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-rw-r--r--docs/man/xl.conf.pod.54
-rw-r--r--tools/libxl/xl.c11
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5 b/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5
index 31aebcaa90..7b9fcac2fa 100644
--- a/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5
+++ b/docs/man/xl.conf.pod.5
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ operations (primarily domain creation).
Default: C</var/lock/xl>
-=item B<vifscript="PATH">
+=item B<vif.default.script="PATH">
Configures the default hotplug script used by virtual network devices.
+The old B<vifscript> option is deprecated and should not be used.
+
Default: C</etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge>
=item B<vif.default.bridge="NAME">
diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl.c b/tools/libxl/xl.c
index 9f45e4559f..4c598dbbad 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl.c
@@ -96,8 +96,17 @@ static void parse_global_config(const char *configfile,
* different device kinds.
*/
- if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "vifscript", &buf, 0))
+ if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "vifscript", &buf, 0)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "the global config option vifscript is deprecated, "
+ "please switch to vif.default.script\n");
+ free(default_vifscript);
default_vifscript = strdup(buf);
+ }
+
+ if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "vif.default.script", &buf, 0)) {
+ free(default_vifscript);
+ default_vifscript = strdup(buf);
+ }
if (!xlu_cfg_get_string (config, "defaultbridge", &buf, 0)) {
fprintf(stderr, "the global config option defaultbridge is deprecated, "