Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/4] docs: Document a path for PV driver version information...

[Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Durrant [mailto:paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 November 2015 17:22
> To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Paul Durrant
> Subject: [PATCH 2/4] docs: Document a path for PV driver version
> information...
> 
> ...to be advertised by a guest.
> 
> For domain management purposes it is convenient to be able to see
> PV driver version information in xenstore. The XAPI toolstack in
> XenServer has always created a ~/drivers path for this purpose.
> 
> This patch documents that path and also adds a specification of how
> it should be used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>

Sorry, this one is stale. It should not have been sent... Sorry for the noise.

  Paul

> ---
>  docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown b/docs/misc/xenstore-
> paths.markdown
> index ec3cc5f..7701632 100644
> --- a/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown
> +++ b/docs/misc/xenstore-paths.markdown
> @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ before regexp expansion:
>    the "other" domain. i.e. ~ refers to the domain providing a service
>    while $DOMID is the consumer of that service.
>  * $UUID -- a UUID in the form xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
> +* $NAME -- a string identifying an object within a domain. Typically
> +  comprising only alphanumeric characters.
> 
>  VALUES are strings and can take the following forms:
> 
> @@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ VALUES are strings and can take the following forms:
>  * (VALUE | VALUE | ... ) -- a set of alternatives. Alternatives are
>    separated by a "|" and all the alternatives are enclosed in "(" and
>    ")".
> +* VERSION -- 2 or 3 integers, in decimal form separated by ".",
> +             specifying major version, minor version, and then
> +          (optionally) micro version.
> 
>  Additional TAGS may follow as a comma separated set of the following
>  tags enclosed in square brackets.
> @@ -377,6 +382,11 @@ protocol definition.
> 
>  A domain writable path. Available for arbitrary domain use.
> 
> +#### ~/drivers/$NAME/version = VERSION [w]
> +
> +A domain may write version information for PV driver $NAME using
> +this path.
> +
>  ### Paths private to the toolstack
> 
>  #### ~/device-model/$DOMID/state [w]
> --
> 2.1.4


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