[PATCH] update ide storage.drive_type values

David Zeuthen david at fubar.dk
Sun Apr 8 14:38:08 PDT 2007


On Sun, 2007-04-08 at 19:56 +0200, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this patch update the possible values of the 'media' attribute for ide 
> devices, by add 'tape' and new 'optical' values for the storage.drive_type
> property. Updated also the spec.

What about just using 'cdrom' for 'optical'? It already defact means
optical drive as it encompasses both CD, DVD, HDDVD, BluRay and other
writers? We use properties on storage.cdrom.* to specify the capabilties
of the optical drive (they are not mutually exclusive).

     David




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