/O in userland.
>>>
>>> is it really working through xbdback ? I though qemu-dm did remplace
>>> xbdback (it implements the backend itself).
>>
>> Well, for PV domUs, xbdback is the only option, no?
> 
> but nothing prevents it from being implemented in userland (there's
> already backed drivers in userland, xencons being the fist one).

Of course.

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Jean-Yves Migeon
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