Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add HTTP protocol using curl v3

[Alexander Graf]

On 07.05.2009, at 14:00, Avi Kivity wrote:

> address@hidden wrote:
> > +
> > +BlockDriver bdrv_http = {
> > +    .format_name       = "http",
> > +    .protocol_name     = "http",
>
> curl supports a bunch of protocols (from the man page, HTTP, HTTPS,  
> FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, DICT, TELNET, LDAP, FILE).  I suggest  
> registering all of them (except FILE) so users can enjoy booting VMs  
> over LDAP.
>
> (well that only works for protocols that support byte range  
> operations)

I'd like to get HTTP up and running first and as soon as that's rock- 
stable go and activate other protocols, probably ftp and https  
following first.

Either way - those protocols would have to get tested before enabling  
them, so I'd like to stick with "simple" for now :-).

Alex