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This patch adds new XenDevice-s: 'xen-disk' and 'xen-cdrom', both derived
from a common 'xen-block' parent type. These will eventually replace the
'xen_disk' (note the underscore rather than hyphen) legacy PV backend but
it is illustrative to build up the implementation incrementally, along with
the XenBus/XenDevice framework. Subsequent patches will therefore add to
these devices' implementation as new features are added to the framework.

After this patch has been applied it is possible to instantiate new
'xen-disk' or 'xen-cdrom' devices with a single 'vdev' parameter, which
accepts values adhering to the Xen VBD naming scheme [1]. For example, a
command-line instantiation of a xen-disk can be done with an argument
similar to the following:

-device xen-disk,vdev=hda

The implementation of the vdev parameter formulates the appropriate VBD
number for use in the PV protocol.

[1] https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/man/xen-vbd-interface.7.html



Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarAnthony Perard <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAnthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
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