Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: bs->enable_write_cache and the guest ABI

[Jamie Lokier]

Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 03/09/2010 01:00 AM, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> >Avi Kivity wrote:
> >   
> >>I think we have to go with a qdev property as Christoph suggests.  Then
> >>it becomes the management's responsibility to set it right.
> >>     
> >How can the management be expected to know or follow dynamically
> >changing guest state?  There guests which disable a drive's write
> >cache in some application scripts, and others which enable it in boot
> >scripts.  That's not something management should be knowing about.
> >   
> 
> The flag indicates whether the drive has a write cache or not.

Ok, thanks, I was confused by the name saying "enable" not "has".

I presume the dynamic actually-enabled-write-cache guest device state
is dealt with properly, then?

-- Jamie