[libvirt] [PATCH v2 2/4] Introduce per-device boot element

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Fri Jan 14 17:42:08 UTC 2011


On 01/14/2011 10:04 AM, Jiri Denemark wrote:
> Currently, boot order can be specified per device class but there is no
> way to specify exact disk/NIC device to boot from.
> 
> This patch adds <boot order='N'/> element which can be used inside
> <disk/> and <interface/>. This is incompatible with the older os/boot
> element. Since not all hypervisors support per-device boot
> specification, new deviceboot flag is included in capabilities XML for
> hypervisors which understand the new boot element. Presence of the flag
> allows (but doesn't require) users to use the new style boot order
> specification.

ACK.

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Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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