Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU block layer todo list

[Benoît Canet]

The Wednesday 20 Aug 2014 à 09:57:39 (+0200), Christian Borntraeger wrote :
> On 19/08/14 16:20, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > The following wiki page contains a list of proposed tasks for the QEMU
> > block layer:
> > 
> > http://qemu-project.org/Features/Block/Todo
> > 
> > Benoit requested that we make the todo list viewable/editable.  This
> > is a good idea as it helps us focus and see what other developers are
> > thinking about.
> > 
> > There is no requirement to put tasks on the wiki.  Just sending
> > patches or discussing on the mailing list is fine.
> > 
> > The todo list is useful for large tasks or anything which cannot be
> > completed within a couple of weeks.  That way the tasks will not be
> > forgotten.
> > 
> > You can subscribe to the wiki changes RSS feed to follow edits:
> > http://qemu-project.org/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=rss
> > 
> > Stefan
> > 
> 
> I would like to add geometry and block size passthrough for host devices. See
> the patches from Ekaterina Tumanova.
> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-07/msg03791.html
> 
> On s390 we have a stricter requirement of passing through geometry and block 
> size for DASD disk devices as this geometry is more than a imaginary number 
> triplet. It is required for proper partition detection and is actually a 
> property of the real (or better emulated on storage servers like DS8x000) 
> disk.

I added this to the list.

Best regards

Benoît

> 
> Christian
> 
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