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We use the capability to switch to using 'block-export-add' in the upcoming qemu release instead of the at the same time deprecated 'nbd-server-add'. Unfortunately qemu wants to change the interface of 'block-export-add' before the release. Since we've tried to stay up to date and added the code before it was written in stone, we need to disable the use of the new interface for the upcoming libvirt release so that we don't have a version of libvirt which would not work with the upcoming qemu version. Remove the detection of 'block-export-add' until we are more sure how the qemu interface will look. This patch partially reverts commit adb9f7123adb94645 Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: