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List:       qemu-block
Subject:    Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v5 03/38] blockdev: Allow creation of BDS trees without BB
From:       Alberto Garcia <berto () igalia ! com>
Date:       2015-09-29 8:45:25
Message-ID: w51zj051umy.fsf () maestria ! local ! igalia ! com
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On Fri 18 Sep 2015 05:22:38 PM CEST, Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com> wrote:
> If the "id" field is missing from the options given to blockdev-add,
> just omit the BlockBackend and create the BlockDriverState tree alone.
>
> However, if "id" is missing, "node-name" must be specified; otherwise,
> the BDS tree would no longer be accessible.
>
> Many BDS options which are not parsed by bdrv_open() (like caching)
> cannot be specified for these BB-less BDS trees yet. A future patch will
> remove this limitation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>

Berto


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