[virt-tools-list] [libosinfo 1/6] Add resource data for windows OSs

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 03:04:59AM +0300, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
> From: "Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak at gnome.org>
> 
> Add resource requirements and recommendations data for windows OSs.
> ---
>  data/oses/windows.xml |  109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/data/oses/windows.xml b/data/oses/windows.xml
> index 90a6b7e..3ba88eb 100644
> --- a/data/oses/windows.xml
> +++ b/data/oses/windows.xml
> @@ -26,6 +26,21 @@
>          <publisher-id>MICROSOFT CORPORATION</publisher-id>
>        </iso>
>      </media>
> +
> +    <resources arch="i386">
> +      <minimum>

So IIUC, the units here are..

> +        <cpu>233</cpu>

...MHz..

> +        <n-cpus>1</n-cpus>

N/a

> +        <ram>64</ram>

..MB...

> +        <storage>1.5</storage>

..GB..


I'm not sure CPU MHz is particularly useful,
but it doesn't hurt to allow it & units are
fine.

Using MB for RAM is probably OK, since I doubt
we really need to be able to run with < 1 MB
of RAM.

Using GB for disks though is a little suspect
to me. I don't like seeing fractional numbers
in the XML since we loose precision and people
always get confused wrt 1024 vs 1000. A great
many (old & current)  distros can actually be
installed in < 1 GB of disk, so it will not
be uncommon.

So I think we ought to use MB for storage

Daniel
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