[Libvir] PATCH: Fix block device numbers for virDomainBlockStats

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 08:32:10PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> As mentioned in this thread:
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-January/msg00475.html
> 
> The code for calculating block devices numbers has a number of flaws.
> This patch fixes the flaws and adds a comprehensive test program to
> validate it. The test program also validates invalid cases.
> 
> NB, this code is actually now more perfect than Xen, since Xen doesn't
> handle SCSI disks > sdp, even though you can go all the way to sdhv.
> 
> The rules are:
> 
>      * hdNM:  N=a-t, M=1-63,  major={IDE0_MAJOR -> IDE9_MAJOR}
>      * sdNM:  N=a-z,aa-hw, M=1-15,  major={SCSI_DISK0_MAJOR -> SCSI_DISK15_MAJOR}

Opps, that should be 'iv' not 'hw' for the last disk

>      * xvdNM: N=a-p, M=1-15,  major=XENVBD_MAJOR

Dan.
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