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Re: [win-pv-devel] Identifying PV disk devices



On 07/13/2015 05:36 PM, Owen Smith wrote:
> LocationInformation indicates the TargetId as the middle 2 characters. 
> The xenstore backend device ID contains a formatted variant of this, as it 
> encodes
> additional information (see xenvbd/fdo.c __ParseVbd() @426)
> 
> The Page 83 data will append the vdi-uuid to any other data (from xenstore or 
> synthesized) as a vendor specific ascii field.
> 
I see, that's exactly what I needed. Thank you.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: win-pv-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:win-pv-devel-
>> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Durrant
>> Sent: 13 July 2015 16:24
>> To: RafaÅ WojdyÅa; win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [win-pv-devel] Identifying PV disk devices
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: win-pv-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:win-pv-devel-
>>> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rafal Wojdyla
>>> Sent: 13 July 2015 16:16
>>> To: win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [win-pv-devel] Identifying PV disk devices
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is it possible to obtain the backend device ID for a particular PV
>>> disk from user mode? Currently it's hard to identify which disk is
>>> which if there are multiple disks attached. The only difference in
>>> device properties I found is location, but maybe there is an easier way?
>>>
>>
>> What do you mean by device id? The location is pretty much the main
>> distinguishing feature. The driver is capable of taking page 80 and 83 data
>> from xenstore if the toolstack puts something there, but xl doesn't do that
>> AFAIK.
>>
>>   Paul
>>
>>> --
>>> RafaÅ WojdyÅa
>>> Qubes Tools for Windows developer
>>> https://www.qubes-os.org/
>>>

-- 
RafaÅ WojdyÅa
Qubes Tools for Windows developer
https://www.qubes-os.org/

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