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This is the implementation of the previous patch now using virInterface*
API. Ended up this patch got much more simpler, smaller and easier to
review. Here is some details:
* MAC size and interface name are fixed due to specifications on HMC,
both are created automatically and CAN'T be specified from user. They
have the following format:
* MAC: 122980003002
* Interface name: U9124.720.067BE8B-V3-C0
* I did replaced all the |grep|sed following the comments Eric Blake
did on the last patch.
* According to my last email, It's not possible to create a network
interface without assigning it to a specific lpar. Then, I am using
this very minimalistic XML file for testing:
<interface type='ethernet' name='LPAR01'>
</interface>
In this file I am using "name" as the lpar name which I am going to
assign the new network interface. I couldn't find a better way to
refer to it. Comments are welcome.
* Regarding the fact I am sleeping one second waiting for the HMC to
complete creation of the interface, I don't have means to check
if the whole process is done. All I do is execute a command, wait
until is complete (which is not enough in this case) check
the return and the exit status. The process of actually creating
a networking interface seems to take a little longer than just the
return of the ssh control.
libvirt library code README
===========================
The directory provides the bulk of the libvirt codebase. Everything
except for the libvirtd daemon and client tools. The build uses a
large number of libtool convenience libraries - one for each child
directory, and then links them together for the final libvirt.so,
although some bits get linked directly to libvirtd daemon instead.
The files directly in this directory are supporting the public API
entry points & data structures.
There are two core shared modules to be aware of:
* util/ - a collection of shared APIs that can be used by any
code. This directory is always in the include path
for all things built
* conf/ - APIs for parsing / manipulating all the official XML
files used by the public API. This directory is only
in the include path for driver implementation modules
* vmx/ - VMware VMX config handling (used by esx/ and vmware/)
Then there are the hypervisor implementations:
* esx/ - VMware ESX and GSX support using vSphere API over SOAP
* lxc/ - Linux Native Containers
* openvz/ - OpenVZ containers using cli tools
* phyp/ - IBM Power Hypervisor using CLI tools over SSH
* qemu/ - QEMU / KVM using qemu CLI/monitor
* remote/ - Generic libvirt native RPC client
* test/ - A "mock" driver for testing
* uml/ - User Mode Linux
* vbox/ - Virtual Box using native API
* vmware/ - VMware Workstation and Player using the vmrun tool
* xen/ - Xen using hypercalls, XenD SEXPR & XenStore
* xenapi/ - Xen using libxenserver
Finally some secondary drivers that are shared for several HVs.
Currently these are used by LXC, OpenVZ, QEMU, UML and Xen drivers.
The ESX, Power Hypervisor, Remote, Test & VirtualBox drivers all
implement the secondary drivers directly
* cpu/ - CPU feature management
* interface/ - Host network interface management
* network/ - Virtual NAT networking
* nwfilter/ - Network traffic filtering rules
* node_device/ - Host device enumeration
* secret/ - Secret management
* security/ - Mandatory access control drivers
* storage/ - Storage management drivers
Since both the hypervisor and secondary drivers can be built as
dlopen()able modules, it is *FORBIDDEN* to have build dependencies
between these directories. Drivers are only allowed to depend on
the public API, and the internal APIs in the util/ and conf/
directories