[Qemu-devel] [Bug 432154] Re: dynamic block device attach/detach not functional with karmic KVM

2010-11-10 Thread Kiall
@Wolfgang: Yes - Specifying, for example, /dev/vda triggers the use of virtio over the "standard" - and works exactly as you would expect EBS volumes to :) There *is* still a bug preventing /dev/sdX from working .. but I've sank too much time into finding it at the moment, I'll probably dig in aga

[Qemu-devel] [Bug 432154] Re: dynamic block device attach/detach not functional with karmic KVM

2010-11-10 Thread Kiall
Yes - 100% sure. I've since discovered that using /dev/vdX works without a reboot, while /dev/sdX does not work until after a reboot! vdX triggers the use of virtio, while sdX uses the "standard" method .. whatever that is! I stopped digging once i got it working with vdX :) -- dynamic block de

[Qemu-devel] [Bug 432154] Re: dynamic block device attach/detach not functional with karmic KVM

2010-11-09 Thread Kiall
@Wolfgang I believe this is still an issue in maverick/10.10 aswell. I can attach a volume with UEC (10.10 metal and 10.10 instance). If you issue a `shutdown -r now` within the instance, the volume will be attached after the reboot... just spent about 8 hours getting that far! -- dynamic block