Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Virtual disk configuration, PV vs. emulated, backward compatibility etc

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stefano Stabellini writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC] Virtual disk configuration, 
PV vs. emulated, backward compatibility etc"):
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Well, no, they can't, because their bootloader probably doesn't
> > understand anything besides what they're actually using.
> 
> they only have to change the device name, not the device class

Surely you can't steal only one minor number ?

> > Certainly stealing the major number for scsi disks seems quite
> > dangerous.  pv-usb is hardly that unlikely a scenario.
>  
> we are not doing that for pvusb

pv-usb => usb mass storage => scsi disks

Ian.

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