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regression: xen domU no longer supports "type=cdrom" vbd disk



I use xl.cfg "disk" entries like the following to mount a virtual CDROM
in a Xen domU:

    'format=raw, vdev=0x5, access=ro, devtype=cdrom, target=/images/NetBSD-9.0-amd64.iso'

However since upgrading my -current source tree I've been seeing:

	xenbus0: ignoring device/vbd/4 type cdrom

As shown in this patch I had to comment out the core of the mentioned
change to be able to use an ISO image again as a virtual CDROM again:


--- xenbus_probe.c.~1.55.~	2020-05-30 17:32:39.672816814 -0700
+++ xenbus_probe.c	2020-06-08 14:13:45.025527521 -0700
@@ -443,6 +443,14 @@
 				kmem_free(xbusd, xbusd->xbusd_sz);
 				break;
 			}
+//revision 1.51
+//date: 2020-04-28 06:21:01 -0700;  author: bouyer;  state: Exp;  lines: +30 -9;  commitid: 5XOy6F9zbgN8C96C;
+//Skip block device  with device-type "cdrom", as their emulation can't be
+//disabled; and the backend driver doesn't handle them either.
+//Fix hang when booting with 'ioemu:hdc:cdrom' type disks.
+//While there convert some printf to aprint_error()
+//
+#if 0 /* XXX breaks use of ISO files! */
 			if (strcmp(xa.xa_type, "vbd") == 0) {
 				char dtype[10];
 				if (xenbus_read(NULL, xbusd->xbusd_path,
@@ -461,6 +469,7 @@
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
+#endif
 			err = read_backend_details(xbusd);
 			if (err != 0) {
 				aprint_error_dev(xenbus_dev,


Now it works again:

	xbd4 at xenbus0 id 4: Xen Virtual Block Device Interface
	xbd4: using event channel 12
	...
	boot device: xbd4
	root on xbd4a dumps on xbd4b
	root file system type: cd9660

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					Greg A. Woods <gwoods%acm.org@localhost>

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