Re: [Xen-devel] xl block-attach vs block-detach

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 02.03.12 at 09:05, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 07:40 +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> And if using blkback, why not (as in xend) via loop devices?
> 
> Support for block device script= in xl/libxl is on the 4.2 blocker list,

Ah, that's good to know. (However, you mentioning script= makes me
assume that one would have to specify this among the block-attach
options, which again wouldn't be a drop-in replacement of how xm
worked in this regard.)

> this feature would re-enable the loop+blkback case -- I think this would
> be a better option than blktap* or qdisk once it becomes available.

Jan


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