On 03/12/2012 12:57 PM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
Am 10.03.2012 20:56, schrieb Floris Bos:
Some Linux distributions use the
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_name-of-disk-model_serial addressing scheme
when refering to partitions in /etc/fstab and elsewhere.
This causes problems when starting a disk image taken from an existing physical
server under qemu,
because when running under qemu name-of-disk-model is always "QEMU HARDDISK"
This patch introduces a model=s option which in combination with the existing
serial=s option can be used to
fake the disk the operating system was previously on, allowing the OS to boot
properly.
Cc: kw...@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Floris Bos<d...@noc-ps.com>
Oh, and now that I look at the actual patch, do we really want to add
the model=... option to -drive? I think just the qdev property may be
enough. When you need to set the option, you would need to use -device,
but it's not that hard.
Well, to me it makes sense to put it at the same places "serial" is, as
both options have quite similar functions: faking drive attributes.
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Yours sincerely,
Floris Bos
