linux-kernel - Re: Pe: [PATCH v5 1/3] virtio-scsi: first version

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Date:	Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:08:27 +0100
From:	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Christian Hoff <christian.hoff@...ibm.com>,
	borntrae@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	mst@...hat.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: Pe: [PATCH v5 1/3] virtio-scsi: first version

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Christian Borntraeger
<borntraeger@...ibm.com> wrote:
> On 12/02/12 21:16, James Bottomley wrote:
> > Could someone please explain to me why you can't simply fix virtio-blk?
>
> I dont think that virtio-scsi will replace virtio-blk everywhere. For non-scsi
> block devices, image files or logical volumes virtio-blk seems to be the right
> approach, I think.
>
> > Or would virtio-blk maintainers give a reason why they're unwilling to
> > have it fixed?
>
> I dont consider virtio-blk broken. It just doesnt cover everything.

Although I'm not sure whether that helps here: since about a year
there is software present in the upstream kernel that allows to use
any block device or even a file as a SCSI device.

Bart.
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