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Jiri Denemark dc2b2b3ab9 qemu: Enable migration events only for fresh QEMU process
Every running QEMU process we are willing to reconnect (i.e., at least
3.1.0) supports migration events and we can assume the capability is
already enabled since last time libvirt daemon connected to its monitor.

Well, it's not guaranteed though. If libvirt 1.2.17 or older was used to
start QEMU 3.1.0 or newer, migration events would not be enabled. And if
the user decides to upgrade libvirt from 1.2.17 to 8.4.0 while the QEMU
process is still running, they would not be able to migrate the domain
because of disabled migration events. I think we do not really need to
worry about this scenario as libvirt 1.2.17 is 7 years old while QEMU
3.1.0 was released only 3.5 years ago. Thus a chance someone would be
running such configuration should be fairly small and a combination with
upgrading 1.2.17 to 8.4.0 (or newer) with running domains should get it
pretty much to zero. The issue would disappear ff the ancient libvirt is
first upgraded to something older than 8.4.0 and then to the current
libvirt.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
2022-05-12 16:25:57 +02:00
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==============================
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:

https://libvirt.org


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:

https://libvirt.org/contact.html