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Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 04/12] fdc: add disk field


From: John Snow
Subject: Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 04/12] fdc: add disk field
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:59:30 -0500
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On 01/20/2016 03:35 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 01/19/2016 11:51 PM, John Snow wrote:
>> Currently, 'drive' is used both to represent the current diskette
>> type as well as the current drive type.
>>
>> This patch adds a 'disk' field that is updated explicitly to match
>> the type of the disk.
>>
>> As of this patch, disk and drive are always the same, but forthcoming
>> patches to change the behavior of pick_geometry will invalidate this
>> assumption.
>>
>> disk does not need to be migrated because it is not user-visible state
>> nor is it currently used for any calculations. It is purely informative,
>> and will be rebuilt automatically via fd_revalidate on the new host.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: John Snow <address@hidden>
>> ---
>>  hw/block/fdc.c | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> 

Grazie.

--js



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