X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=6ab6dc614c12c6d2380e3e4b2ee842ffe0faa870;hb=99dc2a9702e6c8a2bf9073af4cbf1803417ec3ee;hp=229178943729ef067ca1aea192b09ee4abb2345b;hpb=f383ac139f5575754715a9dfbe88c67346eaa6e5;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 2291789..6ab6dc6 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ To mount read-only, add C 1> like this: which is equivalent to the following sequence of calls: $h = Sys::Guestfs->new (); - $h->set_autosync (1); $h->add_drive_ro ($filename); $h->launch (); $h->mount_ro (\"/dev/sda1\", \"/\"); @@ -347,10 +346,7 @@ Common problems How can we solve these common user problems? -- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2010-June/374931.html - In guestfish, specified -m non-existent filesystem. We could suggest - a list of filesystems, or suggest they run the virt-list-filesystems - command. +[space for common problems here] Better support for encrypted devices ------------------------------------ @@ -362,3 +358,49 @@ We would like to add: - An easier way to use this from guestfish. - Direct access to the /dev/mapper device (eg. if it contains anything apart from VGs). + +Display image as PS +------------------- + +Display the structure of an image file as a PS. + +Greater use of blkid / libblkid +------------------------------- + +guestfs_zero should use wipefs. See wipefs(8). + +There are various useful functions in libblkid for listing partitions, +devices etc which we are essentially duplicating in the daemon. It +would make more sense to just use libblkid for this. + +There are some places where we call out to the 'blkid' program. This +might be replaced by direct use of the library (if this is easier). + +Remove repo from appliance name +------------------------------- + +There's no need to have the appliance name contain the repository name +(ie initramfs.x86_64.img instead of initramfs.fedora-13.x86_64.img). + +Visualization +------------- + +Eric Sandeen pointed out the blktrace tool which is a better way of +capturing traces than using patched qemu (see +contrib/visualize-alignment). We would still use the same +visualization tools in conjunction with blktrace traces. + +Virt-df UUID +------------ + +Virt-df and any other tools with --csv output should be able to print +UUID of domain. This allows you to track the real domain across +renames etc. + +Add-domain command +------------------ + +guestfs_add_domain (g, "libvirt-dom"); + +However this would need to not depend on libvirt, eg. loading it +on demand.