Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/1] Support Archipelago as a QEMU block backend

[Nanakos Chrysostomos]

On 05/30/2014 12:32 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 05/29/2014 05:14 AM, Chrysostomos Nanakos wrote:
> > Hello team,
> >
> > this is a patch implementing support for a new storage layer,
> > Archipelago [1][2].
> >
> > We've been using Archipelago in our IaaS public cloud production
> > environment for over a year now, along with Google Ganeti [3]
> > and Ceph [4]. We are currently moving from accessing Archipelago
> > through a kernel block driver to accessing it directly through QEMU,
> > using this patch.
> Are you also planning on extending QMP BlockdevOptions to support this
> new backend during device hotplug?

Yes of course, that won't be a problem.
> And if so, it would be nicer if you
> didn't abuse the file= field, but instead used separate structured
> fields for each piece of information being passed.  We already have the
> json: pseudo-protocol that can be used to form a flat filename that
> encodes multiple fields of information without having to further invent
> new protocols that abuse the purpose of the filename field.
Let me make the proposed changes among others and resend a second 
version of the proposed patch.

Regards,
Chrysostomos.