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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] block: Support Archipelago as a QEMU blo
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/1] block: Support Archipelago as a QEMU block backend |
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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:49:19 +0200 |
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Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:
> On 06/02/2014 08:15 AM, Chrysostomos Nanakos wrote:
>> VM Image on Archipelago volume is specified like this:
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>> file=archipelago:<volumename>[/mport=<mapperd_port>[:vport=<vlmcd_port>]]
>> or
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> I still think that there is no need to burden the code with this
> shorthand...
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>> file.driver=archipelago,file.volume=<volumename>[,file.mport=<mapperd_port>[,
>> file.vport=<vlmcd_port>]]
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> ...when this version is easier to support. Older protocols have file=
> abuse due to back-compat reasons, but new protocols should not start out
> with baggage.
Seconded.
At the very least, add the syntactic sugar in a separate patch, so it
can be more easily evaluated.
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