Re: [Qemu-devel] writing a QEMU block driver

2014-10-22 Thread Max Reitz
On 2014-10-22 at 05:08, Sandeep Joshi wrote: Another small question. I noticed that all block drivers call block_init ("module_init") and qemu_system binary has the "--enable-modules" command line option. But does QEMU support building block drivers outside the main source tree ? And ca

Re: [Qemu-devel] writing a QEMU block driver

2014-10-21 Thread Sandeep Joshi
Another small question. I noticed that all block drivers call block_init ("module_init") and qemu_system binary has the "--enable-modules" command line option. But does QEMU support building block drivers outside the main source tree ? And can I load a new block driver module into running QEMU

Re: [Qemu-devel] writing a QEMU block driver

2014-10-21 Thread Sandeep Joshi
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Max Reitz wrote: > Am 2014-10-17 um 16:59 schrieb Sandeep Joshi: > > > Hi there, > > Do let me know if I am asking these questions on the wrong forum. I'd > like to write a QEMU block driver which forwards IO requests to a > custom-built storage cluster. > >

Re: [Qemu-devel] writing a QEMU block driver

2014-10-20 Thread Max Reitz
Am 2014-10-17 um 16:59 schrieb Sandeep Joshi: Hi there, Do let me know if I am asking these questions on the wrong forum. I'd like to write a QEMU block driver which forwards IO requests to a custom-built storage cluster. I have seen Jeff Cody's presentation and

[Qemu-devel] writing a QEMU block driver

2014-10-17 Thread Sandeep Joshi
Hi there, Do let me know if I am asking these questions on the wrong forum. I'd like to write a QEMU block driver which forwards IO requests to a custom-built storage cluster. I have seen Jeff Cody's presentation and also browsed the source code for sheepdog, nbd and g