Re: [Xen-devel] [Xen-users] xl and vifname

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:57:43PM +0100, Florian Heigl wrote:
> Hi,
> 

Hello,

> 2011/12/17  <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > While using xen 4.1-testing.hg (r23202) I noticed that the 'vifname'
> > config value is not handled by xl, but is handled by xm. Is there a
> > workaround or patch for this? My firewall and scripts depend on static
> > vifnames.
> 
> xl does not support vifname as of now.
> Except for one type of HVM domU, where it does support vifname.
> 
> You might want to communicate to xen-devel that you rely on it and all that.
> 

Added xen-devel to CC list ..

> I also think I need vifname support - it's unbearable to work without
> vifnames if you run a setup with potentially many 100 vifs + vlans +
> brides + bonds.
> (I guess thats how the whole UUID disaster in XenServer happened)
> 
> I said "think I need" because I DO rely on them, but maybe something
> happens that makes me suddenly understand that it's better to script
> against some API to get the information reliably without any problem
> by changing domIDs and always being up-to-date.
> Oh wait, that would be like setting vifname and just looking at the
> ifconfig output :)
> 
> 
> Florian
> 
> -- 
> the purpose of libvirt is to provide an abstraction layer hiding all
> xen features added since 2006 until they were finally understood and
> copied by the kvm devs.
> 

-- Pasi


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