Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 00/24] Split BlockBackend off BDS with an axe

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 07.10.2014 um 13:59 hat Markus Armbruster geschrieben:
> My last attempt got bogged down because I tried to do a reasonably
> complete job, and the complexity proved more than I could handle with
> the limited amount of uninterrupted time available.  This time, I'm
> cutting BlockBackend off with an axe, leaving most of the work for
> later.
> 
> Done in this series already:
> 
> * Introduce a BlockBackend type, and lift up BlockDriverState's
>   device_name, device_list, dev, dev_ops, dev_opaque.  Much more
>   remains to be lifted.
> 
> * Make BlockBackend own the DriveInfo.
> 
> * Wean hw/ off BlockDriverState, with two small exceptions.
> 
> * Fix blockdev-add not to create a bogus IDE drive (0,0).
> 
> * Take a few baby steps towards use of BlockBackend in monitor command
>   code where appropriate.
> 
> Coming soon, hopefully:
> 
> * QMP command blockdev-del
> 
> * blockdev-add accepts node-name without id at top level
> 
> * Lift up more stuff
> 
> * More BlockBackend use in monitor command code
> 
> I know the diffstat looks intimidating.  I tried very hard to split
> the patches so that the bigger ones do just one simple thing, and
> mostly mechanically.

Thanks, applied to the block branch.

Kevin