I''ve been working on this same thing. I think the answer is: if you
have to ask, the answer is ''aio'', which is async.
There''s a doc describing the various tap drivers (dig.. dig..) here
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/blktap
The different drivers are not well documented or tested. By tested I
mean, not very many people use them and talk about them on this list.
EG try searching this list archives for ''tap:ram'' and
you''ll get two
hits, this email being the 2nd.
So, unless you''re really into a particular feature, want to write and
support your own driver etc... you want ''aio''.
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Michael Monnerie
<michael.monnerie@is.it-management.at> wrote:> Hi, the docs on
> http://tx.downloads.xensource.com/downloads/docs/user/
> do not mention at all which tap: should be used for xen. I''ve
ggogled
> that file: is bad/ugly/horrible, and you should use tap:aio instead. But
> my blktapctrl (openSUSE 11.1, kernel 2.6.27.9) can do more:
>
> BLKTAPCTRL[6249]: blktapctrl.c:797: Found driver: [raw image (aio)]
> BLKTAPCTRL[6249]: blktapctrl.c:797: Found driver: [raw image (sync)]
> BLKTAPCTRL[6249]: blktapctrl.c:797: Found driver: [vmware image (vmdk)]
> BLKTAPCTRL[6249]: blktapctrl.c:797: Found driver: [ramdisk image (ram)]
> BLKTAPCTRL[6249]: blktapctrl.c:797: Found driver: [qcow disk (qcow)]
> BLKTAPCTRL[6249]: blktapctrl.c:797: Found driver: [qcow2 disk (qcow2)]
> BLKTAPCTRL[6249]: blktapctrl.c:797: Found driver: [ioemu disk]
> BLKTAPCTRL[6249]: blktapctrl.c:797: Found driver: [raw image (cdrom)]
>
> So I guess possible would be tap:aio, tap:sync,and the others are
> specialized. But which one is the "best" to take.
Stability/Reliability
> is most important, performance 2nd most.
> Has anyone got a hint or link to docs? I''d be interested in qcow
> documentation also.
>
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