10:52 a.m.
High level design :
http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/StableDeviceAddresses
Low level design :
http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/DetailedStableDeviceAddresses
(probably will be modified until the meeting)
3:08 p.m.
On 12/28/2011 06:52 PM, Eli Mesika wrote:
High level design :
http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/StableDeviceAddresses
Low level design :
http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/DetailedStableDeviceAddresses
(probably will be modified until the meeting)
1. " hash -- holds the md5 like encryption indicating a change "
I don't think "encryption" is relevant here.
2. VMOldInfoManager
how will we know/flag when we expect it can be deleted?
("Old" is relative. what if you will need to create another OldOld
class? maybe something more specific like 3_0, so you know you can
delete it when you no longer have 3_0 clusters supported?)
3. "Addresses are kept in the database as a plain-text strings"
at some point we will want to expose this to users. maybe a better
representation would be in order (could be handled later as part of
upgrade process i guess).
4. video cards
you mention only spice - what happens to VNC monitors?
5. floppy/cd-rom
expect there will be more than one cd-rom (looks as the most probably
solution to user data injection afaiu)
6. virtio-serial
you mention it in the beginning, but not afterwards wrt implementation
details. there may be multiple of these (qemu-ga, ovirt-guest-agent,
spice-vd-agent?)
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3:16 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Itamar Heim" <iheim(a)redhat.com>
To: "Eli Mesika" <emesika(a)redhat.com>
Cc: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org
Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2012 11:08:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Stable Device Addresses HLD/LLD for tomorrow meeting (15:00
GMT+1)
On 12/28/2011 06:52 PM, Eli Mesika wrote:
> High level design :
> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/StableDeviceAddresses
>
> Low level design :
> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/DetailedStableDeviceAddresses
> (probably will be modified until the meeting)
1. " hash -- holds the md5 like encryption indicating a change "
I don't think "encryption" is relevant here.
right , replaced with
hash
2. VMOldInfoManager
how will we know/flag when we expect it can be deleted?
("Old" is relative. what if you will need to create another OldOld
class? maybe something more specific like 3_0, so you know you can
delete it when you no longer have 3_0 clusters supported?)
Done
3. "Addresses are kept in the database as a plain-text strings"
at some point we will want to expose this to users. maybe a better
representation would be in order (could be handled later as part of
upgrade process i guess).
will ne handled later (when needed)
4. video cards
you mention only spice - what happens to VNC monitors?
Handled already, look on HLD
for
'qxl' - spice device, 'cirrus' - vnc device
5. floppy/cd-rom
expect there will be more than one cd-rom (looks as the most probably
solution to user data injection afaiu)
sure, we assume that those can be multiple
6. virtio-serial
you mention it in the beginning, but not afterwards wrt
implementation
details. there may be multiple of these (qemu-ga, ovirt-guest-agent,
spice-vd-agent?)
I think those will be handled as (un-managed) vm-device abd by definition can have
multiple entries
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7:46 p.m.
Dor/Alon - a question below.
more comments inline.
On 01/03/2012 11:16 PM, Eli Mesika wrote:
> From: "Itamar Heim"<iheim(a)redhat.com>
...
> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Stable Device Addresses HLD/LLD for
tomorrow meeting (15:00 GMT+1)
>
> On 12/28/2011 06:52 PM, Eli Mesika wrote:
>> High level design :
>> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/StableDeviceAddresses
>>
>> Low level design :
>> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/DetailedStableDeviceAddresses
>> (probably will be modified until the meeting)
...
> 4. video cards
> you mention only spice - what happens to VNC monitors?
Handled already, look on HLD for
'qxl' - spice device, 'cirrus' - vnc device
iirc, there is supposed to be something around being able to use both
vnc or spice (mutually exclusive) without rebooting the guest.
i.e., user would be able to connect with either one of these protocols
Dor/Alon?
another item (shouldn't affect design i hope, but just in case):
I just heard spice multi monitor support for linux guests may work
differently than for windows.
in windows we expose 4 video cards.
for linux we may need to create one card with 4 times the memory.
...
>
> 6. virtio-serial
> you mention it in the beginning, but not afterwards wrt
> implementation
> details. there may be multiple of these (qemu-ga, ovirt-guest-agent,
> spice-vd-agent?)
I think those will be handled as (un-managed) vm-device abd by definition can have
multiple entries
but having/not having spice configured would affect the need for one of
them (spice-vd-agent)
and cluster compatibility would affect the need for the qemu-ga one (not
sure if that would be configurable or assumed as default for all guests)
8:28 a.m.
On 01/04/2012 03:46 AM, Itamar Heim wrote:
Dor/Alon - a question below.
more comments inline.
On 01/03/2012 11:16 PM, Eli Mesika wrote:
>> From: "Itamar Heim"<iheim(a)redhat.com>
...
>> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Stable Device Addresses HLD/LLD for
>> tomorrow meeting (15:00 GMT+1)
>>
>> On 12/28/2011 06:52 PM, Eli Mesika wrote:
>>> High level design :
>>> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/StableDeviceAddresses
>>>
>>> Low level design :
>>> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/DetailedStableDeviceAddresses
>>> (probably will be modified until the meeting)
...
>> 4. video cards
>> you mention only spice - what happens to VNC monitors?
> Handled already, look on HLD for
> 'qxl' - spice device, 'cirrus' - vnc device
iirc, there is supposed to be something around being able to use both
vnc or spice (mutually exclusive) without rebooting the guest.
i.e., user would be able to connect with either one of these protocols
Dor/Alon?
There is a way to do that and it may be desirable on some situations.
(why it is related to stable device addresses?)
another item (shouldn't affect design i hope, but just in case):
I just heard spice multi monitor support for linux guests may work
differently than for windows.
in windows we expose 4 video cards.
for linux we may need to create one card with 4 times the memory.
While I don't know if that's possible, what's the relation to stable pci
addresses? ovirt just need to support all mode and allow configurable
number of pci cards, stable pci slots, multi-function devices and
specify the amount of ram or any other properties specific devices will
need.
...
>>
>> 6. virtio-serial
>> you mention it in the beginning, but not afterwards wrt
>> implementation
>> details. there may be multiple of these (qemu-ga, ovirt-guest-agent,
>> spice-vd-agent?)
>
> I think those will be handled as (un-managed) vm-device abd by
> definition can have multiple entries
but having/not having spice configured would affect the need for one of
them (spice-vd-agent)
and cluster compatibility would affect the need for the qemu-ga one (not
sure if that would be configurable or assumed as default for all guests)
11:23 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 04:28:29PM +0200, Dor Laor wrote:
On 01/04/2012 03:46 AM, Itamar Heim wrote:
>Dor/Alon - a question below.
>more comments inline.
>
>On 01/03/2012 11:16 PM, Eli Mesika wrote:
>>>From: "Itamar Heim"<iheim(a)redhat.com>
>...
>
>>>Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Stable Device Addresses HLD/LLD for
>>>tomorrow meeting (15:00 GMT+1)
>>>
>>>On 12/28/2011 06:52 PM, Eli Mesika wrote:
>>>>High level design :
>>>>http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/StableDeviceAddresses
>>>>
>>>>Low level design :
>>>>http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/Design/DetailedStableDeviceAddresses
>>>>(probably will be modified until the meeting)
>...
>
>>>4. video cards
>>>you mention only spice - what happens to VNC monitors?
>>Handled already, look on HLD for
>>'qxl' - spice device, 'cirrus' - vnc device
>
>iirc, there is supposed to be something around being able to use both
>vnc or spice (mutually exclusive) without rebooting the guest.
>i.e., user would be able to connect with either one of these protocols
>Dor/Alon?
There is a way to do that and it may be desirable on some
situations. (why it is related to stable device addresses?)
(missed this email somehow). It is possible, Gerd made it so but it is
not good for performance - spice renders on the server all the time for
it to work (but I don't have any numbers).
>
>
>another item (shouldn't affect design i hope, but just in case):
>I just heard spice multi monitor support for linux guests may work
>differently than for windows.
>in windows we expose 4 video cards.
>for linux we may need to create one card with 4 times the memory.
While I don't know if that's possible, what's the relation to stable
pci addresses? ovirt just need to support all mode and allow
configurable number of pci cards, stable pci slots, multi-function
devices and specify the amount of ram or any other properties
specific devices will need.
>
>...
>>>
>>>6. virtio-serial
>>>you mention it in the beginning, but not afterwards wrt
>>>implementation
>>>details. there may be multiple of these (qemu-ga, ovirt-guest-agent,
>>>spice-vd-agent?)
>>
>>I think those will be handled as (un-managed) vm-device abd by
>>definition can have multiple entries
>
>but having/not having spice configured would affect the need for one of
>them (spice-vd-agent)
>and cluster compatibility would affect the need for the qemu-ga one (not
>sure if that would be configurable or assumed as default for all guests)
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