[Libvirt-cim] [PATCH] Make net_max callback smarter

[Jay Gagnon]

Dan Smith wrote:
> JG> # HG changeset patch
> JG> # User Jay Gagnon <grendel at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> JG> # Date 1195070622 18000
> JG> # Node ID cf3c1b32e71d9a95b3c95ebf3f3622bd39a4a4e3
> JG> # Parent  1828b3b30fe476fbae1bf31d99c999ba548911f5
> JG> Make net_max callback smarter.
> JG> Xen 3.0.x supports up to 4
> JG> Xen 3.1.x supports up to 8
> JG> KVM supports up to 32
>
> If there is no way to determine what the current implementation
> supports via libvirt, I'm inclined to say that we should advertise the
> maximum as something that is likely to be sane for most installations,
> since it isn't an enforced limit.  Right now, 8 is hardcoded in vl.c.
>
> What about putting the Xen (>3.1.0) and QEMU limits in configure and
> #include<config.h> here to get the values?  That way, we can set them
> there but make them easily overridable in the case that someone is
> building the package to run against a modified Xen or QEMU.
>
> I'll commit this and cook up a patch for discussion.
>
>   
Okay, that's fine.

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-Jay