Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v2

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 12:57:26PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> >Then I'd prefer we add a protocol=XXX option for magic protocols. This 
> >would be easier to use & clearer than requiring escaping of magic 
> >characters, eg
> >
> >   -drive file=/some/path:with:colons,protocol=file
> >   -drive file=http://some/path,protocol=uri
> >
> >For compatability, we could make it such that if protocol=XXX was left out,
> >it could try and "guess" it, in same way QEMU does if format=XXX is left 
> >out
> >for content format.
> >  
> 
> How about
> 
>  -drive file=file:///some/path:with:colons?
> 
> Libvirt would use this unconditionally, command-line users can choose.

Sure, that achieves the same end result, so fine by me.

Daniel
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