Re: [openstack-dev] [Nova] z/VM introducing a new config drive format

2018-04-12 Thread melanie witt
On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:31:45 +1000, Michael Still wrote: The more I think about it, the more I dislike how the proposed driver also "lies" about it using iso9660. That's definitely wrong:         if CONF.config_drive_format in ['iso9660']:             # cloud-init only support iso9660 and

Re: [openstack-dev] [Nova] z/VM introducing a new config drive format

2018-04-11 Thread Michael Still
The more I think about it, the more I dislike how the proposed driver also "lies" about it using iso9660. That's definitely wrong: if CONF.config_drive_format in ['iso9660']: # cloud-init only support iso9660 and vfat, but in z/VM # implementation, can't link a

Re: [openstack-dev] [Nova] z/VM introducing a new config drive format

2018-04-11 Thread Dan Smith
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/527658 is a z/VM patch which > introduces their support for config drive. They do this by attaching a > tarball to the instance, having pretended in the nova code that it is > an iso9660. This worries me. > > In the past we've been concerned about adding new

[openstack-dev] [Nova] z/VM introducing a new config drive format

2018-04-11 Thread Michael Still
Heya, https://review.openstack.org/#/c/527658 is a z/VM patch which introduces their support for config drive. They do this by attaching a tarball to the instance, having pretended in the nova code that it is an iso9660. This worries me. In the past we've been concerned about adding new