From xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Tue Jan 07 14:34:05 2014 Received: (at maildrop) by bugs.xenproject.org; 7 Jan 2014 14:34:05 +0000 Received: from lists.xen.org ([50.57.142.19]) by bugs.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W0XjJ-0001pf-7D for xen-devel-maildrop-Eithu9ie@bugs.xenproject.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:34:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xen.org) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1W0Xel-0005yF-CK; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:29:23 +0000 Received: from mail6.bemta3.messagelabs.com ([195.245.230.39]) by lists.xen.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1W0Xek-0005y2-2P for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:29:22 +0000 Received: from [85.158.137.68:40711] by server-6.bemta-3.messagelabs.com id 82/14-04868-04F0CC25; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:29:20 +0000 X-Env-Sender: konrad.wilk@oracle.com X-Msg-Ref: server-7.tower-31.messagelabs.com!1389104957!7762973!1 X-Originating-IP: [141.146.126.69] X-SpamReason: No, hits=0.0 required=7.0 tests=sa_preprocessor: VHJ1c3RlZCBJUDogMTQxLjE0Ni4xMjYuNjkgPT4gMjc3MjE4\n X-StarScan-Received: X-StarScan-Version: 6.9.16; banners=-,-,- X-VirusChecked: Checked Received: (qmail 4839 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2014 14:29:20 -0000 Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com (HELO aserp1040.oracle.com) (141.146.126.69) by server-7.tower-31.messagelabs.com with DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 7 Jan 2014 14:29:20 -0000 Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id s07ETGM5012959 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 7 Jan 2014 14:29:16 GMT Received: from userz7021.oracle.com (userz7021.oracle.com [156.151.31.85]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s07ETF6I013074 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 7 Jan 2014 14:29:15 GMT Received: from abhmp0003.oracle.com (abhmp0003.oracle.com [141.146.116.9]) by userz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s07ETEEh021935; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 14:29:14 GMT Received: from phenom.dumpdata.com (/50.195.21.189) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 06:29:14 -0800 Received: by phenom.dumpdata.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B27651C18DC; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 09:29:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 09:29:13 -0500 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk To: Ian Campbell Message-ID: <20140107142913.GD3588@phenom.dumpdata.com> References: <20140106175713.GB28636@phenom.dumpdata.com> <1389093778.31766.131.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1389093778.31766.131.camel@kazak.uk.xensource.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xend vs xl with pci=['' are not owned by pciback or pcistub will still launch. X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xen.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 11:22:58AM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > create ^ > thanks > > On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 12:57 -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > In Xend, if I had a pci entry in the guest config and the > > PCI device was not assigned to xen-pciback or pci-stub it > > would refuse to launch the guest. > > > > Not so with 'xl'. It will complain but still launch: > > It looks like domcreate_attach_pci() is ignoring the result of > libxl__device_pci_add(). It appears to have always done so. > > I suppose there is an argument that there are usecases where starting > the domain at all even without the full set of devices is better than > not starting it at all, but I think I agree that the default should be > to fail if some devices are not available. The guest wasn't too happy about some of them missing :-) > > Is this a blocker for you for 4.4 or can it wait for 4.5? Not a blocker. It can wait, just want to make sure we don't forget. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel