Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ide: Adds "model=s" option, allowing the user to override the default disk model name "QEMU HARDDISK"

[Floris Bos / Maxnet]

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: address@hidden
> > Signed-off-by: Floris Bos<address@hidden>
> 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.

--
Yours sincerely,

Floris Bos